VFX/ Live Action Commercial Storyboard

Here is a live action / vfx integration commercial storyboard I did last minute for a client. About 8 hrs over a couple days.  Live action always asks for different things in their boards than in animation,  less posing, but it was a fun idea so I made it a bit animation-ey.  The designs (phallic sea monster) were done by some one else.   I didn't post the dialogue either, but basically, when the coloured bugs land on the characters, they get to grant a wish. Just like real life.  Good times!!

punk

Drawn in Flash.

Nervous gangsta!

Drawn in Flash.

Sample Illustration

A sample illustration for a prospective client.

2008 Stop Motion Short made in 50 hrs?

Oh my gyad, forgot about this.  This was done with my friends for the Trick 17 Stop Motion competition in 2008!! Me and my team got 50 hrs, a direction, music and a medium to make a stop motion film. Looking back this was a great learning experience. Please forgive the lame (AWESOME!!) sense of humor in it. It was sponsored by Redbull, (obviously). Oh good times.

The Pen is Mightier

The Explorasaurs

Here is a short "thing" I made in my spare time last July (2011). It was made at Quickdraw Animation Society in Calgary. Hand drawn in Flash, a friend of mine was kind enough to throw some music on, thanks Matt!

UBC EOS Illustrations

Last November, I did some preliminary exploration for a really cool professor in the Earth and Ocean Sciences Program at UBC. They didn't turn into anything after this but it was a fun little gig and I got to learn a lot about geological processes and ecology theory which was totally rad!!!

Sketches

Some random sketches from the pile!

Back from the States!

Well..... I recently got back from an amazing trip to the south of the USA. New Orleans and Austin TX. It was amazing to say the least. Anyhoo, feeling really inspired artistically, the idea of painting has caught me and hopefully I can get going soon on some pieces. Been drawing and planning some weird images that would look good on a large scale I think. Here's a couple doodles for fun.

Peace!

Here's a 30sec spot I did at Barbershop Films here in Vancouver. It was hand drawn in Flash by myself and the compositing wizard took it from there. Good times!

Creatures!!

Here're two sketches I made while working at VFS. Probably from last year too. Just started going through this years' work/sketches today. Some interesting experiments, more to come!!

Scene Suggestions

I did a lot of these for the BBC adds. Here are a few. Just brainstorming random scenes to get going. It was fun, people blurting out content and me throwing it into a square on the page haha! Fast and messy!

Thumbnails/Boards

Here are some thumbnails done for a minute of flash animation I did this May. Tight budget, deadlines, and a small team prevented these from becoming proper boards. And yes there was a planned push in (or something) during the acting, he didn't just grow suddenly : P

BBC Kids_Story Boards

Busy times. Here are some story boards I did back in April(?) for Motionsoup Studio here in Vancouver http://www.motionsoup.com/.

There were two spots for BBC Kids done in a sketch book cut-out, motion graphic style. The deadline was tight and I didn't get to pose much out for the animators, so the boards were really rough and vauge. Fun times brainstorming.

You can view the finished pieces here:

http://vimeo.com/25219141

http://vimeo.com/25219191

Sketch Book

Been busy working the last couple months. Finally ,,,, FREE TIME TO DRAW!! woo hoo. here's a couple of experiments done in sketchbook pro. More to come!

Character Animation in Flash

I did the character animation on this info-mercial for FortisBC a couple months back. Construction worker bacterias! It was around minute of animation in total and done in Flash.

Layout Drawing!

I'm in between contracts at the mo, and have found myself in Calgary. I'm animating a short hand drawn bit for Quickdraw Animation Studio. Should be done in 3 weeks! Here's a layout drawing !

Pre production illustrations

Here are some pre production illustrations I did for a commercial in March. Been busy doing boards and drawing the last few months! Cooler posts to come I hope!

Some guy

Been busy doing storyboards for the last couple months. Here's a random character!

Trout Lake

Went out for a quick sketching sesh at Trout Lake today. This fellow was getting ready for summer.....stick fighting season!

Carnival!

This weekend I attended a Carnival Party which got me drawing lots of feathered characters. Then this guy appeared.

Spring time is here!

Another poster for the Puddle City Arts folks! Just in time for spring, which is shaping up to be my best spring so far!

January Poster

Here's a poster I did for a local open mic night. Always good times with Marc, Nathan and co!

http://www.puddlecityarts.com/

Here's some design work I was doing for the NFB Hothouse competition. Didn't get in but it was great fun to go through the process as always! : D

Sketches from work....

Some random sketches from work and a cowboy!

TEDx Georgia Strait

TEDxGeorgiaStrait - The New Energy 2011 from TEDxGeorgiaStrait on Vimeo.

Here is a 40sec piece I directed for the TEDx Georgia Strait event on FEB 26 here in Vancouver! The theme will be " The New Energy" Good times!

Check it out and attend! http://tedxgeorgiastrait.com/

And and a special thanks to Fiona Rayher for over seeing the production!




Here's the credit list: Thanks so much for the help everyone!

Ian Milne - Direction/Story boards/animation/ Color and Design
Tammy Dubinsky - Background Design
Tzanko Tchankov - Animation
Choom Lam - Cube fx
Michelle Clement- After Effects Compositing
Matt Thomas - Awesome Music!

These fine folks are in my links Check them out!

Run dog Run!

A rough run cycle I did at work, just for fun. I sure learn a lot at my job! Good times!

Pose and shape studies done at work

November!

It's about time to go through the looming pile of paper that's piling up.....in a pile................it's a pile of paper.

Using my other hand..........

Here is a drawing I did with my left hand. I highly recommend drawing with your "bad" hand, it's great for thinking differently about whatever you're doing. I'm not sure how to feel about the fact that it's not a bad drawing either. The right hand might be a bit jealous. A co worker insisted it looked like OJ Simpson, so I added some gloves. I think it looks a bit like Glen Keane. Go right brain Go! Ramble Ramble Ramble.

New phase of drawing!

random sketches from work

MORE MONSTERRRRRRSSSSS!!!!!

Ooh Dah Llahhhlllleeeeee

MONSTERS!!!

I need to diversify my monster bonds. They all look the same.