Okay Here We Go...

Right new plan, my Traveller comic is going to take a back seat just now as I am going to work on my actual skill of drawing by just....well drawing ha ha :) Ill post what I draw on my Deviantart page for you to enjoy and critique. So yeah thats happening while I improve and make more concepts for the comic because the problem is that I keep thinking about the comic instead of actually concepting the comic and I over think it to much.

Good thing though is I have joined the Creative Academy with GKBC inc (Giving Kudos to Brilliant Content) Which will be really good for me as they will give me projects to do :). Check them out - http://gkbcinc.com/

Also I am currently working on episode 2 of Worst Superhero Ever, its gonna be funny :) and I will hopefully be getting that too you in around next week :).

Few reasons why things have been slow lately -

ONE - Got married and it was an AWESOME DAY!!! Big thank you to all who came and supported us. I cried honestly I did, Eilish was sooo beautiful words can't describe how I felt that day.

TWO - Spent a week in the Maldives for our honeymoon. It was so hot everyday! Saw hermit crabs and geckos and fruit bats and I caught a very large fish too, my wife actually caught bigger :( We had a good time and now we have pretty much recovered from jet lag and the heat and getting into the swing of things again.

I have been really getting into photography lately which is evident on my Deviant account with the photos i've been uploading. Some were from the maldives and some are from the Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore. I would definitely recommend visiting it, they have Scotlands only Polar Bears, Red Pandas which are extremely cute and Wolves and tones more animals we had an amazing time up there despite the cold :)

http://www.highlandwildlifepark.org.uk/
http://www.youtube.com/user/Broku
http://broku777.deviantart.com/

By the way made a video with my lovely wife of her singing The Lumineers Ho Hey, she is an amazing singer and we had a lot of fun making this video. Please Share, Comment, Like, Subscribe, Love.

God Bless

See You In The Future

Who's Getting Married In A Weeks Time??...........THIS GUY!!!! OH YEAH!!

Thats right only a week left and I will have tied the knot with my love Eilish Logue and then we will be off to the Maldives for our hooneymoon!! It's exciting times i'll tell you!

I was also in Italy last week so I haven't had much free time to do any animations or concept work so I do apologise for the delay of any work being done but please bear with me and I promise something will appear soon my loving and faithful readers :)

I will be helping out at my Church which will be having a Super Hero Sunday soon where I'll be helping paint a super hero city with Batman and Spider Man and many others it's going to be awesome, I promise pictures and if you can come along and have a good time!!

http://www.hopeunited.org.uk/
http://broku777.deviantart.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/Broku
http://hopeforjustice.org.uk/

God Bless

And

See You In The Future!!

Oh Yeah I'm Getting Married!!

You read it right I am getting married WOOOW!

Me and my girlfriend Eilish decided this like 2 weeks ago and we have pretty much everything sorted for the day already :)

Our big day is on the 28th of September this year and I wish it could come sooner since everything is ready.

I would like to give out a big thank you to everyone who has helped with the planning for our special day, you have all made it so easy and possible.

God Bless You All

and

See You In The Future

http://broku777.deviantart.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/Broku
http://www.hopeunited.org.uk/
http://hopeforjustice.org.uk/

A GOT A JOB WOOHOO!!!

Now it isn't a creative industry job no, it's actually with an agency called TaskMasters and they find you shifts to work in factories, warehouses and other things like that so it is a job and I am very grateful for it because it means I am earning money and I can quit worrying and  focus on doing more artwork and animations in my spare time. I'm currently working on a sci-fi landscape piece using photoshop, gonna play about with brushes and textures. After that I will move onto episode 2 of Worst SuperHero Ever!

You can check out the first episode here : -
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WvdaVESYaM&feature=share&list=UUPMAg2fs7CQ7R9E4QRRX14A

I had my first shift on Thursday night and now I am at a plastic factory till Friday and since I have started I know that it isn't what I want to do in life but it is something I have to do in order to do what I would really like and that is make cartoons and characters and artwork in the near future, I mean with an actual studio of course not Youtube. I am not saying that I am better than the job I have been given, I am not and I know it but it is kinda like I know that I don't belong but someone has to the job and why not me eh? :) We all need to work and do something productive and positive with our lives which can benefit and help others who need it.

I would like to thank you who read this and take an interest in what I have to say and I hope you have an interest and like the art that I make and animations that I create because I do them not only for myself but for you :)

Please, as always; like, comment, share and dance and sing and be merry.

God Bless You!

And See You In The Future

http://broku777.deviantart.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/Broku?feature=watch

Coming To A Webernet Near You!!

GOOOOOOOOD Afternoon everybody!!!

Here is a small list of my current projects which you will be able to view with your glorious eye holes in the near future.

Coming Soon :-
The Traveller (working title) - Comic series
Worst Superhero Ever Episode 2 - Animation series on Youtube

I have also recently put up some new and old artwork on my deviant art account that you may all enjoy. Please comment and share, i'd like to know what you think :) I will also be adding more to my Deviant account as often as I can.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Broku/featured

http://broku777.deviantart.com/

Also I am getting married on the 28th of September WOOOOOHOOOO! So excited!!

God Bless and See You In The Future!

From the depths of my MIND!!!

Hello readers! Been awhile since I have put anything up here, been job hunting still.

Anyway just uploaded a new animation to my youtube channel which I plan on doing as a series of videos which I hope you all enjoy and please comment and share I would really appreciate it.
Its called Worst Superhero Ever, where I will come up with some mundane, crazy heros. This idea came from somewhere in this insane brain of mine. Hope you enjoy it :)

http://youtu.be/0WvdaVESYaM

So yes still job hunting and hoping for something to come up and start working. I've been looking under every rock and behind every tree for any junior or graduate positions.

Made some good progress with my Traveller comic idea, not got any concepts yet but the story has developed well. Instead of the main character being a village boy in the middle of a forest he is now a rich, upper-class young man who has had his whole life planned for him from education to wedding and has never been beyond the walls of the city. The main character also decides to fund his own expedition against his families wishes and travels across the ocean in a skyship to a new land to map it. So it is still slightly similar to the original idea just with a few location and character changes.
I very excited about it and will start making it as soon as possible, still need to figure out how to or where I will post it on the web.

On another note I actually did some photoshop stuff the other day, surprise, surprise. Played with some filters and photos that I took. Have a look and please tell me what you think and share :)

http://fav.me/d6h23w7
http://fav.me/d6h23e1
http://fav.me/d6h22h7

God Bless and See You in the Future!!

The Hunt Continues......

Well I have at least started the script of my comic, its just a rough draft for now. I am also going to work along side a long time friend of mine, Fraser Milligan, to help with The Traveller series and get it up onto a blog or website.
I have also been rather unsuccessful with job opportunities and even interviews which can really put you in a downer but I am not going to let it stop me, I am going to keep trying, sending CV's out and focus more on drawing, animating and designing. I'll have a look at my options of Postgrads as well if nothing bites and look at other job opportunities besides film, animation and design studios because well I have a family to feed and a roof to keep over their heads so it's important that I try my best.
I suppose this post is more of a monologue but also to keep you my ever persistent and loving readers an update of what's up.

Remember to check out my Youtube page and website and please share and comment

http://www.youtube.com/user/Broku

https://sites.google.com/site/nickdanimationart/

I really want to do more videos and animations for Youtube soon I just can't seem to commit any time to it at the moment.

See You In The Future

God Bless

Nick D.W.

P.S. Please check out a website called http://hopeforjustice.org.uk/ and donate to end Human Trafficking.

Watching The Snail Speed Past Me!!

Things have been a little slow lately with drawing and creating ideas, I just can't seem to bring myself to sit and draw or do a wee animation . Which is bringing me down a bit because I really don't want to lose my skill and have to work up to the level I am at right now. I have been mostly thinking about ideas than actually making them. There is an idea I have had for a while and I call it "The Traveller" which I would like to make a script for first and then create it in comic book forum because that is how I see it and its an area I am interested in attempting.

"The Traveller" is about a young man who's father has just died of old age and never completed his map of the land so the young man takes the map and continues to draw and create the map in honour of his father sending him on an adventure into unknown lands, cities and even skies! Meeting new people and creatures, good and bad and getting himself caught up in an event that could change the world for better or worse!

I want to make it a fantasy adventure like Lord of the Rings mixed with steampunk and mythology. In my head it looks awesome and original but its trying to create and portray what I see that's going to be the hard part.

I am a big fan of comics. I mostly get Star Wars form Dark Horse because I am a big Star Wars fan but I also like Batman and I am starting to get a liking for Superman because of Man of Steel, which ROCKED!! by the way. There is also a comic I found called Atomic Robo which is hilarious and the artwork is really nice. Also can't forget Spawn, Spawn is awesome, whenever I see the full extent of his cape/robe it just looks sooo cool but equally a pain in the neck to draw and colour :) My comic collection is small at the moment but trust me it will grow :)

On a different note I did do two wee animations for a friend for his summer kids club last week. One was done in After Effects, it was a simple text animation where the words would zoom quickly into view with a light swipe across the last word, it was called "Richards Ridiculous Rounds of RANDOMNESSSSSSS!" It was quite fun to make and I learned a few new things about After Effects :) The second animation was also simple. I made a cartoon sun do its natural sunny thing with the odd object, astronaut, UFO fly/float by and a small comet fly towards the screen then turn and burn up in the face of the sun. I enjoyed making it, made it in about a day and a half I think just need to be coming up with my own stuff even its a bouncing ball or walk cycle or a gnome being eaten by a fish :)

Anyhooo.............COME ON ANDY!!! (for those of you following Wimbledon)

God Bless

See you in the future and I promise to have some drawing or a script or something done as soon as I can.

What's this?!?! A new Website?!?! Why yes it is!

It has been a while since my last post, been quite busy gardening, being a dad and hunting the Jobosaurus! So I do apologies :).

Anyhooo I have made a new website through the help of Google Sites where you will be able to see my work displayed more clearly than scrolling through this site till you pass all the rambling and find what you are looking for. I will admit the website is not perfect but its a start, I have been thinking about looking into web designing and coding to make it a lot easier to work with and hopefully design and make my own site. Please enjoy it, share it and also leave a comment, tell me what you think.

 https://sites.google.com/site/nickdanimationart/

Earlier this week I had my end of year show at UWS Paisley where a lot of employers came to see the students work spanning across audio, animation and games. It was really fun, we had a Q&A session with some of the employers, they saw some paintings and digital artwork that we had done and then we got to show them our animations that we have all made over our years of education. It was good experience to meet people who have made it into the industry and get a feel for what they are looking for and what they themselves are like. I learned a lot at the show and it has made me realise that I really need to work harder and push my self and my skills further if I have to make it in this industry.

I am really excited, just because I am so close to having a job in the creative industry and all I want to do is prove my self and give it my all and take on the work load to help.

I am also excited about the next few months for films and games! We got Man of Steel, Pacific Rim, After Earth which I believe is out now and I cant wait to see them all!! I just watched E3 Xbox and PS and the games coming out look soooo good, can't wait for HALO!! and Star Wars Battlefront!!! Finally!

Anyway enough geeking, I will see you all in the future

God Bless

Nick D.W.

On the Hunt for the Jobosaurus!

Yup that's me, I'm at that stage of my life now hunting for a job and getting my life into the best order I can. At the moment I am finishing my CV and a show reel of what I believe to be my best work. So if you start to see a lack of posting it will be because I will be sitting patiently at a pond with my CV on the other end of my fishing rod waiting for something to bite :).

Anyway check some of my other pages I posted some new stuff and some new old stuff today.

Also please leave a comment and share my blog, I'd like to hear what you think of my work.

God Bless and See You In The Future!!

Welcome to The End so Lets Make it a Good One

That is me, my year is done, over with, fin, complete, all in the past now. I was able to complete my SFX in time for yesterdays deadline and I feel I did quite well for the amount of time I had left to do it. I was really lazy around the start of the year, I mean the new year not the academical year, when it came to my work. I could have been finished most of my work by the end of March if I committed myself to it more but it was a learning curve, I have definitely improved on it though, I would have tons more to do than what I had in previous years if I had not learned from those years that it is ten times better to get started on your work once it is handed to you and complete as soon as because then you will have more time to go back and improve your animation or digital painting and so on and also more time for your friends and family, this is a habit I would like to teach Islay when she goes to school.

I made my SFX using Adobe Flash, Premier and After Effects. After Effects is an amazing software package, you can do so much with it. I recommend going onto Videocopilot.com  and checking their stuff out, it helped me a lot when doing my SFX module. I felt like a learned more from that website than my Lecturers :).

I have had an awesome time at College and University and it has helped me grow so much as a person, find and fuel my passion and love for films, cartoons and games so much more even down to the intricate details. I have also met and befriended some great people, great artists and animators who I hope to keep in touch with and really hope to meet again in the future and in the industry. I pray the best for them all on their new journey into the creative industry, many of them are bound to do great things with their skills and talents.

Here is my Final Year Animation, I was able to put it onto YouTube but here it is if you didn't know or haven't seen it yet and also here is my SFX below please enjoy, leave a comment, subscribe and just be cool cause you know you are!!!

God Bless and See You In The Future!!!!

Almost there

It's been a few hard gruelling days of just constant Uni work. Finally handed in my Animation Project and also my Artworks which consisted of three A2 sized character designs that I made in Photoshop. I don't use Photoshop enough, I'd really like to make some good artwork with it, my head is just full of ideas especially sci-fi, like aliens and environments. Anyway, I'm rambling, here is my Honours Project Animation........or not since there seems to be a problem with uploading it? I'll try later.

All I have left to do now is my SFX animation/video. I'm going to have a 2D character jump out of the screen and get something to eat as he is hungry. I have until 23:59 on Sunday night to get it done. Will Nick complete his SFX on time? Will he do well in the four years of education he has done? Will Nick make it in the Creative Industry!!?? Tune in on Monday to find out!

Meanwhile in this universe me and my girlfriend did a wee short stop-motion-y video cause I was mounting my Artwork designs onto foam board and we had some board left over so we decided to put it to good use and I also got a tripod for my camera for my SFX work. Enjoy!......Okay that didn't upload either so here is a link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKLVT-Co6YU

IT IS DONE!!!!!!!

I have finally did it, I have finished my Honours Project Animation!!! and a week before it is due might I add :), which is a personal achievement for me cause I always found myself working straight up until the deadline day and there is nothing more stressful than that. Now all I have to do is finish my 3 Artwork pieces and my Special Effects video and I am done, finito, the end......of my education that is :).

The past 4 years have been a rollercoaster for me, people have came and gone, family events left, right and center, fighting my own demons and the birth of my amazing, beautiful and insanely smart and inspiring daughter, and she is only 1 and a half. I never thought I would ever have finished my course, there have been countless times where i have just wanted to give it up and find something else, something easier but then I wouldn't be following my passion and if I gave up I would never get better, I would never learn. It wouldn't help me or my family if I did. Life is hard and the industry that I want break into is hard but I am willing to fight for it, to have that chance to make and leave my mark like the great animators and directors before me like Tex Avery, Richard Williams and John Lasseter. (if i spelt that wrong i greatly apologise)...........Again I have no idea where I am going with this, it's just how I feel and I pray that it encourages anyone else that reads this to just keep trying and follow your passion with an undying endurability.

I shall now leave you with a screenshot of the final product. Enjoy and please leave a comment I'd really like to know what you think :)

See You In The Future

and

God Bless

Good Week

It's been a good week. I actually started the animation for my Honours Project, I know shocker and i only have 3 weeks left to do that, a poster and a report, WHOO, bring it on! Oh and also 3 character designs in Photoshop and a short Special Effects animation which i need to film then animate. Got a few ideas already.

I feel my animation is already looking good. Got the keyframes done for my first character now I'm going back and adding all the inbetweens and this is the point where you can start to see your work really come together and see the magic happen :) I will admit it has not been easy but it is very exciting and I've been getting this awesome feeling of accomplishment with every frame i finish, can't wait to see the end result and let you all have a look too. I will admit it is my third....no fourth BIG animation even for thirty seconds or so, so please critique it HARSHLY!!! Because I want to be one of the best animators out there and i ain't going to improve with sugar coated comments! Although the odd "Well done" will be greatly appreciated :).

You never realise how much effort is put into an animation or a film until you step back and look and you go, "Wow! It took a lot of people just to animate those characters walking across that room." Or even when you go, "Iron Man's Armour is FAKE!!....well you fooled me." And that is our job, that is an animator, or a special effects artist or even an actor's job is to convince you that that spaceship is real, his/her emotions are real. This may seem like i have gone off in a tangent but this is just how I feel about films and cartoons, I love them and I want to be involved in them. Thats what this Blog is about, my work and my passion :)


On another note, saw Oblivion today it was really good, the special effects rocked! The gear and technology rocked! Morgan Freeman rocked as per-usual. I recommend it especially if you're into Sci-Fi.

Here's a wee snip-it of my animation for ya, and no it is not complete.

Lion Cub staring at the clearly distressed Bear

God Bless you all

See you in the Future!

Pretty hard past couple of.....well months i guess.

I know i haven't put much up in the past few days but i had a Special Effects assignment which was a high priority and also really difficult to do cause i had no clue what i was doing but eventually i got it done :) happy days.

Anyway as i have said it has been hard, mostly due to a lack of motivation, lack of a creative environment and the Christmas season is just too long, from the start of December to the start of February is too much time away from work, even though i did have work to do over the holiday period there was still family gatherings, New Years and personal issues as well that distracted me a pulled my motivation down. Not to mention my daughter Islay is a handful at times and obviously I can't just ignore her that would be wrong! This may seem like a rant or something but i'm just venting I guess. It's hard being a Dad and at Uni at the sametime, double-edge sword if you wish, if i do my work i'm not helping with Islay and if i look after her my work gets worse.

To be honest it is my own fault, there are plenty of times where I could be doing my Uni work, building my portfolio and creating a showreel but instead I play a video game or watch T.V., surf the web for too long or watch a film. I need to have more self motivation and more drive to do good and be the best at what I want to do. And its just that simple have the motivation, believe in yourself and you and I can achieve anything!

God Bless and See You In The Future!

The Beginning

Hey!

First off i would like to welcome you to my blog and taking the time to look me up :)

In the near future i will be posting my artwork and animations on this page. Please have a look around, comment, leave advice or even any requests that you have.

Yours Faithfully

Nick D!