Projects - web consultancy design & animation work
Animated dog for an early learning children's iPad app created by Priddy books. I was asked by the client to articulate and animate the Wallace dog character, referencing various rough sketches and still scenes from existing books. More...
Promotional animated trailer commisioned by Random House Books. A short animated film trailer intended to promote the release of a book by Irvine Welsh. Characters and scenes were modelled in 3D, animated and rendered down to a stark black and white, reminiscent of film noir or comic-book art. More...
Promotional animated trailer commissioned by Vintage Originals, an imprint of Random House Books. The idea was to design an animated trailer to be used within a micro-site to promote an upcoming release via email, web and traditional media. Various incidents from the book were used as inspiration for a simple sixty second promo, featuring a cartoon character animated against a variety of rendered 3D backdrops and environments. More...
Monotone vector illustration of a Panavision film camera. I modelled the camera using several photographs for reference, trying to keep as close to the real thing as possible, without adding unnecessary details. More...
Industrial hardware casing design for a mini server. This project involved creating custom casings for a range of mini servers designed to encode and stream realtime video. The designs were produced in collaboration with the CNC machinist to produce a well-ventilated, hard-wearing case from anodised aluminium. More...
Proposal for a website revamp. A-bike.co.uk is a commercially successful website which currently has an outdated and difficult to maintain structure. I was asked to consult on a proposed rework intended to introduce web standards, decrease load times and improve site structure, to increase sales and make ongoing maintenance and updates easier. My suggested solution is pictured above. More...
Book cover design commission. The initial brief was very open and consisted of three words - "winter", "forest" and "crow". This layout sprang to mind almost straight away. I dug out some photos I'd taken in Galloway Forest to use as background and then drew the bézier curves for the vector mask, referencing some stock shots of crows and ravens. More...
Interactive infographic for Reuters. Reuters developed a community site called Reuters Insight, "helping businesses to discover and understand new overseas markets". On part of the site, the client wanted an interactive visualisation of complex data using a squarified treemap and I was called in to develop it. More...
Video showreel site for a film editing company. The Assembly Rooms needed a means of showing prospective clients and directors the showreels of their editors, in the best possible quality. The site and backend I created has been active for almost ten years, and has been flexible enough to expand as new editors have joined the company. More...