Wonderful year long project with secondary school pupils with complex needs. This small group developed their animation skills massively!
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Creative Catalyst - UNCRC
This three school project was part of a wider project to address the education needs of marginalised young people across Scotland. We worked with refugees and asylum seekers.
Read MoreLeuchars epic historical film!
An amazing primary school project learning about their local army regiments history from the Napoleonic war through to the modern day!
Read MoreFollowing the music
Several projects have been to create animation to music, or music to animation. I often work with amazing musician and educator Dave Trouton.
Read MoreHigh School mentoring
This wonderful projects focussed on supporting a small group of pupils with additional support needs and a keen interest in animation. We mentored them to be able to continue within or out with school.
Read MoreAnimation made by Deaf/Blind adults
A beautiful poetical animated film made by deaf and blind adults with DeafBlind Scotland. How did they make it?
Read MoreTeeny tiny workshops!!
So many short public workshops for children or adults! It’s amazing what beginners can do in just 2 hours!
Read MoreThe World Where I am - Stirling
The World Where I Am is a project that explored music, photography and film as a means for engaging with and telling the story of our local surroundings.
Read MoreSt Ambrose High - Character and set design
These are coming along really well! I love the mad scientist and his machine. Great to see some animation practice has started. Try colouring the fish in on the back so they can switch to swimming the other direction too.
Cardinal Newman zombie film
Ideas are coming along nicely for this groups film about zombies invading their school!!
St Ambrose High - New film ideas
Great first ideas from St Ambrose High pupils. The story goes that some scientist is making a mad machine to produce lots of food. It goes wrong and spurts out magical food which hits different people and gives them the power of that food!!
Crazy spaghetti limbs......sprouty fart powers.....power to grow plants from seeds! Cant wait to see it develop, well done group .
Coltness High - Crazy hair!
Getting close to finished models for the film. Also had some help from Mr Swinton getting the backgrounds started. Lighting is going to be so professional too with amazing array of coloured LED spotlights.
Coltness High Models
So excited now.....models are getting great clothes. We also started setting up camera and lighting equipment and tested the totally pro stop-frame software, Dragonframe.
Coltness High - More models
The group now have 5 animation models on the go. Plasticine legs and face skin has appeared and some wire fingers glued on. Can't wait for the hair to appear!
Coltness High - Models developing
They now have taped up limbs.....skulls and eyeballs. Ooh, not to mention feet. They've also multiplied, we have 4 on the go now! All has to wait until after the summer holidays sadly.
Coltness High - Fire film
I've started working with a small group of pupils at Coltness High School in North Lanarkshire. They're going to make a model stop motion film about the dangers of setting fires, to be shown to primary school children.
So far we have an outline of a great story and some models started. Last session before summer soon and then continue after summer. Cant wait!
Auchtertool Primary - Characters almost finished!
Ready to animate soon. The 2D puppets are great. Cant wait to see the 3D king animated in his throne!
Auchtertool - Ready to get dressed!
Well, I've made a quick wire skeleton for the King in this film. Based on a pupils amazing sketch. He now has to just clothe and put a proper face and hair on!
Auchtertool Primary - New designs
The P4,5,6 class at Auchtertool have had a great day designing al the main characters and backgrounds. Next week we make finished 2D puppets and full size scenery.
New Stevenstons Anime Group
Helping out this group of talented cartoonists as they try to put their ideas into an animated film. Ideas so far are great. Lots of funny jokes around the Ninja rabbit characters and a Star Wars pun in there too. Cant wait to see it develop!