A cleaner future

Mum and Dad for a long while now have been redesigning the way they live. They made a decision a while ago to try and live as self sustainably as possible. With that in mind they began growing much of their own food, producing their own electricity (via solar cells, and a soon to be installed wind turbine), and a whole host of other things which have allowed them to live comfortably without being reliant on the broader community for such things as power, water etc etc. They've done this without to many hassles. Most recently they ordered a new 100% electric vehicle. One of the first to be made in Australia with the new Lithium Polymer batteries which increase the mileage of electric cars substantially. Its due this week.

We're all very excited to have a go.

The Passenger

I was doing a bit of work for Momentum Animation Studios in melbourne a number of years ago, and a bloke (Chris Jones) came in to show Dylan and Rachel (the owners of momentum) a short film he was working on called The Passenger. He loaded it up, and completely blew me away. He had been working on a 6 minute short film for the previous 4 years...and by working, I mean REALLY WORKING on his film. Crazy hours, 7 days a week, for years. When I saw it then, he was just starting the score. Well... I was inspired. He had done everything to the most incredible standard... and he was still a long way from being finished. 3 years later I saw him present it at an animation screening at ACMI (Australian Centre of the Moving Image) in Melbourne... This time fully finished.

Given that it was completed entirely by one person.... it is the most incredible piece of work in animation I have ever seen. At the moment there are only snippets on his website... but it does give you a taste of the level of quality involved. If you ever get the chance to see it... SEE IT!!!

Anyway, I keep plodding along, and continue to be inspired by this guys acheivements.

You can find his website here

Life Drawing

I've decided to get back into life drawing

Happy Feet

I've just updated my animation page with some shots I animated on Happy Feet, and a few shots from the 'Everyones Hero' film from last year.

You can find them here