RCA14 Animation

I went to see the extremely impressive RCA 2014 animation show over the weekend. Below are the trailers (or snippets) of some of my particular favourites. Outstanding work!

Inkee Wang

Marcus Armitage

Nicolas Menard

Loop Ring Chop Drink — Trailer (2014) from Nicolas Ménard on Vimeo.

Inspiring Animation

I've seen a lot of amazing animation over the past few days which I thought I'd share.



This is a sand animation by Caroline Leaf which is featured in the Watch me Move exhibition at the Barbican gallery. It's astonishing to think that this was entirely created by drawing with sand on a lightbox. The exhibition is beautifully designed and well worth a visit.



There is a lot of interesting things happening at the folly for a flyover in Hackney Wick over the summer. This weird and wonderful animation The Centaurs' (1921) by Winsor McCay was shown alongside a selection of other early animations.

And finally I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 1 recently and was really impressed by the beautiful animation sequence of the The Tale of the Three Brothers. The animation was directed by Ben Hibon who produced it in association with framestore. Check it out for yourself here

Inspiring stuff - Joanna Neborsky & Demetrios Psillos

I was recently gifted a beautifully designed book entitled 'Three Line Novels' written by Felix Feneon and fantastically illustrated by Joanna Neborsky. I love her work, it's so lively and free with a really nice mix of collage and drawing.

Demetrios Psillos is another illustrator I recently came across who's work I admire, in particular his portraits.

Thomas hicks

Gravenhurst - I turn my face to the forest floor from Thomas Hicks on Vimeo.

I intend to bring a animation into my work and my friend Lizzie suggested I take a look at Thomas Hicks.

I really like his work. I love the scratchy lines and jerky movements and the way he uses monotone to create a sort of sinister atmosphere. See more of his inspiring work here.