Digital Animation

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A Pensive Night

An animated gif of a mouse wearing a monk's robes, holding acandle and standing in the gothic doorway of a cathedral, looking at the light of the moon.

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There is great beauty, even in dark times.

Recently, I found out that one of my favourite Canadian animation studios, Nelvana, is basically going bankrupt and closing it's doors. Even if you don't recognize their name, you absolutely will recognize something they worked on. From Care Bears and Magic School Bus to Tales from the Crypt Keeper and Babar, they did incredible work. And a series I’ve always held a lifelong love for was their adaptation of the Redwall book series.

It’s such a damn shame to see such a great studio all but disappear. I just hope that, after this difficult winter, there will come a spring that blossoms with new studios and new art. So keep your candles lit, there’s always hope in the future, eh!

Keeping the Flame Alive

An animated gif of an ancient statue holding a small, flickering fire in it's hands.

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“An ancient statue looks out over the horizon, patiently waiting, keeping the flame alive...”

Very pleased with how this animation turned out! I’ve always loved weird ruins, archaeology, and the storytelling implications of the art made by the peoples of ancient, even lost civilizations. I’ve also been going through some real highs and lows in my life recently and I tried to channel those emotions into this piece here.
I’ve often found that if you can wait patiently, and keep the flame of your passions glowing, even just as some precious embers of inspiration or small motivations, you can weather some pretty major storms. I want to leave the story of this piece deliberately vague for the viewer but, as the viewer will be able to gather, this statue has seen some weathering in it’s lifetime. It has some cracks, chips, and is missing a portion of it’s snout, who knows how many storms it has had to endure... and yet it still stands, keeping its small, glowing fire burning day after day.

To all the amazing artists and creatives out there keeping their fires alive, this one’s for you!
Cheers to even more cool art to be made in the future! ❤️

The spark of DETERMINATION

An animated gif of Ardent with the fires of determination burning in his eyes.

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Starting off the new year with a sense of determination to make more, and higher quality, art this year!
I was bantering with some friends online about how I'm aiming to level up a lot of my skills and I found a gif image of Rock Lee from Naruto with blazing fire in his eyes to fit the conversation. My friends made a joke about how I should redraw that image with Ardent and I instantly had to take that challenge.

I'm pretty darn pleased with how this fire has turned out! It's one of the elements I really want to get better at drawing and I'm actually quite happy about the end result here!

Cheers to an exciting year ahead!

A light in the dark

An animated gif of Ardent, looking at a small candle fire he has summoned on the tip of his finger.