Animation stills of line test, composited frames and live action from two scenes deleted from the film. Now available on the DVD.

The entire uncut sequence can now be viewed on YouTube.

Thumbnails and artworked panels for an animatic - part of a promotion for a proposed feature film combining live-action and anime.

Click on the arrow to see an edited version of the animatic.

Courtesy of Freedom Pictures Ltd.

Copyright: Freedom Pictures Limited

Working Description: Storyboard and layout artist, traditional 2D animator. Lecturer on animation and storyboarding.

Working Methods: Digital utilising cintiq and tablet in conjunction with Sketchbook Pro, Storyboard Pro and Photoshop. Hand-drawn work in any medium.

Education and professional training: 1971 - 1974: St. Martin's School of Art, London.
Diploma in Art & Design [Graphic Design].

Short summary of career: 43 years to date of near continuous employment in the Film and TV industries. Highlights include:
Animation for feature films: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", "American Tail 2: Fieval Goes West", "We're Back", "Space Jam", "Quest for Camelot".
Animation for shorts and TV specials: Academy Award and BAFTA-nominated "The Village" and "Jolly Roger", storyboards, layouts and animation for "The Snowman and the Snowdog".

Storyboards for films promoting the London Olympics 2012 mascots.

Visiting lecturer at The Royal College of Art, Bournemouth University Computer Animation Faculty, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, University of the West of England, Bristol, The Animation Workshop, Denmark, 'Skillset' Training Programme in animation for Lupus Films.

Children's BAFTA Special Award, November 2016

A BBC CBeebies show currently on air.

These are rough pencil sketches that were produced as a guide for follow-up Flash-produced animatics at Tandem Studio. The animatics were then used as a blueprint for CGI animation produced by Brown Bag Productions.

Copyright: Acamar

Animatic for featured song entitled "Rude Ralph" and storyboard panels. Click on the white arrow to view.

One of CITV's most  popular series based on the well-known books by Francesca Simon. Shown seven days a week and now into its fourth series. 

Click on arrow to see animatic.

Produced for Spider Eye Animation Studios.

Copyright: Novel Entertainment

An edit of four animatics and selected panels for promotional films to introduce the mascots, Wenlock and Mandeville to the public.

Storyboards, layouts and animation of the downhill race sequence produced for Lupus Films 2012.

Click on arrow to see a work-in-progress animation with temporary soundtrack.

Copyright: Penguin

Storyboard for a comedy sketch for a show entitled "Planet Sketch".

Storyboard panels for CG animation retelling the Old Testament bible story within an episode of a series called "Friends and Heroes".

Storyboard panels for a kids series broadcast in 2001 on CITV.

Copyright: Grrrr! 2000

Kids TV series produced in CGI.

Click on the arrow to watch the animatic [edited].

Copyright Aardman 2006

A combined CGI / live-action series produced for CBeebies to teach young children how to solve simple problems in quiz form.

Each episode ended with an animated race around a themed circuit.

Courtesy of Blue-Zoo

A selection of one-off pictures, mostly using traditional hand-drawn or painted methods.

Storyboard panels for an animated TV series set in biblical times.
Action / adventure featuring characters growing up circa 50AD.

The aim of the series was to introduce children to bible stories from both the Old and New Testaments utilising 2D and CGI animation.

Copyright: Friends and Heroes 2005

Hand-painted watercolour "animated pop-outs" featured in the Sky TV series, Christmas 2015 - starring Timothy Spall, Victoria Wood [r.i.p.] and Joanna Scanlon.

Courtesy: Double Negative and The Imaginarium.