My favourite workshop was probably Claire Keane's. I am a huge fan of her work, and was also able to speak to her for a little while after the workshop, which was amazing. I also really enjoyed meeting Tom and Tony Bancroft again. My sister and I met them last year at CTN also. Tony Bancroft wasn't really looking at reels or portfolios, but he was kind enough to look at and give me feedback on mine. He gave me some really great advice so I am very appreciative of that! I also got a lot of great advice and reviews from animators from Blue Sky, Nickelodeon and Walt Disney, and Dan Hansen who is the Head of Character Animation at CalArts. I was also chosen for an animation portfolio review with Bobby Beck from Pixar! All in all it was a fantastic experience and if anyone is thinking about going in 2014, I would highly recommend it!
Anyway, now that I'm back in Melbourne, I'm going to be doing some more work for Australia for Dolphins. Australia For Dolphins (AFD) is an amazing non-profit organisation aiming to stop the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji. Earlier this year I designed their mascot character, Doolin, and created a short animated film promoting awareness for the cause. The website is almost up and running, so I'll be posting a link to the website and the short film soon! In the meantime, they're running a competition for their Facebook page. They're looking for ideas for a cover design, and I will be illustrating the winning idea. Here's a link if anyone is interested in entering! I'd love to hear all your ideas!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=550537195029524&set=a.546203665462877.1073741828.457989087617669&type=1
Anyway, I thought I'd post some of the illustrations I've already done for AFD. These will be used in the website as some small 'panels' for the links. The first will be for Doolin's Story (the animated short), and the second is for Doolin's Introduction (a small 15 second video I animated of Doolin introducing himself and AFD).
