Good Morning!

Me and Society

2011-08-15T13:09:00.007+01:00

I've finished writing the script for a new graphic novel project called "Me and Society." The story is about a strange man struggling to find his place in the world...

Buy a copy of "Fishermen and Kings!"

2011-08-11T08:57:00.002+01:00

Sausage in Marcia first episode

2011-06-09T20:32:00.002+01:00

The first episode of my new

web cartoon!

This took a day and a half to develop, animate, colour, composite, add music and silly noises etc...

Sausage in Marcia

2011-06-08T22:31:00.001+01:00

I've started a new animation project

Update

2011-05-18T08:59:00.008+01:00

Update: What have I been doing since uni? Nothing much...

Banana

2011-02-17T20:25:00.000Z

I also have a Tumblr account...

2011-02-10T19:44:00.001Z

http://surrealistgolfclub.tumblr.com/

Painting Portfolio

2011-01-28T17:10:00.001Z

http://danieljohnsaunders.daportfolio.com/

Free pizza!

2011-01-17T20:50:00.001Z

Red Gallery

2011-01-13T11:22:00.001Z

( I'm actually quite pleased with this one)

Your giraffe has fallen over

2011-01-13T11:19:00.002Z

"My attempt at painting a stick man"

2010-12-01T10:13:00.002Z

Degree film

2010-07-23T20:36:00.004+01:00

Well, here it is...

Website

2010-06-19T16:37:00.003+01:00

http://saunders-animation.co.uk

How else could I waste my life...

2010-03-19T16:47:00.007Z

To keep my self busy I have started to develop a new project. At the moment I've just started designing odd bits and pieces...

The film is about a group of people who are stuck on a boat....

For some reason the boat doesn't seem to work very well...

New film title update

2010-03-05T00:19:00.004Z

I've changed the title of my film to "Lard." The following pieces of animation will hopefully justify this decision...

Film Trailer

2010-02-03T23:32:00.004Z

I was bored so decided to do something creative. Without further ado, here is a trailer for my film! (Don't take this too seriously...)

Fun fact: The background music comes from the Jimi Hendrix song, "Bold as love."

Update

2010-01-05T14:40:00.003Z

It's been a good couple of weeks since I last posted anything. This is not because I've been lazy, it's simply because I just haven't done anything. Anyway, here is a quick update of what's been going on...
-The final film - I've recently started working on the actual sequences that will make up my film. There is an example sequence on my youtube channel. (There should been a link somewhere on this page)
-Paintings- I'm starting to work on another large scale piece, this should be finished in a couple of weeks time. Also, recently, I have sold two of my smaller paintings for twenty pounds each!
-Comics- I'm starting a new series using Lard again. I'm still playing around with ideas so it will be a couple more weeks before this progresses into anything.
-Also today is my birthday! Hooray!

Exhibition

2009-12-02T17:37:00.002Z

A couple of weeks ago I had a little exhibition. This is what it looked like...

And here is my latest painting...

"The battle of trafalgar"

Backgrounds... so far

2009-11-11T16:37:00.002Z

Here are the backgrounds I will be using for my final film. As you can see, I still to add the odd bits of detail.

This I will do over Christmas, but for now, I need to make a neat and tidy storyboard and a presentable animatic.

City centre pan

2009-10-28T20:22:00.001Z

Test animation

2009-10-09T15:44:00.002+01:00

Starting my final film

2009-10-05T21:34:00.003+01:00

Summary of my film so far

Basically, the idea behind my film now is that Lard is taking his dog for a walk. The film will be based on the work of Ivan Maximov. I'll upload more later...

Lard: Background characters

2009-10-05T21:29:00.002+01:00

Here's a couple of background characters

Lard poster

2009-10-05T21:19:00.002+01:00

Here is a quick poster designed for my final film, So far production is going smoothly...

(Smoothly like an elderly man's ear)

Painting weasels again...

2009-10-05T21:07:00.003+01:00

Here are a couple more paintings...

"Oh dear, A weasel just hit the window"

"Going to co-op"

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Other things of interest....

1) Today I brought a printer

Another Lard Related Idea

2009-08-21T21:44:00.004+01:00

I've changed my story again! Here is the new synopsis ...

Lard's Day Out
Lard is surprised to find his father has taken him to a desolate wasteland. As his father settles down to relax for the day, Lard explores the dead barren lands that surround him in the hope of finding something interesting to occupy his time. Suddenly he stumbles across a stranded polar bear. After briefly assessing the situation he decides to help the polar bear out. Together they build an aircraft and the polar bear ultimately finds his way back home.

This story is a lot more simpler then my previous ideas, but I think because of this I'll be able to work a bit harder on the animation itself. At the moment, I'm working on concept designs and such, So we'll just have to see where it goes.

I have also thought of some pretty interesting ideas for Lard's character. As soon as I have figured them out myself, I will post them up...

Other things that may or may not be relevant...

-The onions in my neighbours back garden have magically vanished

-I've started writing a new book

-And finally, I move out in a week! Yay!

Rotoscoping

2009-07-27T20:30:00.005+01:00

I thought I'd have a go at rotoscoping.

This animation has a monster

2009-07-16T19:25:00.003+01:00

Hello.

I can't remember why I did this one... But nonetheless here it is! Yay!

E-Sting update

2009-07-15T20:16:00.002+01:00

I have tried to make some "improvements," but it's not easy...

I keep getting distracted. I have recently discovered that my neighbour has a large amount of onions. There has to be at least a hundred and five onions... What is he up to?

I will continue to update news of this event as it happens...

Final Film Synopsis

2009-07-02T09:50:00.005+01:00

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"LARD: The Movie"

The weekend is normally rather relaxing for the small child, simply known as Lard, but then the strange appearance of a polarbear changes his life forever. The two characters quickly become friends and everything suddenly seems possible. But meanwhile, Lurking in the background, an ex-military animal control officer plots to destroy the polarbear in a elaborate attempt at gaining fame and fortune. Sadly the polarbear is finally shot. But from the experience Lard learns several important lessons of life and the true value of friendship.

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Yeah anyway, It is a rather dramatic, and people used to my cute and cuddly style are in for a shock. The movie will work on a whole new emotional level that I have not done before but don't worry! There will be a lot of fun and laughter as well. Hopefully it should all balance out...

Holiday fun...

2009-06-28T21:30:00.006+01:00

Oh dear, I've had a bit of a slow start, I've not been working as hard as I origanally planned. So far I have done four pages of sketchbook work, two animations, half a portrait of my nan, and written the theme song for my final film.

Anyway, The animation test you see before you is inspired by the animations of Ub Iwerks, (The guy who created mickey mouse.) Ub could do up to 700 frames of animation a day! This is an animation world record. As for my test, The animation is very poor, especially the walk cycle at the beginning, the timing is also very sloppy.

I am currently working on my lipsync techniques, as I think dialogue will play an important part in my finished film. The character is a singing pirate...

Showreel 09

2009-06-16T19:40:00.000+01:00

Well here it is, A summary of everything I've done this year. The past decade has been very, very boring, I just hope this isn't the high point of my life. But saying that, I'm really looking forward to next year, It could finally be the year I take charge of reality.

I'm still sticking with the "Lard" idea for my final film, and I've decided not to make it too epic, instead I would like people to remark upon leaving the screening, "Yeah, That was alright."

"Finished" Lipsync

2009-06-10T20:27:00.000+01:00

Here is my lipsync project at it's peak before I decided not to work on it any more. The sound is the is still my dad but this time I have added a farmer. And farmers are interesting.

E4 competition

2009-06-10T20:09:00.000+01:00

I've decided to enter E4's "rather lovely video competition." This first animation is a practise run for the slightly better animation I'll do over the summer. Hopefully.

The rules for the competition...

1) No exploding heads, guts, animal torture, toilet-based unpleasantness, full frontal nudity, etc.

2) It HAS to be EXACTLY 10 seconds long.

3) It HAS to have the E4 logo in it.

Stopping my animation career going down the toilet

2009-05-26T10:58:00.000+01:00

To get my animation skills up to scratch, I need a lot of practise. So I'm going to use my character "Lard" for a series of painful animation related experiments. I'm going to start with basic movements and cycles and slowly work my way up.

AfterEffects 3D test

2009-05-21T09:36:00.000+01:00

I've started a mad attempt to develop an interesting, dynamic opening sequence for my final film next year, and so far it's not going well... But I'll keep trying!

Time wasting - Part 4

2009-05-14T19:36:00.001+01:00

The main structure of the book follows an ongoing business meeting, between the different characters. The presentation giving by Kreski himself, is based on a super hero called "Captain moose." The presentation of course, is never resolved.

Thats it so far.

Time wasting - Part 3

2009-05-14T19:31:00.001+01:00

... The narrative is a bit all over the place. At any time you will be introduced to various characters and events. Time and space ill-logically flow in random unpredictable patterns.

Time wasting - Part 2

2009-05-14T19:21:00.000+01:00

Here are the first two pages. It's impossable to read like

this so I'll give a brief synopsis of what happens...

Basically the story is a murder mystery that follows a group of various characters.

The main guy, Kreski, Is based loosely on a greasy guy who I sometimes see on the bus in the afternoons. Other characters that feature in the story include a mexican (The victim), Mr kite (who's just a bit strange), Robert Young (Who is always angry about something), and of course Kreski's disabled wife (Who doesn't have a head.)

Time wasting - part 1

2009-05-14T19:18:00.001+01:00

My assessment is coming up soon...
So I decided to start writing a graphic novel.

Lip Sync test (without the lip sync)

2009-04-02T10:59:00.000+01:00

This is just a test to get the movement of my character right. The sound itself is a strange, old recording of my dad. This is how he normally talks.

The man who became a bus stop

2009-03-27T21:57:00.000Z

Buses are annoying and expensive.

Weasel on the Beach

2009-03-27T21:53:00.000Z

This was a painting I did for mum.

Pondering fish waiting for a piano lesson

2009-03-27T21:48:00.000Z

I like Pandas. This is the painting before I added a photograph of Dan Hills.

The fantastic Hotdog concerto with seven trumpets

2009-03-27T21:44:00.000Z

This one was inspired by the work of Dali.

memories of Venice

2009-03-27T21:35:00.000Z

This is a study of a painting by Canaletto (1697–1768), called

"The Grand Canal from the Piazzetta."

If I was a viking

2009-01-29T19:51:00.000Z

Here is my first attempt at a self-portrait. I thought I'd better do it now before I get any more uglier! (I'm also wearing a viking helmet.)

2009-01-29T19:40:00.000Z

Here is a preview of my BBC project so far. I will upload the whole lot when I've finished off the sound.

Joe Weasel

2009-01-09T19:01:00.000Z

My finished stop-motion puppet, "Joe Weasel,"

Now to film it...

cosmic dinosaur illustration

2008-12-04T09:51:00.000Z

This is an illustration for a new book project I'm working on, The idea of the book is to write something so confusing that I don't even understand it!

dynamic animation with colour

2008-11-30T20:22:00.000Z

Here is the old dynamic again, but this time I've added colour - Whooo!

2008-11-20T18:52:00.000Z

Fox waiting for a train

Some other paintings

Dynamic animation test

2008-11-20T14:00:00.000Z

This is a test for a piece of dynamic animation. It is mildly amusing.

sonic postcard

2008-11-20T13:50:00.000Z

I hate this piece. When I completed it I cried for 10 days. But I had good fun recording the sound and adobe aftereffects was reasonably kind to me.

2008-11-19T19:40:00.000Z

Short Story- Erics favourite horse

Eric had several horses, He had a tall one, a short one and even a purple one. But his favourite horse was Carlos. Carlos was a small and smelly old horse.
"That ain't no horse," The other horses would exclaim. And in many ways they were correct, Carlos wasn't a horse...

He was a turtle.

"I don't care what the others say," Eric would tell Carlos, "You will always be a horse to me."
Eric and Carlos were always very happy. (They even won the grand national a couple of times!)

The End

2008-11-19T19:18:00.000Z

Giraffe smoking a pipe

2008-11-19T19:15:00.000Z

Floating spanner at the foot of a mountain

2008-11-19T19:05:00.000Z

Earl with hand puppet

2008-11-19T19:03:00.000Z

Self portrait

2008-11-19T18:58:00.000Z

Norwich cityscape