Play - LoopDeLoop June 2012

I spent a couple of nights in the studio making this entry for last month's loop de loop.

Score by Kirsty Tickle littlescoutmusic.com/ , Mixed by Jonathan Boulet jonathanboulet.com/ , (and then mutilated by me...sorry guys)

Monkey Up

Earlier this year I teamed up with the PRA to design their first Mobile platform game for 2Play Mobile. It was a really quick after hours gig, but was loads of fun. Hope you enjoy!

The final scrolling background, and the original concept I deliverd.

The Character concept.

Some Exploration sketches.

On the Reel

Hi blog, thought I'd share my brand new reel with you :)

A full breakdown is available on my site.
Hope you're well

Alex

Work n Stuff

I thought rather than actually getting around to scanning and sorting out my latest sketches and stuff I'd make tonight's post about some of my recent professional work.

At the end of last year I was working with the PRA to animate some Promotional Trailers for Blue Tongue/THQ. It was a really fun project to work on, would love if you checked them out-


I think these are the 4th and 5th spots I've done with Deblob 2, but they are the only ones we are allowed to share online. You'll have to buy the game to check out more :)
I also got the chance to team up with Mighty Nice again to help them animate a spot for Artline. It was really great to work on designs done by two of my favourite Australian Illustration entities- Monaux (Karl Kwasny) and We Buy Your Kids. Fun little job.


On a funny little side note, I did an interview with The Design Federation a little while ago. If you're interested you can read it -here-

Mmmm I guess thats it as far as work I'm allowed to share. Hopefully some of the things I have going at the moment wont be too far off sharing. I wont hold my breath though.

Oh, I'll throw this in the mix too :) Part of a present I made for a friend. It ended up having some type on there too. Mr Darcy-
Hope youre well,
love
Alex

RealReel

Heya friends.
So I cut together a new Reel yesterday. Unfortunately most of the work Ive done in the last 12 months still isnt available on the web, I will have to keep working on some personal 3d stuff to rectify this.

If you would like to see some of my newer work, write me an email, maybe we can hang out and I can show you in person :)

Animation Test shot Flash Dance.

Heya blog,
Ive had a little down time lately, so I took the chance to do some test animation.
About 2 days of animation, 2 days of figuring out how the hell it was going to work, and then another day reanimating and learning how to use After Effects...And then about a day figuring out why vimeo was breaking it.
Animated in Photoshop CS 4.
Would love some feed back on this one :)

Love Alex.

Annecy 2009

Annecy-The trademark Prison



Ari and Ed, Directors

Dear Blog,

Im in france at the moment to Support our film- The Cat Piano at the worlds leading animation festival- Annecy. Needless to say, the experience is amazing.

There is about 7000 people attending the festival which is set in the alps about 4 hours train from Paris. the town it self is beautiful, Very old french/swiss buildings, winding streets, and pressed against a turquoise blue lake. The atmosphere is incredible here. I cant imagine anything better- thousands of friendly, like minded people, mind blowing scenery and the worlds most cutting edge films.

Im just about to start my third day of the festival. The highlights so far have been seeing the european premiers of Pixars film Partly Cloudy and Henry Sellicks new masterpiece Coroline.

This internet cafe is shoddy, so its hard to share photos. hopefully i will find a better one!

Until then,

New Reel.

So, Its new reel time! Hopefully there will be some dialog in there soon!



Love Alex!

Jump Animation, Second Pass

Thank you very much for the helpful advice guys. Ive tried to address it the best i could.



Ryan? Which ryan are you? Ryan K? haha, i couldnt stalk you to find out, but all of the advice was great. I would love to hear what you think of the new version (i know its not radically different, but hopefully its...better) :)

Alex

New Animation. Jump!

Heya blog!

so ive been working on some 3d stuff for my reel. very slowly. This animation was started because the dialog shot i was working on was too overwhelming. the plan was to work on the dialog shot, and then when i was bored of it i could work on this one, instead of mindlessly staring at random things on the Internet. needless to say, this didnt work. i just worked on the easier and more instantly gratifying shot. and the dialog shot sits in blocking phase.

On the plus side. this shot was fun. It started off being a simple jump, but that was mega boring and acting is more fun. so now its a jump, and run and fun little droid.
This is the first pass, so i would love some crits on it. anything and everything would be amazing!

Love

Alex

PS, to answer emily's question from the last post- the girl was drawn in black ink, over red colerase. Scanned, the red lines removed, then turned into a colour half tone, comped over the top of the scan and coloured. I wish there was an easier way to get good halftone effects in photoshop, rather than downgrading the image mode. if anybody knows one (apart from the simple filter) i would love to know :)

News and animation

Some cool news. Ive been asked to work on a great film called Cat Piano. Its being made by some talented kids down in Adelaide studio's People's Republic of Animation, a studio that I have been excited by for a long time. The film is a 2d short animated film, directed by Eddie White and Ari Gibson, and stars one of Australia's most influential musicians and writers, Nick Cave, as narrator.
I'll reframe from posting anything CP related unless i have permission. In the mean time check out the sporadically updated blog (theres a new link on the the sidebar).

K, beside that, I have had some helpful suggestions about the last animation post. So Ive reworked it. The most obvious change is at the end, but hopefully the many little tweaks throughout make it feel a little healthier

Stairs Revamp 1 from Alex Grigg on Vimeo.

all the best

New Animation, Stairs

Heya blog,

For somebody who often answers the question "what do you do?" with "duh, Im an animator" I dont dont put a lot of animation up. Hopefully over the next few months, there will be a little more animation going on around here.


Stairs from Alex Grigg on Vimeo.

Im not going to lie to you. this took a little longer than it should have. mainly because i have a lot of trouble sitting down and animating for the sake of animating.

This isnt 100percent so i would love to hear some opinions guys

More of the same

heya blog.
just a more finished version of the last WIP. I guess i feel like this could be better, but im not really sure how to pull it off.

Also, ive started using Vimeo over Youtube. I really like it. you can control a lot more aspects, and you can even host HD. It really seems like a site designed for film/video makers. If your into video hosting and communities, check them out! This is just a more polished version of the ball throw animation I did a couple of weeks ago. the other animation i have mentioned gave me too much head pain, so its taking a holiday. for now :)

Ball Throw from Alex Grigg on Vimeo.

Much love

Alex