D & AD 2011

Yay!!! just about managed to upload my concept design and short animation for a new Disney character as part of a brief for this years D & AD competition... in the end I had to stick with my strengths and hand draw the animation... didn't have a lot - about 18 seconds but Im quite proud of the attempt.

D & AD Competition

Been trying to think of a character for the D&AD competition - Disney brief... have realised now how many subjects and characters Disney and Pixar have covered in the last 10 or so years, they have done just about everything.

So I have turned to some research in Myths, and legends for inspiration.

Disney storys often have messages and meaning entwined with a good measure of humour and wit... The brief specifies that the character must appeal to children aged 4 - 14 years. Thats a pretty wide audience but I figure if its to appeal to young ones it needs to be cute in some ways... and for the older kids it needs to be amusing and cool to keep them interested. Hmm...