SDCC and EA2D
Alright so here I am back home after a fortnight in the US where I attended my first Comic-Con. I finally met face-to-face and partied with friends from ToonBoom, Ghostbot, Wizards of the Coast, Amplifier, Newgrounds and The Behemoth, all to whom I’m grateful for showing me the town and drinking me under the table. We ►►
17 years
Anyone here 17 years old? Today is the 13th of July, the 17th anniversary of my animation career. As a kid I hated school. I hated being a little fella craving acceptance from footballing kids who detested non-footballers. I didn’t want to pretend to like football or cricket, but wanted to be accepted for who ►►
BrackenSack
Play as Bitey in the first and only Brackenwood game!
Pilliga
Some of the best scary stories I’ve ever heard have come out of the Pilliga Scrub and this one beats them all. Listen to this terrifying phone call in which an old man tells of his harrowing night, alone in the Pilliga.
A long time coming
So whaddya think? Smells lovely huh? If you know me, you know that a site overhaul has been on my to-do list for several years. And yet, it’s only been 4 days since the ball finally got rolling. I’ve made several attempts over the last couple of years, waving cash under the noses of friends ►►
EA2D
To complement EA/Bioware’s gritty RPG epic, Dragon Age: Origins, EA2D created Dragon Age Journeys. It’s adventure role playing with turn-based combat in the fantasy genre (spells, swords, monsters, etc.) Built with Flash, it’s free and played directly in the browser. EA2D is a division of EA Games. They took Daniel Stradwick, a hugely successful indie ►►
DnD Illustrations
At the end of last year I completed some illustration work for Dungeons & Dragons’ latest ‘The Player’s Strategy Guide‘. As it’s been published now, I’m allowed to show the stuff I did for it. The book is full of incredible work by other artists too, so it’s a huge honour to be sharing page ►►
ToonBoom Animate 2
Here I’ll teach you how to get around in my favourite animation software, ToonBoom Animate 2 and Animate Pro 2. The entire introductory video series (below) is absolutely free and, coming soon, exclusive lessons intermediate to advanced.
The Last of the Dashkin
This is the story of the last of the Dashkin.
Bad Drawing
This was another attempt to make something from start to finish in a single day, but it ended up taking two. It’s also the first time I used ToonBoom instead of Flash for a personal work. I used Animate Pro 2 which, back then (early 2009), was known as Digital Pro. The response to this ►►
BCA Flash
Learn Flash animation and illustration with these massive eChapters.
BiteyCastle Christmas
ssssh, children.. Listen very, very carefully and you may just hear Santa when he visits your house.
Waterlollies
By his own actions, the fastest creature in the world is brought to a slow, painful crawl.
30 Shorts in 30 Days
30 shorts in 30 days. Some day I’ll do another 30. That’s a promise.
The Magistrate’s House
Berrima NSW, Australia May, 2004 In early 2004, my girlfriend Jeanette and I decided to take a short break and visit a cluster of quaint villages a couple of hours drive south of Sydney. We decided we would spend about three days just wandering around the little towns, visiting local shops, cafés, museums and markets, ►►
3:33am
Another Halloween short.
The Yuyu
Is Bitey’s speed any match for the Yuyu horde?
LittleFoot
A lost baby morrug finds himself alone in the Brackenwood grasslands.
Taken
This very short, scary piece was originally intended as a last-minute Halloween piece in 2004, but happened to finally get done 7 months later.
The Pilliga Princess
Pilliga Scrub, NSW Australia c.1980 The Pilliga Scrub is a massive expanse of thick bushland in the top quarter of New South Wales and covers an area of about 80 x 120 kilometres. Much has been lost in there, never to be found again, from sheep and cattle, to people and vehicles. Even today, it ►►