Callum Graham

Polar Bear

2011-11-17T06:18:00.001-08:00

Its been a while since I've posted anything so I thought I would put up a character design of a polar bear. I've found the BBC documentary 'frozen planet' really inspirational so I've been doing a lot of Artic themed sketches recently. Been really busy with work and a course in web design but hopefully I will have more designs and animations to come soon!

Showreel 2011

2011-06-01T05:23:00.000-07:00

you can view my latest showreel here.

Horse Jump Motion Reference

2011-05-14T13:41:00.000-07:00

The next big challenge for my show-reel is to tackle the quadrupeds. My girlfriend Harriet is currently riding a horse called Jonno who has competed at a high level so I thought that this would be the perfect opportunity to capture some motion reference for my animation. As I'm not animating the rider we took him into the school and lunged him (I think that's what its called!?). This should hopefully give me a better feeling for the horse's individual weight. Will post the finished product soon. If you'd like a copy of the reference please email me!

11 Second Club April

2011-04-19T06:57:00.000-07:00

A presidential candidate addresses the nation with a different approach to an election campaign.

Bot Run

2011-04-06T14:34:00.000-07:00

Website Tabs

2011-03-31T08:00:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the tabs I've been working on in Illustrator for my own personal website.

When you roll-over each of the top icons the bottom ones will appear.

Beavers

2011-03-31T07:50:00.000-07:00

DesignedToSmile

2011-03-18T12:06:00.001-07:00

Just a quick poster design using a vintage vector style. Its for a campaign called "Designed to Smile" Which is aimed at kids and parents to encourage dental hygeiene.

Leg Practice

2011-03-04T04:44:00.000-08:00

I've recently found this ball character rig and though it was perfect for practising my leg animation.

Eskimo

2011-02-10T10:50:00.000-08:00

NoodleHawk Studios Home Page

2011-01-12T09:44:00.000-08:00

Here is the first draught of the homepage for NoodleHawk Studios.

Its a collaborative project I'm doing with Tom Barnes who is currently putting the website together.

We decided to create a website to showcase our work when applying for freelance jobs.

11 Second Club December 2010

2011-01-07T06:18:00.000-08:00

T-Rex

2010-10-26T06:10:00.000-07:00

Just a quick shade in photoshop. Haven't really cleaned it up but I like to keep the original sketch in the final outcome.

True Blood

2010-10-21T14:48:00.000-07:00

Sooo its been a while.... anyway, been playing around with a tablet for the last couple of weeks and I love it!

Character Design

2010-03-23T06:37:00.000-07:00

Here are some character designs for a company called Medicapp. They needed a character for an American website called implantvision.net.

ImplantVision provide informative dvd's for patients awaiting a surgical procedure to explain how the process of operations.

After designing the character I eventually produced and animated a short for the Kid's Club. I had help from Keen Chi Hui who modelled the characters for me to rig and Nicky Rhodes who modelled the environment and objects.

Showreel 09

2009-06-29T06:08:00.000-07:00

This is my completed showreel from University.

It still needs a lot of work on the acting pieces so will be posting my new and improved showreel as soon as Im happy with it!

Tiger Walk Cycle

2009-06-25T04:57:00.001-07:00

As I dont have alot of animal stuff on my blog thought I'd post a quick tiger walk cycle.

Another Walk Cycle

2009-06-08T08:59:00.000-07:00

Run Cycle

2009-06-08T08:20:00.000-07:00

I really enjoyed animating a weighty run with this rig.

I wanted him to come across as the sort of character you'd get chasing you out of his cave.

Walk Cycle

2009-06-08T08:08:00.000-07:00

This is a Generic walk cycle animated in Maya.

Game Scene

2009-06-04T07:50:00.000-07:00

For one scene in my showreel I animated it as a first-person shooter game.

I thought it might be interesting to try something a bit different.

To create gunshots I used Adobe After Effects for the first time.

The creature rig was courtesy of CodeMasters games.

Collaborative Work

2009-06-04T06:39:00.000-07:00

These are a few shots I did for a film by Toke Jepsen called "Over the Hill".

The film was nominated for best second year at the Glammies awards this year.

Beast Walk Cycle

2009-06-04T06:22:00.000-07:00

This is a model by Jamie Lloyd rigged by Kim McCubbin.

It was cool to animate something different like this creature because he walks on his arms.

Motion Builder

2009-03-11T11:26:00.000-07:00

This was a project we did as an introduction to Motion Builder. The objective was to successfully blend a series of animations together without any obvious transitions.

For the first half of the project we blended a series of biped motion capture sequences and one of our own animations. We then had to alter the sequence to create 2 other different emotions.

For the second half of the project we had to animate and blend a series of quadruped animations. We also had to create 3 different emotions for these sequences.

2nd Year Film

2009-03-06T03:18:00.000-08:00

This is my film from my second year at uni. Its about a fox hunter who goes into town to pick up some hunting supplies. When he sits down for a quick break he soon realises that the town is a bit unusual today...

Had some problems with the sound and rendering but might touch it up when I get the time.

I think the overall style of the film works really well. The time spent modelling, texturing and organising shots really affected the animation and it did get a bit sloppy.

It's safe to say that I will never be directing EVER again..