New Digital Painting WIP

Nice burst of creativity. Here's about an hours worth of work tonight.

Indy sculpt WIP

So here's another sculpt. I've used Klean Klay because this is a test for what will be a slightly larger Indy in Super Sculpey Firm, which I will paint. Still finishing the hands and he needs his gun holster too. Getting close to settling on a pose.

Fresh Stuff...

Time to update with some new sketches. Trying to stay creative and productive....

Some more animation as well..
Run Reference #2 from Darren Bell on Vimeo.

Run Reference #1 from Darren Bell on Vimeo.


                                                           And filed under "Just Because"...

With the 30th Anniversary BluRay out soon, I thought I'd celebrate with a sculpt of the little guy.
Super Sculpey and acrylic paints.

Animating one of my character designs

This is a quick pencil test of one of my character designs from previous posts. I now have a sequence in my head that I hope to complete in the coming months.

...a bit more....

And here's my short film from 2010...finally uploaded!

Some animation...

Here's the opening shot of an animated short I'm currently working on.
The music is "Clawhammer Medley" by Steve Martin. Gotta love banjo.....




This is a pencil test from the same project.

And now...Digital Painting and Drawing

Ok, after such a huge break following my Animated Short, I think it best to update the blog with some new digital paintings/drawings and animation......

          This is a character that I am developing. He's starting to take on a life of his own...

Cryptozoologist Maquette Turnaround from Darren Bell on Vimeo.

A Little Walk

Currently working on a walk for the Boy in the story. He's based very much on my son, down to clutching his favourite Brachiosaurus.

Alakazam!

Ok...another post while I'm in the mood. This is the current version of Sam being turned into a bat. The animation is now finished and coloured. The composite is still WIP but getting very close.

Elephant!

Hi all. A new post after another long break. Lots of animation going on and another shot rethought. There was a shot where Sam is a dog. I like dogs, but I thought it was a tad boring, so I went with something more exotic. I also decided to show his transformation into the animal to establish his abilities and so the audience gets that he can be a whale, mouse, bat etc...

Anyway, this is a work in progress with a few inbetween frames unrendered.....