Huw Whiddon: Archive

The Worlds End

Am currently working on ‘The Worlds End’ as a rotoscope artist, I have finally got myself a credit on IMDB, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213663/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast Hurrah! though I am still currently Technical Support runner it’s a step in the right direction! Also the movie is looking fantastic!!

Apr 17th

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Dec 18th

Moustache you to donate!

I am taking part in Movember this month! in order to raise money for men’s health and general Cancer research, Cancer is bad, bad bad bad bad and your money can be used to cure it once and for all! For anyone you know that suffers from cancer or the risk of getting it yourself, give a little via my profile or create your own and let our Moustaches curl as cancer is defeated! Anything...

Nov 4th

IMDB

I have decided to add myself to IMDB for my CV, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5317589/ Was surprised that I was actually accepted on it for my Technical support I have supplied to the movies :D

Oct 23rd

Woop! someone blogged my film!

http://flotsflotador.blogspot.com.es/2012/09/nueva-cancion.html Someone in Spain has added a really nice post about my film, to encourage people to have visual fun with music, translation: ‘ This video Huw Whiddon entitled Synasthetic you can serve as motivation for his beautiful visualization of a classical piece. Music and painting are auniversal language that underlie this...

Sep 15th

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May 17th

Butterfly Kiss (photos)

Right I finished this fun little theatre project early February this year. The play was Butterflykiss ”Written by international awardwinning playwright Charles Way, it explores the nightly dreams of young people.” Performed by the ‘Gwent young peoples theatre’ But unfortunatly i was unable to attend the event so have had no idea what is actually going on there...

May 7th

Apr 22nd

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Apr 12th

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Mar 27th

Space! SPPPAAACEE!

Right it’s been a while blog! needless to say I need to do more work and as of now I am developing a short story and style for a Space themed animation. Here’s a taster for style:

Mar 18th

Feb 23rd

FFresh awards! and the things I helped out on

Although I didn’t submit any of my work I still want to congratulate all the winners. Especially Eva Wagner and Ian Morley (and everyone else who worked on that production) Because I worked on these..so i can slightly say I have some award ha! Animation Sun and Moon Eva Wagner Newport Film School I helped Eva by Colouring, storyboard and general things Entertainment First...

Feb 11th

Butterfly Kiss

This is the play I helped out on with some animated backgrounds! Please if you’re near a venue check out this brilliant production! Butterfly Kiss: An experimental new play written by International award winning playwright Charles Way, Butterfly Kiss is an exploration of the dreams of young people in which the writer has created a mysterious but revealing piece of theatre that reflects...

Feb 8th

Watch

Newest showreel, somethings are a bit unfinished in there though

Feb 8th

Coding and Backdrops

Coding: These weeks I have been mostly working on my website, learning HTML and CSS coding (Thanks Chris!)! It is coming together slowly but pretty nice! www.huwwhiddon.co.uk (bear in mind, it has no information and Unfinished) Backdrops: I have also been working on a theater production creating animated backdrops to be projected, this has been fun and challenging. (also revealing the poor...

Jan 16th

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Jan 10th

Dec 29th

Dec 28th

Brewing up a storm!

My project now is too create a very flowly visual animation, I seem to be jumping forward and back - back and forward to projects and other projects. And between work and tiredness I have managed to get myself into a nice creative bubble. Only problem is .. RAM RAM RAM RAM RAM needing more of it.. Nuts!

Dec 12th

Watch

Jellysquid! What I have been doing today!

Dec 11th

Watch

Felt like adding music: As I come to grips with I realize how much more there is to learn.. And yes.. i have been playing Skyrim!

Dec 10th

Dec 7th

Nov 28th

Biscuits, crumbs and cups of yum

Today Eva spent the day making lots of wonderful treats! which i proceeded to devour with much gusto!

Nov 27th

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Nov 23rd

Nov 20th

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Nov 20th

Puppet test

Now I know how to rig and program up a puppet using an image combined of separate limbs and puppet pins plus Nulls (and secret sauce) so heres a frog.. Animating like this is very very similar to animating on Maya suprisingly

Nov 19th

To do

Now that I am active again I have set myself tasks, a small list: Learn expressions and codes in aftereffects so far learned: 2 sets Animate a puppet using newly learnt knowledge Animate ideas as soon as possible 3 hours of life drawing or animation every day after work and all day weekends spam companies every time I bulk update my work Keep at it and just enjoy life’s hurdles with a...

Nov 17th

I wonder sometimes...

.. seriously, at my work I see many types of books, interesting ones.. and then these: (POOR quality photo btw, blame my phone) …why… …oh why… http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0711231923/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller= sometimes I wonder why people would spend the time making this yet what concerns me is who would buy it.

Nov 4th

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Nov 4th

In the spirit of the upcoming Halloween

I decided to draw a zombie And refine it..or try too atleast

Oct 22nd

Warehouse of words

Finally I managed to snag a job, not glamorous Nor something to shout about but for the mean time I wake up at 4 am, go to the Warehouse and pack books for 8 hours and only speaking when talking to a robot strapped to my waste which I have named ‘Tammy’. My Tomb. The word of today is ‘Paper-cut’ Interesting observation: Two most popular items people order are about...

Oct 18th

Batter down the hatches!

…A drawing storm is brewing. Decided that now is the perfect time to just blast out anatomy drawings and life drawing, by this time next year I hope to be amazing.

Oct 12th

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Oct 5th

Baby steps

Continuing my maya crash course learning, Am very impressed already with the speed and ability I have already progressed in a couple of days learning. Decided to create a battle walker from ‘Battlefield 2142’ Not only is it an awesome game! but the shapes are relativly simple for me to create. SO far I am using this picture below, at the moment I have just one leg: Learnt how...

Oct 3rd

Maya: Gotta start moving to get somewhere

I have decided to learn Maya! and for my first task in my first day of learning and random guessing I decided to make a mug.

Oct 1st