Animated Heads: November 2012

Friday, 30 November 2012

Updated showreel

My revised showreel as suggested by the people at Walt Disney Animation Studios (Thanks Ronaldo you were really helpful). More of my work can be seen on my website daryl-rhystaylor.co.uk.
Featuring
1. Test for Micazook using animation from "One More Beer!" as reference
2. Red Bull Canimation entry
3. John Cleese Flash symbols animation test
4. 11 second club test

Thursday, 29 November 2012

Update

At disneys suggestion (thanks Ronaldo) i have updated my portfolio and showreel on my website www.daryl-rhystaylor.co.uk

Portfolio review with Walt Disney Animation

Just met with disney. They said i had potential and to keep maturing as an artist and animator. They also said to keep in touch.

Monday, 26 November 2012

Daryl Rhys Taylor showreel 25th November 2012

My latest showreel. More of my work can be seen on my website daryl-rhystaylor.co.uk.
Featuring
1. Test for Micazook using animation from "One More Beer!" as reference
2. 11 second club test
3. John Cleese Flash symbols animation test
4. 11 second club test
5. Red Bull Canimation entry
6. Personal Pencil animation
7. Another Flash symbols test
8. Sneak walkcycle in Maya
9. Hand drawn in Flash 11 second club test

Saturday, 24 November 2012

Merry Christmas 2012

Merry christmas everybody!

It's A SpongeBob Christmas! "Don't Be A Jerk It's Christmas" Music Video + Epic Mickey Exhibit London

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-hill/spongebob-christmas-album_b_2175828.html

Plus today epic mickey exhibit London

http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/family/epic-tales-of-mickey-mouse-and-oswald-1450794

http://uk.westfield.com/stratfordcity/news-and-events/2012/disney-epic-mickey

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Daryl Rhys Taylor Micazook Test One More Beer Final

This is a test I was asked to do for Micazook as part of an application for a 3D animator position.
I had to examine this animation called "One More Beer!" (www.vimeo.com/50522981) and I had to duplicate the posing and timing as best as I can. Here's my best try.

Tuesday, 20 November 2012

Happy Birthday Mickey

Happy 84th Birthday Mickey Mouse

Why doesn't Disney celebrate your birthday?

http://www.mouseplanet.com/10156/What_No_Mickey_Mouse_Birthday_What_Kind_of_A_Party_Is_This

Saturday, 10 November 2012

Future plans

Just a little note, beginning January I'll be starting the ACCA accounting exams.

Art trade with tellywebtoons on deviantart

Thursday, 8 November 2012

10 piece portfolio submission for Chris Oately's review

Here are my 10 pieces that I am submitting for Chris Oately's Portfolio review this Saturday.

Go to his website Chris Oately and sign up.

Hamster character design I did for a Tom Bancroft Challenge

Hanna-Barabera styled character designs I did for Droomwevers Charitable Euro ABCD project.

Kappa designs I did for a friends indie video game

Little girl Gorilla pose designs I did for a London Zoo project at college

Designs I did for a book I illustrated for "The Koncept factory" called "The Booger Monster"

Character designs for my own children's book "Diggory Sparrow".

Designs for an internet ad for "Oxford media Solutions"

Designs for a pitch to Too Cool Cartoons.

C.V/ Resume

Daryl-Rhys Taylor
Personal Statement/ Career Objective

At a very young age I fell in love with animation and knew that I wanted to be an animator when I grew up. I knew I wanted to achieve a future in crafting well-designed characters brought to life with entertaining animation.

Education

Year 2009: Ba (Animation) with 1st Honours at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication

Year 2006: Bs (Mathematics) with 2nd (Higher) Honours from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

Y Year 2003: A-level Mathematics A, Chemistry A and Art A from City of London School

Year 2002: AS-level Biology C from City of London School

Year 2001: GCSE Art A, Mathematics A, Chemistry A *, Biology A, Physics A, Geography A, Spanish B, English Literature B, English Language B, Deisgn and Technology B from City of London School

Other Qualifications

Comic Strip published on www.dummcomics.com

Finalist in the Walt Disney Company Consumer Product Graduate Scheme 2008

Hand-drawn animation, Maya, Stop-Motion and Life Drawing short courses at Central Saint Martins.

Work Experience

CGCG

Freelance Character Designer for Oxford Media Solutions Date 11th July 2012 to 14th August 2012 Designed characters for Oxford Brookes University and Ceri project
CG Animator for Spider-Eye Animation Date: 5th March 2012 to 9th March 2012
Used Softimage XSI to animate on pilot "Bouncy Castle".
Interior Illustrations and Cover for The Koncept Factory Date: October 2011 till February 2012
Provided interior illustrations and cover for the children's book "The Booger Monster"
Marketing and Publishing Intern for Macmillan Children's Books Date: 30th January 2012 to 3rd February 2012
Designing newsletters, researching marketing opportunities, mailing out proof copies and filing.
Wallace and Gromit test strip for the Sun Newspaper Date: December 2011
Did a test strip for the Wallace and Gromit comic in the Sun Newspaper.

Internship at App Play Ltd Date: 4th July 2011 to 8th July 2011
Provided photoshop and aftereffects work form CashPlay TV
Character Concepts for The Koncept Factory Date: June to July 2011
Provided character concepts.
Illustrations for Corporate House Date: June 2011
Provided illustrations for book about renting out your property.
Work Experience at Brown Bag Films Date: 2nd May to 6th May 2011

Conformed Storyboards and typed scripts for overseas production and helped in editing sessions for show "Doc Mc Stuffins" for Disney Junior, provided character designs for programme in development for Spike TV and generally helped around the studio

Work Experience at Espresso Animation date: Odd days in March and April 2011

General helping around the Espresso Office

Character Designer for Crump Animation Date: February 2011 to March 2011

Unpaid. Provided character designs for one pilot and finalished model sheets for another.

Animator at King Bee Studios Date: February 2011 to March 2011

Unpaid Flash Animator for pilot.

Animator for Reverge Labs Date: January 2011 to February 2011

Worked on animation test for the 2D fighting game Skull Girls.

Animator for Droomwevers Euro ABCD Date: September 2010 to now.

Un-paid work where I had to write, design, storyboard, animate, produce and direct a minute and a half animation to an existing song.

Runner at ‘Passion Pictures’ Date: 23rd June 2010

Cleaning dishes, prepared food, check sanitary essentials and went out on errands.

Freelance character designer for ‘Softmart’ Dates: October 2009

I was asked to provide character designs of a Sony Mascot called Sony-Boy for a promtional Softmart calendar.

Head of Ebay Sales, Researcher and Archivist at ‘Art You Grew Up With’. Dates: August 2005 and August 2006

Photograph items, research items, price items, composed invoices, dealt with customers and packaged items. Also researched and archived the gallery’s stock, sorted out newsletters and provided general shop maintanence.

Software Programs

AutoDesk Maya, AutoDesk Sketchbook Express, Adobe Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere and Adobe After-effects

Additional Skills and Experience

At Ravensbourne, as the director of a group of nine people on a student film I gained the ability to adhere to a production schedules, manage a group of creative people, calculate invoices and costs of projects and learnt to deal with outside voice actors and other clients. I also gained a good understanding of animation principles and learnt to draw to consistently well at a quick pace. Finally I gained a good understanding of the creative side of the industry.

Interests

Drawing, Animation from Hollywood’s Golden Age, Silent Comedy, Sitcoms, Superhero Comics, Science Programmes, Platform and Fighting Games, Puppetry and Palaeontology.

References

References are available on request.