Sean Connery

Very old characature.

It's been a long time!

I haven't put anything up for a VERY long time.  I've got plenty of new work to add, so l'll start with an old comic strip l developed years ago and never submitted anywhere.

HenryVille

FX Guide Article

FX Guide has just done an article on Iloura's work for "Don't be Afraid of the Dark". Beware, it contains spoilers, ....

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/iloura-vfx-isnt-afraid-of-the-dark/

2009 Demo Reel

Here's a link to my latest Character Animation Reel. Because none of the films l've worked on over the last 2 years have been released yet l can't show any of my more recent work. So this is all from my time at Act3animation.


http://www.vimeo.com/26223727

Old Men

I downloaded the trail version of Painter 12 last night. I didn't delve too far into the new features, but it mostly looks like a 'lick of paint' update. Still there's some nice new brushes. I used the 2B pencil for these quick sketches.

Happy Feet Two

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

... Coming August 12th .....

Samurai

Whenever You Think Something Is Done

You can always push it further. I thought l'd achieved what l was after here, ...


... but taking another look ....

.... and another ....

... always helps! This is an illustration for a childrens book submission l did a while back. The image improved along the way, although l did really like how the ears turned out in the first version.

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark

The trailer has been released, ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WCaXfiO8hk

Outback

Well life is as busy in Sydney as it was in Melbourne. Moving around working on films seems to leave little time for painting and drawing unfortunately. Although l have finished developing HenryVille and l'm starting to submit the strip to publishers now. I'll try to update the blog with a couple examples in the near future. As for work, "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" is set to be unleashed on the public in January, and "Happy Feet 2" is moving along well.

I'm growing more confident that my old short film, Outback, is never going to be completed, ... and since l don't have a lot of new artwork to update the blog with, l thought l'd add a small selection of the concept art l did for the film 'years' ago when l was developing it.

JMAC Solutions

Logo Design for an old Mate, ....

Meet Snots

Playing with Inkscape. An ugly interface, but nice tool selection.

AniRamble

I've just setup a new blog with 3 fellow animators who are working on the film at the moment here at Iloura. Its basically a place where we can post anything animation related that we find either inspiring or useful to each other. So if your interested, head over and check it out here, ...

AniRamble

HenryVille

HenryVille is a comic strip l developed over 12 months ago and haven't had a chance yet to see if anyone wants to publish it. The strip follows Henry and his 'unique' friend Monkey as they go about changing the world. The strips are designed to work both as single gags on their own, but also develop together as an extended tale and entice the reader to return to the comic like a soap opera. Something l thought was missing from the current disposable wasteland of commercial cartoons being published. (Generally comics these days l find to be just throw away one-liners, which is why l think they've been de-valued and their page sizes steadily decreased over the years.)

This sample is one of the first strips l wrote while l was still developing the characters and the greater plot line.

(Click on the strip to see a larger, readable, version.)

Quack Quack

This is a section of an illustration l did a couple of months ago. It was one of three pieces l did for a submission to try to get a book illustration job. The 3 images were done pretty quickly to make the deadline and l wasn't completely happy with how they turned out in the end. I do like this Duck though, l thought the illustration style worked ok here.

Didn't get the job, so l'll be interested to see what the final illustrations look like when it comes out. I'll try to post another one or two of these soon.

Coming Soon ....

The blog has just had its 4000th visitor!! That's worth celebrating with a new pic. Unfortunately l've only got something small to post at the moment. This is a sample of an illustration l'll put up soon on the site called "Monkey See Monkey Chew".

A Quick Sketch

Hey Cow

Things have been very busy lately. And as usual it is my blog who is last to receive some long overdue attention. This is an illustration l've done for a new venture which l will be announcing soon, l don't have all the details yet, but for now it's a sample of what's in store.

Wildebeast

(An old painter study l did in August 2006)