Cuthbowskini's Animation Gallery

2007-08-05T11:25:00.000-07:00

New Illustrations from me, Ollie Cuthbertson (http://www.cuthbo.carbonmade.com/)

Meow?

Meow!

Do not feed the animators! Because they turn into monsters. Or something.

Having come to the conclusion that my Stink-Foot paintings were never going to get me a reasonably paid job and that I was pretty much unemployable, I decided to concentrate on other areas of Illustration. The results are above. Plus visit http://www.cuthbo.carbonmade.com/ to see my proper portfolio and play my incredible Flash Games (fully programmed by me too! Which is why you sometimes fall through the floor...well you'll see)

The Tale of Stink-Foot, the Giant

2007-03-18T13:29:00.000-07:00

This is Stink-Foot, the Giant and he is carrying his beloved Fungus Village which he grew from a single Banana and Avacado sandwich almost 2000 years ago. He carries it everywhere, obsessed with keeping it safe from other Giants. Among his kind, Fungus growing is a sport - of sorts. Every 2000 years, they congregate in a specified location and compare growths.

Unknown to Stink-Foot, his Fungus Village is home to a community of little men and women who worship him as their God. These little men and women appear from time to time in Fungus Growths, and will impress the Judges at the Fungus Fair. The key to cultivating these little people is frequent watering and a laissez-faire attitude which Stink-Foot has in spades.

These little people have a highly sophisticated (if some-what inbred) society. They, too, have fungus growing competitions and also hunt for lice in Stink-Foot's beard. This activity is extremely dangerous and deaths are not uncommon.

One famous expedition resulted in 4 of the little men falling to what should have been their deaths. Instead, they were saved when one of them fashioned a glider from a tuft of the Giant's hair, some badger fur and matchsticks and they all floated down to safety. This, however, was just the beginning of their journey. They were cast down into the world on which Stink-Foot walked. Bereft of their God, who, in one mighty stride, left them far behind, they instantly went mad. This was also partly due to centuries of inbreeding.

But these four men were no ordinary men. They were brothers (ofcourse) and, after one of them made a stirring speach about never giving up, which he had stolen from a Film, they set off to find their God and climb back to the Fungus Village they knew and loved.

3 years later, after following the Giant over several continents and many vast oceans, the four brothers caught up with Him. They had forgotten the purpose of the journey - indeed, one of them believed the Giant to be his cousin who owed him a considerable amount of Fungus - but they had made it atleast.

The problem now was how to climb back to the safety of the village...

Stink-Foot continued his relentless journey across the Icy seas of Ice-Land, the Frozen food kingdom. The four brothers, despite being clothed only in loincloths, followed valiantly, but were too cold to think of a plan.

After passing Ice-Land and filling their bellies with all the oven-chips they could thaw, the brothers emerged from the freezing lands and came to a range of incredibly tall mountains. So tall were these peaks, that even Stink-Foot was impressed. The cleverest of the brothers scratched his head and muttered "If we can climb to the top of that cliff..."

"We could build a restaurant at the top out of matchsticks and badger fur!" His brother finished with a triumphant smile.

"Enough with your damned restaurant!" The cleverest brother screamed, a hint of insanity creeping into his voice despite himself. "We can jump back onto Fungus Village when the Giant passes beneath us."

"Don't be ridiculous! We'd never be able to carry all my matches with us in time."

"Not to mention all this badger fur..." Muttered the third brother.

****

After a heated argument, the brothers decided to try the cliff plan. It was risky, but they had nothing else to do, and the restaurant could wait.

The cleverest brother, being clever and all, decided that the other three should jump first. They waited, crouching at the top of this immense cliff, watching as Stink-Foot thudded slowly towards them.

"Now!" The clever brother pushed the first of his kin over the cliff. He had made an executive decision and besides, the man was in no position to argue.

The bearded man tumbled down the cliff, missing Stink-Foot by a mile -literally.

"Timing's alittle off." The Clever brother muttered with a frown.

And so four became three.

"You pushed him!" Gary squeeled. Gary was the most religious of the brothers and as such always spoke up when questions of morality were involved.

"He was a bad apple, Gary. It's better this way." The clever brother said, not hiding his irritation.

Gary had no time to retort as Stink-Foot passed beneath them.

"Now!" They shouted in unison.

The three remaining little men jumped from the cliff and each saw his life flash before his eyes. The clever man saw all the clever things he had done - like pushing his brother off the cliff - and marvelled at his own cleverness. Gary saw his godly deeds and said a silent prayer to the Giant. The third brother saw Badgers. But he was content with that.

They plummeted down and down, the mountains spinning with the sky untill all three were vomiting mid air. Somehow - perhaps through divine intervention, thought Gary - they landed right in the middle of Fungus Village, covered in each others vomit. After 3 years of chasing the Giant, they had made it. Gary spared a prayer for his lost brother, though he had never liked him and probably would have done him in years ago if it weren't for the other two.

Fungus Village welcomed them back and there was much celebrating.

But something was wrong. The motion of Fungus Village had changed - sutble and perhaps imperceptable to a person not accustomed to the regular swaying of the settlement, but the three brothers knew it instantly as 'wrong'.

The air had changed too, growing stagnant and musty. A green mist emerged from beyond the Village edge.

"The Green Mist!" The clever brother whispered to himself. He frequently did.

"Yes..." Gary gasped. "Ofcourse! The Holy Shroom speaks of such a thing. 'When the Green Mist descends, so shall the Gods sit in great circles and deliver judgement upon the Shrooms'"

"Then the Giant is slowing down. Judgement day is upon us!" The third brother mumbled hysterically, clutching his badger fur.

Stink-Foot was indeed slowing down, and at the heart of The Big Green Swamp, other Giants were already congregating. It was only a matter of time before something awful happened to Fungus Village...

To be continued?

****

Stink-Foot lumbered through the swamp, completely oblivious to the species of shrub he extinguished with one mighty fall of his ancient, foul-smelling foot. The other giants greeted him as he lumbered into the massive clearing. One of them, his rival and nemesis, nodded with grudging respect as he saw Stink-Foot's fungus growth. His name was Stink-Bum. It was a name he had earned.

The Story of Stink-Bum the Giant.

Stink-Bum's is a tale of woe.

New Illustrations!

2007-03-05T14:49:00.000-08:00

Warning: The following text contains extreme Geeky-ness and is unsuitable for anyone who pukes every time they see Lord of the Rings.

This is Zohar the Aloof, a wizard driven insane by centuries of exile. But he wasn't always like this. No. He was once the most powerful mage in the land, even better than Gandalf and Merlin and Dave Blaine put together!!! He would spend hours perfecting his tricks and spells, and even got to level 99 which, as everyone knows, is the highest level there is. He knew every trick in the book (the book that comes with Dave Blaines 'How to do magic' set), and revelled in letting everyone know about it. "I know every trick in the book" He would boast to the ladies. And some of these ladies, the stupid ones, or the ones who really liked his beard-for Zohar had a mighty beard- would actually sleep with him. But I digress...

Zohar had it all. He could lift cities with his Levitate spells. He could burn stuff up with his fire spell. He could lift stuff. He could Burn stuff. He could lift...the list is endless. But, one thing eluded him still. He could not control the 4th dimension. Time. If he could go back and forward in time as he wished, he would NEVER miss Columbo again.

Legends told of a rift in time at the edge of the world. People called it The Legendary Rift (it was once called Xacksarthos'Kilandansat but after several people choked to death on their own tongues, the name was changed). It was said that a person could go to any time in History - and even beyond, to the future - if they could traverse the immense tornado that obscured the Rift. It wasn't just a big tornado. It was REALLY big. It was called The Really Big Tornado. Zohar thought 'no problemo! I'll just burn it up with my spells' and set off to conquer Time itself...

Zohar did, indeed, 'burn it up'. He managed to force his way through that ancient storm and into the Legendary Rift. There was a Boss at the end but Zohar was so hard by this point that the boss actually took his own life. Anyway, Zohar flew into the rift. He flew like Neo-but so much cooler. He flew right into the pitch black void of the rift and suddenly was alone. No wind. No light. No sound. Silent darkness. And then he was falling. Like Bill and Ted but cooler. And instead of twenty questions, he listened to 'Some Where Over The Rainbow' about a hundred times on his mp3 player (well, the medievil fantasy world equivolent which resembles an old record player only REALLY small). And then...

BAM!

He was suddenly lying on hard, cold stone. Shelves full of huge, ancient books towered above him on either side and stretched off in a corridoor for as far as his eyes could see. It was gloomy - so that wasn't far. But it was far enough to see one of the most hideously depraved, evil, vomit inducing, terrible apparitions anyone has ever seen.

But I won't get into what happened next because if I described with any degree of accuracy the horrible thing Zohar the Aloof saw in the gloom of that coridoor, you would probably go insane. Needless to say, Zohar was reduced to the twisted creature you see above, and remains so to this day, trapped in that endless library with The Thing whose real name would turn your stomach.

Anyway, below is a picture of a friend I did at work.

Angelina Jolie and other Celebs

2007-02-25T05:01:00.000-08:00

Still not getting it exactly right but it's early days yet!!!

Hugh and John...I messed up pretty badly here!

Rather unflattering drawing of Cindy who is a celebrity in her own right for making excellent Scones...

Determination to get reasonably good at...Caricatures

2007-02-20T14:54:00.000-08:00

Like 'Naruto', the fictional Japanese cartoon character from the Anime of the same name, I will never give up! Except at Tennis which I really did give up. But Tennis is different, it sucks. I'm talking about stuff that matters, like huge 20 episode-long battles with demons and ninjas AND drawing. So I was standing behind my lonely counter at work, waiting for a middle aged woman to come and buy some of my foul-looking furniture, when it suddenly occured to me that I was wasting my time. Did I quit the job? Hell no! I need the money. Did I 'borrow' an epic amount of printing paper and set about drawing every man,woman and child who dared enter my department so that one day I would be able to say 'I am actually good at this' and wouldn't look back on my life as a salesman with bitter regret? Yes. Thats what I did and then I got home, watched neighbours and Columbo and drew some friends. And Eddie Murphy. I hope you (the mythical 'you', the 'you' who is probably just browsing for dirty pictures and has stumbled blindly upon this mess of a blog much to your disappointment) enjoy and if you don't then to hell with you because I know kung fu.

Ellie, Carolyn, Nadya and Rupert. Beauties one and all.

Paul Steere?

Sketches Done While Selling Furniture

2007-01-21T12:19:00.000-08:00

Here are some recent sketches I did while working in a department store. And also an illustration I did just for a larf. I didnt do that at work. I'm not a complete slacker!!!

And here is a filthy old man saying 'Ive got something in my pocket just for you'

The Big Lebowski

2006-10-22T08:01:00.000-07:00

Just learning Flash right now, and here's some rubbish I have come up with. I love the Big Lebowski so much that I didn't bother to make up new scenarios.

That's The Jesus for you!
Here's Walter and The Dude.

And here is an EXCLUSIVE Trailer for the new animated feature "A Clowns Tale"!!! Animated entirely with the use of a mouse.

Super Serious No Silliness Sketches

2006-10-10T02:47:00.000-07:00

Here are some sketches. I'm going to try to put a lid on 'the crazy' so that if potential employers come around, they'll know I have a good work ethic and can be super serious. It's tough though. I just wanted you to know that every serious word I type has had to be put through a mental 'check-point' where silliness is discarded like the soggy weetabix of yesterday.

My Show Reel

2006-09-07T16:01:00.000-07:00

My Animation Show Reel

Please click above to watch my animation show reel on Youtube.com. Without the help of the many talented, beautiful and industrious students at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, my show reel would be EVEN worse. The tutors were marvellous too. I hope you don't puke up all over yourself after enduring two and a half minutes of my work =D

The Knight with MUSIC!

2006-09-07T15:51:00.000-07:00

Here's that mushroom/Knight animation but with music. It is 'Fog' by Radiohead.

Here's me and my brother, Henry (aka Little H aka Hen aka Henners aka Boris the Blade) in Beijing.

Click above to View!

The Temptation of Sir Galahad

2006-09-07T15:04:00.000-07:00

Yay, unemployment rocks! I am my own boss. I pay myself as much or as little as I see fit. I get to watch neighbours BOTH times during the day. I always find the second viewing very...moving. Yesterday I spent half the day sitting in sticky Bee's (Starbucks) drinking tap water. Got mum to record the latter installment of Neighbours ofcourse. Nice little set up.

So here's my old 2nd year film about a horse or something. You there, yes you! The person reading this drivel. Please comment on the film. Oh and thank you to Anwar Ali for telling me how to compress files like MAGIC!

Click Above to View!

Also, a while ago I met this guy randomly in the pub. He claimed to be ME, but from the year 2008. He said he came back in time by riding on the back of an alcoholic who happened to be running at the speed of light. He said he had come back to warn me that if I didn't change my ways, I'd end up just like the fat kid from the Goonies only taller, thinner and older. Perfect!

Here I am, sitting next to my future self.

Quick Thumbnails

2006-07-04T04:59:00.000-07:00

Here are some quick sketches of the crazy old man character.

Walter

2006-07-04T04:44:00.000-07:00

I love that Kinks song, 'Walter'. But this has absolutely nothing to do with that.

Here is a test lip sync, another rough one! I'm still learning, so be gentle.

It's Walter from the marvellous film 'The Big Lebowski' (If you haven't seen it then hang your head in shame!)
John Goodman's voice is just great for animating too (as seen on 'The Emporers New Groove' - if you haven't seen that then hang your head. If you're already hanging it, then continue to do so!)

Erm...where was I. Anyway, enjoy!

Walter - You're being veeeeeeeeeeery Un-Dude

Throw me a Frikkin BONE here!

2006-07-02T06:45:00.000-07:00

Dr Evil Dialogue

This is another rough animation I did ages ago. It's all done with the mouse and straight ahead, so the lines are shaky and...well, naff.

Any comments are MUCH appreciated. Even if you're just slagging it off. Thats cool!

Octopus

2006-07-02T05:34:00.000-07:00

3D Octopus Test

This is a rough test render of the 3D Octopus. The main character (animated by Desiree) is dragged down to the depths and drowned. Or does he? *spooky*

Anyway, the 3D Octopus was Modelled by Chris Gibbons. He did it so quickly that he almost managed to trick Time itself, and travelled afew micro seconds into the past.

I really enjoyed jiggling about with the texture, an ink and paint effect (again Chris taught me how! Oh and Ash showed me a trick or too aswell) Rendering is...um fun? Nah. Kinda. No.

Comments welcome! Oh who am I kidding? No one looks at these things!!!

Olde Animation Film

2006-06-24T06:17:00.000-07:00

This is a very old animation I did in the first half of the second year at college (phew)
It doesn't have a story line as such....but it was a brief involving the theme of going to another world.

Knight Animation

Please please comment!

3DS Max Sword Fight Animation

2006-06-24T06:03:00.000-07:00

I love animation - I love the freedom of being able to animate a character and get a tremendous kick out of breathing life into them. And now, thanks to a crash course in 3DS Max by Chris Gibbons aka Gibbo (one of the best animators I have ever met!), I have tried my hand at 3D animation.

The characters are just blocks and shapes linked together using the er...linky tool...in Max. And then animated bit by bit using the...er...mouse...thing. And behold!

Alright, I won't try and pretend to be an expert. But I am immensely proud of the result. It's not pretty, clever, big or funny and there is very little colour...but....well there is no 'but'. 3D rocks, AND its not nearly as scary as I thought.

Comments are welcome!

3DS MAX Sword Animation

Punch Test

2006-06-24T05:30:00.000-07:00

Punch Pencil Test

This is a very rough test for the college animation. He gets hit in the back by a crow and then punches it. Hmmm...random.

Below is a really skanky lip sync (my second ever attempt!). It's so skanky and rough that when I uploaded it the computer beeped and actually said, in a disgusted west country accent, "You Dirty Great Skank"

Shocking.

Skanky Dialogue

Um...trying to upload clip. Will it work??

2006-06-21T12:23:00.000-07:00

Crow Movie

I hope this works!!!

College People, Bless them

2006-06-18T07:15:00.000-07:00

This is a rather strange illustration I did a few years back.

This devilishly handsome fellow is Minaz Uddin, another animator at College. Remember his name, and fear it! Um...well he's a damned good animator anyway. (artists impression)

And THIS is Namdi. He is also an amazing animator, and a tireless innovator. Remember his name also. (I apologise to the people who's portraits I upload. Many were done surreptitiously=)

I'll dig up some more amazing animator portraits!

Ok that is Paul Steere, or Pauly. The picture doesn't do him justice! I should really find the links to their pages...but I recently had surgery and am now infected. After alot of blood loss, I can't go into college. But enough of that! More College people cometh:

This is Desiree! Animator and Time Traveller. Not a time traveller. But that would be cool, no? Anyway, I will get her blog address so you can see for yourselves how good her work is. As with the others, Remember and fear her name etc.

This hard working fellow is Ash Da Cash, master of motion, Crafter of Creativity, Maker of...maker of things...Maker of amazing films! Phew. Well he's a super animator and a DJ too! Remember. Fear.

More College Film Stuff

2006-06-18T06:55:00.000-07:00

This is a loose concept for a stormy ocean scene in the film. I have since animated lots of water for it and our highly talented compositer (Chris Page http://www.3dsketchbook.com/) has made it look really lovely. We are going to have a 3D boat in there. So 2D ocean with 3D boat. Hmmm. It's tricky!

This is my cat, Mr Fluffy Face. He's cute as a button! I used to draw him all the time but...hey wait a...this is meant to be an animation blog. I apologise.

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...But look at him! If you don't think he's as sweet as a lil nut then you are dead inside!!!!

*Sigh* Back to college film.

Here is a design I did for the mansion in our film. I am an offense to the art of painting! But practice makes perfect.

College Film Stuff

2006-06-18T06:31:00.000-07:00

This is the 'Pygmy' character for a collaborative project I am working on at college. He's a wise old herb merchant who lives in the forest of eyes. He is quite mad and talks through the dead fox on his shoulder. Abit like that guy with the Emu.

He is also a terrible ventrilloquist and so you can see his mouth moving when the fox speaks. He says things like "I know what you're up to" and "I am the walrus"

He exists in the main characters twisted dreams as a representation of the psychiatrist who is trying to bring him back to reality. So he's in a sort of doctors coat.

"Yes, Fluffy. I agree. He's quite, quite mad."