Interactive Demos

I've been developing some interactive pieces for Hyper-Connected, using the iPad and Wii remote to trigger and manipulate the playback.

Synesthesia stills

Here's some concept stills for the Wellcome Trust proposal. They both use and are inspired by Eric Cahan's work. You can visit his site here.

Wellcome Trust. iPad Ableton demo

Here's a quick demo of a project I'm working on, I'm developing a proposal for the Wellcome Trust's arts bursary.

The setup is fairly simple, using Ableton, OSCulator and Touch OSC on the iPad. I've recently got this setup working with VDMX and can control it with a Wii-mote, I'll post up a vid soon.  All the visuals are created in After Effects and Cinema 4D. Apologies for the camera work, it does come into focus in a few seconds.



Here's the visuals straight from After Effects

Synesthesia Sketches

I've scanned and posted all my sketchbook notes and drawings on a Tumblr. You can find it here.

Wellcome Trust Project: Update

Excitingly Pufferfish, makers of extraordinary spherical touchscreen displays, have offered to collaborate with me on my Wellcome Trust proposal. Whilst being a fantastic opportunity it does of course offer up some technical and creative challenges. Below are some concept stills, using mirrors,  I've been working on to integrate the display into the installation.

Wellcome Trust Development Work

I thought I'd post a little of the project I'm working on for the Wellcome Trust.
It's an installation concept based around a neurological condition called synesthesia.

Couch Designs

Here's some t-shirt designs I created with my brother for his company Couch.

Synesthesia Experiments

A little movie of some experiments I've been working on for a synesthesia based project.

The Rag

The Rag is a Post-Apocalyptic Neon-Dubstep Sci-Fi Epic (!) I've been toying with for years. I was asked to reversion it for a comic book iPad app which was a lot of fun. You can download it here.

Christmas Idents

I made these for the lovely folks at We Are Seventeen. They were in turn working for Red Bee who were commissioned by La7, an Italian TV station. Phew! I did pretty much everything on these, design of all the elements, characters, animation, lighting and so on.

Diagramic Illustrations Of People

Click here to see the whole set. Also, clicking on the picture brings it up hi-res

Beck's Green Box

These are some concept frames from a proposal I'm putting together a proposal for Beck's Green Box project, it's a kind of augmented reality global art gallery.

Mini Showreel: Particles and Mograph

Here's an edit of some the particle and mograph work I've done in the last six months. A lot of it is motion tests and so forth but I thought I'd pop it up anyway.

Machinery Drawing

Here's a fineliner drawing of an old bit of farm machinery I drew when staying at a farm house in Tuscany. (Click image to enlarge)

3D Characters

Here's some characters I've just made for a pitch. They're a kind of pleasantly deranged mix of muppet and Francois Chalet

Synaesthesia Theatre

Here's a first look at a model from my current self initiated project. It's going to be a short film set in the theatre below. It's based around the ideas of Kandinsky and the composer Scriabin and will involve a synaesthetic dubstep machine.

Red Rain

This short film was made in 48 hours for the 'Sci-Fi 48 Hour Film Challenge 2011'. We were given a title (Red Rain), a prop (a plate of biscuits) and a line of dialogue ("If I have to go tomorrow I'd rather leave early.") on Saturday morning and we had to deliver the finished film on Monday morning.

It was stressful, knackering and at points completely chaotic...but it was also loads of fun. We aimed to make a short that was funny and entertaining and hopefully we got close. A massive thanks to everyone who gave up most (if not all) of their weekend to help out, you made it what it is.

Credits:
Written by Simon Russell and Andy Martin
Directed by Andy Martin
Produced by Simon Russell
Starring Nick Blood, Imogen Doel, Ben Whybrow and Ben Deery
Visual Effects Ashley Pay
Music Andy Martin
Camera Evan Pugh
Audio Design Josh Roberts
Edited by Felix Black and Nicola Jude
Graphics by Simon Russell
Make Up by Kiri Mellalieu, Sofhie Clark and Michelle Hutley
Props by Janka Slawik
Runner Robbie Ash

Op Art Skulls for Gavriil Simov

Gavriil Simov

These are a couple of concept images my brother and myself have been working on for a new garmet/screen print range. We've started a Tumblr blog here.

Nothing To Fear

Here's a personal project I've been working on for some time so I'm pleased to be able to post it up. Be sure to flip it to full screen when viewing as it's in HD.

Many thanks to Ben Ash from Candle Music for composing a beautiful piece of music and creating the sound effects. Also many many thanks to Ólafur Arnalds, Erased Tapes and Nettwerk Music Group for allowing me to use Ólafur's amazing music. It really did help set the whole atmosphere and feel of the piece. You can download them for free here.

Showreel December 2010

Superclub

I've just finished directing this commercial. I created the city and ships in Cinema 4D, composited in After Effects and backgrounds courtesy of the Hubble telescope.

Ducklings!

I've just finished this piece for Disney UK. I directed and animated the piece through Fold 7

UFO's Revised

Here's an update for a 30" spot I'm working on. I created the UFO's and buildings in Cinema 4d whilst the nebula backgrounds are courtesy of the Hubble telescope. Should be up soon hopefully.

Om Nom Nom Nom!

Concept visual for a self initiated project I'm working on. All created in Cinema 4D with some post in After Effects

Brandon Flowers Ad Pitches

Here's a test for a Brandon Flowers commercial I pitched on. It didn't win but I kind of liked creating the illustrations and animating them.



This was also a pitch, it's all kind of rough and textures and so forth need work but thought I'd post it anyway

Aw ducklings

Here's a couple of frames from a short I'm doing for a kids show. 3D backgrounds in Cinema 4D and characters worked up in Illustrator and Photoshop.

Genie Illustrations

Here's a couple of concept stills I've been working on. The client decided that the full on neon nature of the visuals would be better suited to another script so no psychedelic genies in the near future. But expect psychedelic elves!

Gatecrasher

 I recently made this ad during my recent stint at Fold 7. I did pretty much everything in post from keying, grading, compositing to creating the 3D environment and decks and so forth.

Drumming at Trafalgar Square

Here's me a couple of weekends ago drumming on a hot Saturday in London. Was a bit of surprise as I've never played a timbale before.

Recent concept work

Personal Project Continues

Here's some new artwork from a personal animation I'm working on. More to follow