Puzzle

Another List item - #43: Puzzle

No Way Out

A long time ago on DeviantART I found a list – 100 words and phrases designed to give you some inspiration in times of artistic drought.  It’s been a while since I looked at that list, but I dug it out today and decided to use it once again….

1$F: Round One

And so begins another of AngelCrusher’s tournaments! The other characters in this image belong to TBPow and MarkDobson.

Flash Cleanup

Flash Cleanup Test from wesleyriot on Vimeo.

This was a pencil test of one of the scenes from the film I animated for my BA in 2007, at GCADT.  I decided to take it into Flash and try cleaning up and colouring it; this is the result. 

Thoughts?

One Dollar Fighter

Another picture done for one of Angelcrusher’s art jams – this time a competition with actual prize money at stake!  Each combatant submits one dollar via Paypal towards a prize.  I don’t anticipate winning but I do need something to encourage me to draw morre often!

Character/logo is mine, template by Angelcrusher.

The Blissful Simplicity of Fists

Here’s a sketch I did earlier this year, while I was still living in London.  I have no idea why I never posted, because it’s actually one of my favourite drawings!

Further Testing

Question: does the Twitter plugin for Live Writer work for me?

Test

Trying out Windows Live Writer to create blog posts.  Just for the hell of it!

October Goodness

The theme for AngelCrusher's October jam is Hallowe'en (naturally), so here is one of my characters dressed as a mummy.  AC is going to put all the characters together in a party setting, which I shall link in due course!

Vampires are Not Metal

True Blood is one of the worst TV programmes I've ever seen.
Also, I drew this while broadcasting live on Livestream, meaning I got it done in about 2 hours altogether!

WRASSLIN' TIME

'Roid Head

So there I was, doing my shopping in Asda, when I saw this guy. He really was wearing a sleeveless red chequered shirt, tucked into some too-short camouflage trousers. With the headband and basket. You just can't make up stuff like this!

Pregnancy is Metal

Another Brutal Comic, inspired by the fact that my fiance is pregnant. In fact the baby is due in 2 days!

Kittens are Metal

A Brutal Comic I came up with a while ago, inspired by a drive from Merthyr to London!

Beagle

A small watercolour painting I did as a commission for a friend.

Not Quite Brooker

Started out with me trying to draw Charlie Brooker from the telly. Ended up with this!

Website

I've just started a website at www.ashcollins.com

Now don't go getting any ideas, it's hosted by Weebly, which means it's basically constructed through drag-and-drop editing, and allows modification of html and CSS. I am absolutely useless at most kinds of coding though, which is why it looks a bit basic, but hopefully it will be a bit easier to navigate as an online portfolio than this here blog.

So if you'd be so kind, have a look and maybe tell me what you think!

Bits of Flash

This mini-reel represents some of the Flash animation I've done this year, and is waiting to be inserted into my main showreel.

Showreel 2008

Granted, this needs updating to include more recent stuff, but I'm too busy packing and moving right now to do it! Keep your eyes peeled though....

Little Watercolours

What's All This About Then?

Smile

Trolly Dollies

This is the finished version of Trolly Dollies, produced at Cyfle with Kei Phillips and Mike Day!

Apart from working on storyboarding and writing woth the other guys, I also worked with Kei on character design and did the animation for the passengers.

Wolverine

Less to do with the rubbish-looking film, more to do with an art jam on DeviantART.

Free Sketches

On my DeviantART page I recently offered a number of free sketches to my friends, of whatever they wanted, on a  first come, first served basis. Here are some of the sketches!

Logo Animation

Here's some Flash animation that I made of the doof logo.

Get It?

Thor

I drew Thor for a daily sketch, and thought it would look good as a finished Flash image. Whaddya reckon?

Transmetropolitan

Showing some love for Warren Ellis and Darrick Robertson's awesome comic series, Transmetropolitan.  Read it now!

Cars

A series of vector illustrations I made for a Flash racing game on doof. I think some of them may look rather familiar...