Animation for 'Ella' in the works

So I have been working hard on another animation, this time for a fantastic band over in sunny California by the name of Artemis. I had the privilege of getting a listen to the songs in the works towards their EP for release in Feb 2010 and picked my fav. Of course it had to be the longest song giving myself a load of work to do, but it will be worth it in the end!

The video will be a mixture of animation and film and I'm having a great time sending off my ideas and seeing footage come back with what I asked for, especially when I need something funny like a fall that needs to look accidental and watching the takes over and over...(hehe). The animation is a learning experience for me,trying yet again new techniques and getting ever more perfectionist in the process. Mostly hand drawn with charcoal using a mixture of 3 or 4 images flickering, and also rotoscoping. This is the first time doing this and it takes an enormous amount of time to do but looks fantastic!

In the video section you can see the promo ad I made for the EP called 'Auralei' with clips of some of the animation. I really wanted to share so far some of my rotoscoping and to give you an idea, that eagle landing shot at the end took over two days to make for only 6 seconds so hoping its appreciated!

Not long till deadline is up and will be sticking the final video all over when done so please keep an eye out!