DESIGN
MOTION GRAPHICS VFX ILLUSTRATION
Set Design/Digital Painting/Compositing/VFX/ 2D Animation/Photography
Client: Ragdoll Productions Ltd. The Adventures of Abney & Teal
The Adventures of Abney & Teal is the latest series from the award-winning Ragdoll Productions and launched on CBeebies on 26th September 2011. I built a library of trees, shrubs, grasses, flowers etc to build the sets, all from a set of hand painted elements created by Joel Stewart, the author of the show. There are 22 sets in all, including cityscape photos collaged to create a unique skyline. I then built in Maya as 2D set flats in 3D space, allowing compositors to play with depth of field. Photo retouching and editing of characters for use in Maya as applied textures referencing 360 rotation and limb movement.
Set Design/Digital Painting/Compositing/VFX/ 2D Prop Animation/Photography
Client: Ragdoll Productions Ltd. The Adventures of Abney & Teal
2D animation of character props and the curtains of the hut. Weather, special lighting and time of day visual effects. Compositing character animation into the sets with any props and special effects. Colour grading, depth of field creation and focus pulls. See showreel on melskellon.com for full breakdown of shots.
Pitch Presentation Design/Set Design/Digital Painting/Compositing/VFX/2D Animation/Logo Design/MMOG Prop and UI Design
Client: Ragdoll Productions Ltd. Tronji
Tronji was over 6 years in the making and I worked on all design elements from beginning to end. I began work on designing a pitch ‘Book’ which was essentially a Tronji storybook and guide to the show and it’s main characters. I designed a 6ft Tronjiverse Map plotting the geography of the Tronji World as a part of this presentation material, along with smaller individual Tronji books. I designed the logo and the show’s opening title sequence, designed props, UI design for the MMO game, composited characters and vfx shots as well as designing the mechanisms and pipeline management. Tronji aired on CBBC in 2007 and had a MMOG running in tandem with the programme.Tronji deals with multiverse and the idea that elements of one world were ‘swapped’ with another creating a set of problems for which children hold the solution.
Pitch Presentation Design /Logo Design/Prop Colour Design
Client: Ragdoll Productions Ltd. In The Night Garden
In The Night Garden first aired on CBeebies in 2007. I designed the original pitch presentation material as well as the logo and various prop colour designs, styleguide designs and photographed a ‘the making of’ book for in house archive.
Publishing Design
Client: Boneshaker Magazine
Design layouts for print and online publication. Boneshaker is a perfect-bound, ad-free quarterly publication celebrating the wonderful things that happen when people and bikes come together.
Digital Portrait Painting
Client: Private Commissions and Self Generated
Limited edition digital paintings of musicians. Private portrait commissions also undertaken.
Logo Design/Business Cards/Livery/Website
Client: Oakwood Painting oakwoodpainting.co.uk
Professional painting and decorating services. The logo design carried across a full set of stationery, livery and clothing. The website was designed and built in Wordpress - including photo editing and slide animation.
Business Cards/Website
Client: Matthew Hernandez mattflamenco.com
Flamenco guitarist who needed a website to act as a platform for his own playing and recording, but also to advertise all the acoustic nights he hosts at various local venues. Sicial media links and embedded video links essential. I also designed performance time posters and tuition cards.
THE
BU guitar teacher - musician - session guitarist
Songs of Prey
BMus | Grade 7 Guitar (rockschool) e: ben.jr.worsley@googlemail.com t : 07915 862720
guitar teacher - musician - session guitarist
Logo Design/Business Cards/Poster/Flyers
Client: Ben Worsley Client: The Buzzard Orchestral
Recently graduated and looking for work as a teacher and session guitarist, Ben Worsley was looking for a strong logo and set of business cards to help him make connections. Plus a poster design and flyers.
THE P IR AMIDA CO NC E R TS
EFTER K LA N G & N O R TH ER N S I N FO N I A plus special guest JOHN GRANT
warwick arts centre SUN 21 oct 2012 8pm
Grizzly Bear
with villagers 2 7 O C T 2 0 1 2 • WA R W I C K A R TS C E N T R E • 8 PM
Poster Design
Client: Local bands and gigs. Self generated artwork for fans and collectors.
Tour poster design. Limited edition print runs for local bands and self generated projects.
Contact Mel Skellon www.melskellon.com melskellon@gmail.com 0773 308 6348