ANIMATION

Mark is fully capable and experienced to create all aspects required for an animated film from beginning to end.

These can include the following areas of design and production

*Story/ Script writing
*Storyboarding
*Animatic development
*Character Design
*Background Design
*Concept Art
*Animation (rough, ink and colour)
*Compositing and Editing

Thinking on the terms that animation is bringing the imagination to life, Mark will focus on developing a strong idea/ story along with designing the right style of artwork which best suits the genre of film.

Mark is a great believer in the heart of art and within the production he tries to maintain as much traditional aspects to his productions as possible, he will hand draw and detail as much content as the project will allow him to using graphics tablets and high end animation/ illustration software which can replicate graphical, detailed and traditional artistic mediums such as paint, pencils, charcoals, etc.

Mark treats every production as a new and exciting challenge, as well as studying new techniques which best match the project, he will apply all the knowledge he has gained through the years in the animation industry to make sure that the final end product is an artistic spectacle.

Mark understands that the client's input to a project is of great importance and welcomes the chance to work closely with the client to produce their vision.

Mark will keep in close contact with the client, giving them regular updates and examples of the production and welcomes any feed back, views and opinions in order to ensure that the client is happy with the films progression and to ensure that the client is absolutely satisfied with the end result.


ILLUSTRATION

Mark has created attractive illustrations of various styles for magazines, brochures, books, newspapers and other printed media, he is additionally well known for creating comic strips where his colourful artistic style and humorous story telling skills are combined to bring to life characters through a sequence of still drawn images.

His most popular creations have achieved national and international popularity, being published in books, magazines and national newspapers, distributed on mobile phones and viewed on the internet.