New Creation: Coffee Bean

My friend Arctic Bunny and I are finally getting around to collaborating on a creative project together - this one will be a comic strip based on characters I created in a short story, namely Coffee Bean, Tea Bag and Milk Shake :)

Arctic Bunny has posted some illustration work already, so swing on by to check it out. http://arcticbunnyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/coffee-bean.html

What do I do in my spare time?

Make funny little videos like this ^^ Hopefully more to come.

Short Animation - The Little Stonemason

I am very pleased and proud to be posting about the short animation courtesy of the PgDip Character Animation at Central St. Martin's. I was there earlier this week to see this graduates showcasing their work, each at their own station and it's understatement to say it was impressive.


Please check out 'The Little Stonemason' by Arctic Bunny Animations. This one is an example of simple and poignant storytelling, beautiful imagery and soundtrack and the hint of a bigger story surrounding this otherwise personal portrait of two characters. I had the pleasure of seeing this animation develop but even then, the final piece is wonderfully executed. This is only a taste of the diverse range of animations on offer thanks to the graduate animators at CSM. I wish them all good luck in their future work, in the meantie, enjoy!


The Little Stonemason from Arctic_Bunny on Vimeo.

Sisters of Stone

So I finally got around to posting this up on my channel - it's teaser for a story not yet written and it will be a collaboration with another amazing artist/storyteller, creator of Arctic Bunny Animations. It's very exciting for me and my co-creator because it was a complete 'light bulb' moment, literally a flash of lightning that ignited an idea that just seemed to span out in my head like a someone's life flash by. In M&S in Bluewater no less, standing in a queue. I love how grand inspiration just grips you in the random places.

So please check out my video; it's inspired by the trip to Exmoor last year; the lay of the land and the general feel of the place we were in suddenly hit us as very 'Sisters of Stone'. It was only until I heard 'Primavera' by Ludovico Einaudi that I was gripped by the idea of a doing some sort of mood trailer. All it's missing is a scene with someone riding a horse through the forest...hehe. It's hardly Hollywood but it will do. At the end of the day, I had fun with it!



I leave with an extract to get you musing about the possible narrative arcs and suggestions that could become the fabric that will be the awesome 'Sisters of Stone.'

'Silent and strong like the bridge she walks, her cloak barely touching the earth. The world may move and change like the furious river below yet her sect will not. Glance to the left and she glides away to the order that commands her. She won't be led astray for she is a sister of stone..' 
written by K.K Verma  © 2009