Laura Charlton's Portfolio

2011-05-12T08:01:00.000-07:00

This is the latest work from the last week or so. They all turned out sort of good, but I'm particularly happy with the one of the dragon and the griffin.

Back from the Dead

2011-04-13T17:08:00.000-07:00

Well, it's been a long time since I've posted anything, mainly because I've been spending the last seven months working as a storyboard intern. Now that that's finished I've had some time to do some of sketches.

Elementals Poster

2010-10-07T14:12:00.001-07:00

With two jobs on the go, I haven't had much time to put anything up here. But here is one thing I've managed to finish this week. It's just a concept for a story idea I have. Who knows, maybe something will come of it someday.

90s cartoons

2010-09-12T13:50:00.000-07:00

This week's sketches are tributes to a couple of cartoons from the 90s, Godzilla the Series and Alienators. Please note, none of these characters belong to me.

New Stuff

2010-09-04T13:32:00.000-07:00

Here's a new character design I did this week. I should also note that I won't be updating as often for a while. I'm currently doing a storyboard internship so most of my time will be dedicated to work for that company.

This Week's Work

2010-08-23T10:25:00.000-07:00

I've been away for the last few days for a desperately needed vacation, so there isn't too much new stuff to post. But as I make more I will put it up.

Portraits and Stuff

2010-08-11T16:32:00.000-07:00

A few samples from this weeks batch of sketches, featuring a portrait of one of my favourite celebrities, Judge Judy.

Sketches (with 50% more dragon)

2010-07-29T09:34:00.001-07:00

After reading the "How to Train Your Dragon" art book, I had an urge to draw dragons and vikings; this was the result. The two vikings and the two-headed dragon belong to Dreamworks, the rest are my designs.

Some New Illustrations

2010-07-21T10:39:00.000-07:00

I promised myself that I would do at least 2 sketchbook drawings a day and so far I've been keeping that promise. Here are a couple of the best ones that came of that.

New Sketchbook Pages

2010-07-16T15:07:00.001-07:00

These of some of the more recent sketches I've done in my spare time.

Demo Reel Locations

2010-07-11T06:57:00.001-07:00

This is just a quick note to let everyone know that aside from being posted here, my demo reel can also be found at the following sites (in case the one here desides to be glitchy):

http://www.vimeo.com/12556081

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4aH6IPtt-Y

More Random Sketchbook Pages

2010-07-06T09:51:00.000-07:00

Here are some pages that I decided to pretty up in Photoshop and/or Flash. Again, some of the characters belong to me but many of them don't.

Random Sketchbook Pages

2010-07-06T08:52:00.000-07:00

These are some random pages straight out of my sketchbook (consisting of stuff mostly done in the last month). They are pages that I liked, but not enough to colour them. Please note that a few of the characters (guy leaning on the tree and middle character in the row of three) are from some of my favourite cartoons and thus don't belong to me, but the rest are my designs.

Caricatures

2010-07-02T18:06:00.001-07:00

Recently, I've discovered that I really enjoy doing caricatures and I'm actually not that bad at them. Here are some of the ones I've done so far (some are from internet photos, others are of family and friends).

Demo Reel

2010-05-30T14:40:00.000-07:00

This my current animation demo reel. All of the work included was done by me (animation, storyboards, editing, and still drawings). The song "Sun Goes Down" by David Jordon is being used with permission.

Storyboards

2010-02-16T10:55:00.000-08:00

Here is a sample of the storyboards I have done for various projects over the last two years in the NBCC animation course.

Character Designs

2010-02-16T10:53:00.001-08:00

These are some different character concepts I have come up with for various animation projects.

Illustrations

2010-02-16T10:49:00.000-08:00

More sketches done in my free time, but this time I took the time to colour them. Some were done in Flash and others were done in Photoshop.

Sketches

2010-02-16T10:40:00.000-08:00

Some sketches done in my free time, made with pen and coloerase pencils.

Life Drawings

2010-02-16T10:15:00.000-08:00

Here are some life drawings done over the course of the term. All were done with conté. The pages on top consist of 30 second to 2 minute gestures; the rest are 5 minutes and up.

Layouts

2010-02-16T10:10:00.000-08:00

These are some of the layouts I've done during the animation course; some were used in animations while others were done for a background class.

Backgrounds

2010-02-16T10:08:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the backgrounds that I have designed over the last two years. The pan was done in Flash, the Egyptian and medieval one are 3D and the other two were hand painted with acrylics.

Animation Sequence

2010-02-16T09:57:00.000-08:00

This is a sequence of frames from a pitching animation. It was done traditionally using Flipbook and later coloured in Flash.