Pixar - Link

Buy 'N Large is actually a viral site for the new Pixar movie WALL-E. I worked with a writer from Pixar to create the site design and was also able to write some copy to add to the mythology of the ficitious company featured in the final film.
And what a film... An amazing piece of work.

 


Crashlander Studios creates animation, illustration and motion design for web, games, print and offline projects.

Please feel free to contact me at:

 
    studio@crashlander.com  
         
 
 


Wrigley's Racing - Link
A site for Juan Pablo Montoya, the driver for the Chip Ganassi team in NASCAR. I designed the site and did the Flash animation. It's pretty busy.


Disney Channel - Link
After sending in some cartoon pitches to Disney Channel UK
I was asked to work on some character designs for a show in development in-house. I designed the look and feel of the characters from the brief, and if used, will become the style guide for the show. They can't be revealed online yet, but when they can they will be updated here.


Layer Tennis - Link
Organized by Coudal Partners and sponsored by Adobe, Layer Tennis is live design event in which two artists are pitted against each other in a quick-fire competition. I played the first ever Flash match, and was subsequently invited back for the finale. You can see the matches here and here.

 














 
     
 

Line Golfer - Link
Candystand asked for ideas for a different type of game from their usual output and I was able to propose Line Golfer. This game uses user generated content as people actually draw their own mini golf courses and are able to share them with other users. Right now, there are almost 100,000 unique courses.

JetBoost - Link
Working with David Scott of Tower Defense fame, I made the character, graphics and animation for the game, based on Scott's wireframe. Notable for getting all the artwork done in three days straight.

 


 
     
 

Where's Sindy - Link
An awesome concept for a game for Altoids - it uses Google Earth to help you locate the titular character of Sindy. I designed the backgrounds and colour artwork, and along with the Flash elements, created illustrated versions of real world locations.


TT Games website - Link
TT Games had recently rebranded themselves and needed a website to reflect their new image. It also had to bridge the gap between functionality for adult consumers and appeal to their core market of children. The site is easily updatable and follows TT Games branding brief to the letter (no pun intended). The banners also came out particularly well.

Volkwagen Beetle Force of Good - Link unavailable
Force of Good was a cross-media campaign in the US promoting the New Beetle. I was tasked to create six 'Good vs. Lame' battle animations, specifically: 'Lunch-lady Hairnet', 'Burnt Toast', 'Scary Monster', 'Socks-n-Sandals', 'Expired Parking Meter' and 'Bad 80s Hair'.

Lego Make & Create - Link
Lego Make & Create is designed to get kids to throw away the instruction book and come up with their own creations. I produced highly detailed animations for each of the available sets and ended up with a lot of Lego laying around my studio. These were fully scripted and storyboarded (even though they're silent) and they can now be seen here and here.

Emerald Nuts - Link
I animated the extensive 8-part 'Story Of Emerald Nuts', a false history of the snack company stretching all the way back to the 1800s. Visual inventiveness and comic timing were the order of the day, as well as a copious amount of sound effects.



Lego Star Wars: The Story Of Anakin Skywalker - Link
Somewhat of an optimum project for me, the job was to recreate the entire life story of the man who would become Darth Vader (exclusively in Lego) to coincide with the release of Star Wars Episode II. Every Lego model was built and photographed seperately for each angle required, and compiled in Flash over an eight week period. You can check out a special edition non-title-carded version of the animations here.

Lego Star Wars: Imperial Star Destroyer - Link
The largest Lego set of all time. And to promote it, Lego wanted to re-enact one of the most famous movie opening scenes of all time... in Flash. Despite the obvious technical limitations, this promo ended up looking surpisingly accurate, right down to the last laser blast. Watch out ILM.

 










 
 


   
   
 


Rebound - Link
A Pocket PC game from Ideaworks3D, with graphics by one of the original Bitmap Brothers, Dan Malone. Building the site out of Dan's sprite sheets was a joy.

 


Matinee - Link
The website that started it all for me. The first Flash site to utilise 3D effects, way back in 1998. This site was hugely popular at the time, winning the Shocked Site of the Day award and the IVCA Gold Award for Website of the Year. I designed and built the entire thing, which is looking horrendously outdated now, but I love it for its excess.