Asuang and Gugurang!

I have just completed final renderings on one out of four animated segments for a documentary on Philippine mythology.

The documentary is by Jordan Clark, known for 'Bangkok girl.'
If any of you get a chance, watch it.
http://www.highbanks.ca/
(possible review to come later...)
The past week has been nothing but endless hours of drawing and animating.
Now that I have the style established, I think it'll go a lot smoother for the next three!If any of you are interested in process,
here are storyboard comparisons for the first shot.
Enjoy and have a good day!

website up!

well almost... the projects section is still under construction... but check it out anyways!

http://djaxxstudio.com/

Astra's Melody cover art.

Here's the final cover design for Astra's Melody; a 30 page, fully illustrated, storybook that I've recently completed.

Sparky test pages

Let me know what you all think please!

Recent Happenings

I've recently been extremely busy with almost five different film productions.
One of which was a commercial competition for Doritos.
Task was to create a 30 second commercial for the new Doritos flavor.
Heres the link: Doritos ad!

If you can, please rate and comment! much appreciated!

Filmed at Industrial Island Fx. http://www.islandfx.ca/
Thanks to Simon Norton Game and Brook Hewlett.
Producer:Michael Dutson
Director:Denver Jackson/Dani Zaviceanu
Special Effects Director:Denver Jackson
DOP:Dani Zaviceanu
Animation: Denver Jackson

I was recently asked to do Storyboards for a short film title "Near Silence." This was the first time I have done boards for another production besides my own. It was a great learning opportunity and in the end, after the long hours of the day, I had a good time doing them!

Mount Doug first annual Film Festival!

I was recently asked to be a judge for a high school film festival.
Grade 11's through 12's would make their own little films and submit them to finally be screened on a projector in their library.
After an evening of high school film making, I was quite impressed!
From experience, I know how much effort, work, and time film making requires. It's always refreshing to see young high school kids motivated to film and just having fun.
Anyways, I'd just like to congratulate all those kids who told their own little visual stories.

Other news.
I've just completed a short animated segment for a documentary.
The documentary is to be filmed over the period of a weekend and submitted on Sunday.
I was given the job two days ago and with the strict time restraints, I had to illustrate and animate six short shots. I chose to go with a storybook look and not focus on actual animation(drawn frames, etc). Instead I focused on detailed illustrations to convey the information needed for each shot. At this current point in time, the compositions are rendering and I am about to get some rest! Video soon to be posted!

Here are some character scans for another animated segment I did a while back. Enjoy.

Demo Reel 08-09

Strip Comics

Strip Comics Logo animated.



Strip Comics is a nonprofit magazine that I've been an editor and creative director on.
It will be out end April/beginning of May.

http://stripcomics.blogspot.com/

Sparky Preview!

Heres a preview of a few pages from both stories!

Sparky Update!

So... I've just completed two out of the ten comic stories in the Sparky graphic novel! yey!
Ones fully illustrated and colored and the other has been penciled and inked. All I have to do is scan those 35 pages and color them...
At the moment, I'm working on the outline for the origins story but I tend to jump between stories depending which one I feel for doing next...

This is gonna take a while but hopefully it'll be worth while!

Here are some studio photos if you're interested...