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Callum's Animation


My First Year Animatic, "Mr. Beaver"
To begin with I had to cut out a lot of the original content, there was meant to be a whole long segment of comical rhyming deaths but it...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Dec 10, 20191 min read


Storyboards for my Animatic
While putting my storyboard together I aimed to make use of the rule of thirds, keeping everything of importance relativley central to...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Dec 10, 20191 min read
Animatic Story Synopsis
This is the brief synopsis for my Animatic, "Mr. Beaver". The story of Mr. Beaver follows a Beaver as he experiences a ”Ground Hog Day”...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Dec 10, 20191 min read


Backgrounds
These are the backgrounds based off of the works of Scott Wills, the locations are the exterior and interior of the Lincoln Cathedral....
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Dec 10, 20191 min read


Quick sketches for life drawing
We did some 5 minute (green and red) and some 2 minute (pink and blue) sketches. I tried making use of long lines that followed the...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Dec 5, 20191 min read


Character Design (Human and Animal)
I utilised the front, back, side and three quarters view for both characters aiming to give the viewer a good idea of how to draw them...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Nov 29, 20191 min read


Negative drawing
Had alot of fun with this one, came out decent despite me using the wrong paper.
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Nov 28, 20191 min read


Thumbnails for my Animal Character
Giraffes aren't especially flexible so it was interesting coming up with different poses for it, the giraffes design is fairly simple...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Nov 27, 20191 min read


Thumbnails for my character
I decided to put Ivan in some different clothing for some of his poses as well as display a variety of positions.
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Nov 25, 20191 min read


4 hour piece, over two sessions.
Did not make much progress. Tried to get the perportions correct using measuring with the stick also tried to stay away from the details...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Nov 21, 20191 min read


Tried something different in life drawing.
Used felt pens and highlighters as well as focusing on shapes within the body instead of the general outline.
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Oct 31, 20191 min read


Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Oct 17, 20190 min read


Character design
Went out and drew some people to get ideas for characters, saw a guy with a goatee, bald head and a pink/red suit. From him I created...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Oct 3, 20191 min read


Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Oct 3, 20190 min read
Some notable artists and their work.
So here are some cool artists that I like. First and foremost, is the man, the myth, THE LEGEND! Genndy Tartakovsky Mainly I like his...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Sep 25, 20193 min read
The Mr Beaver Script
The entire story would be narrated by a soothing, neutral voice as Mr Beaver experiences his multiple, gruesome demises. Because that's...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Sep 25, 20192 min read


The first carriage in the train wreck of my career.
In our first animation lecture/session we were tasked with creating a short story, my peers made a bunch of moving and meaningful...
Callum Turnbull - Year 1
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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