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flipbook animation flipbook animation drawings by kevin micallef all artwork copyright flipbook animation inc about me name kevin micallef location burlington ontario canada view my complete profile rogan senses he isn t alone the adventure begins boy with sword a boy left alone with his fears boy and creature once again the story is trap the cowboy a few more rough doodles grossology yes again it s been awhile since my l story idea doodle the count january 2006 february 2006 march 2006 april 2006 may 2007 july 2007 march 2008 june 2008 monday june 09 2008 rogan senses he isn t alone posted by kevin micallef 4 37 pm 8 comments saturday march 01 2008 the adventure begins posted by kevin micallef 3 51 pm 2 comments boy with sword posted by kevin micallef 3 46 pm 0 comments a boy left alone with his fears posted by kevin micallef 3 41 pm 0 comments boy and creature once again the story is trapped somewhere in my head and must get out posted by kevin micallef 3 35 pm 1 comments the cowboy posted by kevin micallef 3 32 pm 1 comments a few more rough doodles posted by kevin micallef 2 36 pm 0 comments grossology yes again it s been awhile since my last blog lots has changed i am now directing the second season of grossology the tv series this is a great show about 2 teenage kids up against the grossest of crimes this is my first time directing and i am thrilled with the opportunity posted by kevin micallef 2 23 pm 0 comments monday july 02 2007 story idea posted by kevin micallef 8 28 pm 6 comments doodle the count posted by kevin micallef 8 23 pm 4 comments character study posted by kevin micallef 8 20 pm 0 comments spiderman still having fun playing with our favorite superheroes posted by kevin micallef 8 16 pm 0 comments character study just a few designs playing with proportions posted by kevin micallef 8 11 pm 1 comments batman just having a little fun posted by kevin micallef 7 50 pm 1 comments sketchbook it s been a while so i thought i d better drop a few sketches on the old blog posted by kevin micallef 7 34 pm 0 comments sunday may 13 2007 ruby gloom wins the pulcinella award for best cartoon series i was honoured to receive the creative spark award in the fall of 2006 and as part of the award was privileged to travel to salerno italy for the annual cartoons on the bay animation festival i was representing nelvana and ruby gloom which was nominated for best children s series how fantastic to be at such an event there were representatives of the animation industry from all over the globe and to be able to learn and share knowledge with them regarding our amazing field was incredible i took part in conferences and discussions with other animators artists directors and producers as we compared similarities and differences in our studio and television series i was thrilled to be able to do a presentation on ruby gloom and accept the award on nelvana s behalf when ruby gloom won the award for best children s series following the cartoons on the bay festival i was thrilled to be able to tour more of the amalfi coast and visit cathedrals art galleries and beautiful historical ruins and landmarks learning so much about the art and architecture of the region what an opportunity of a lifetime and i am so grateful to the creative spark award for allowing me to experience this amazing festival and italy s artistic treasures i want to congratulate the entire ruby gloom crew for their incredible talent and hard work posted by kevin micallef 3 01 pm 2 comments sunday may 06 2007 happy to be back hello everyone i apologize for being away so long over a year i have been on an incredible journey this last year i was given the great fortune of being animation director on a series called ruby gloom this show has kept me incredibly busy but it has been very rewarding i am working with an incredible team who have put so much passion into their work our director is robin budd whom i ve had the pleasure of working with back at disney on return to neverland my good friend darin bristow is the supervising technical director and our art director is the talented adrian thatcher the beautiful character and prop designs are under the supervision of brad coombs the incredibly versatile mike smukavic is one of our story board artists the list goes on a dream team i hope to continue to post some more great news about our little show as well as some personal stuff i ve been up to this last year see you all soon cheers kevin posted by kevin micallef 7 46 pm 2 comments thursday april 20 2006 just having a little fun i apologize for the lack of posts lately but i have been extremely busy i hope things will settle down in a bit and i ll be able to post some more work thanks for all your great comments posted by kevin micallef 7 21 pm 19 comments monday april 03 2006 a lackey i used photoshop to create the smoke and dirt surrounding this wartime lackey posted by kevin micallef 7 41 pm 12 comments friday march 17 2006 character d esign another design i did for a friend of mine copyright nelvana ltd posted by kevin micallef 8 29 pm 14 comments friday march 10 2006 a painting done by mark norman to my surprise a very talented painter took a drawing i posted and decided to paint it up i think he did a fantstic job so i thought i d share it with all of you please check out his blog http blueskyresearch blogspot com to see more of his brilliant work thanks again mark it was a great compliment posted by kevin micallef 9 28 am 9 comments wednesday march 08 2006 design sketch this is a rough sketch done for a friend of mine copyright nelvana limited posted by kevin micallef 8 53 pm 10 comments monday march 06 2006 mondays quick sketch posted by kevin micallef 7 18 pm 10 comments thursday march 02 2006 train station layout when i first started in the business 94 it was all layout for me i apologize for the quality but it s a copy of a copy this was done for a show called arsene lupin it was an a to d pan and at 30 a layout well lets just say that i made very little money that week cheers posted by kevin micallef 12 41 pm 10 comments sunday february 26 2006 lucas arts d evelopment sketch i just came across this drawing while clearing out yet another bin of old work i can t believe it s been about 9 years since i did this i was working at lucas arts and we were asked to develop a game called justice unlimited which never went anywhere however i have some really fond memories it was just a few of us creating different types of superheroes and supervillians it doesn t get much better than that posted by kevin micallef 8 23 pm 17 comments thursday february 23 2006 smee this is a cleaned up drawing from one of my keys of smee from peter pan ii return to neverland i hope everyone has a fun and safe weekend posted by kevin micallef 7 12 pm 11 comments sunday february 19 2006 girl standing in the flowers my attempt was to try and mimic the style of toulouse lautrec with this image that i had in mind i ve begun to paint it but i m not really happy with the direction it s going in i think i ll have to do a bit more research to really get that early 1900 s style across but i thought i d share the rough sketch posted by kevin micallef 6 14 pm 18 comments wednesday february 15 2006 a quick sketch this was done on the back of a storyboard page which you can still see behind the dragon i m a little busy these days to clean it up so i just threw it into photoshop to get a little colour but it s pretty raw posted by kevin micallef 7 52 pm 10 comments sunday february 12 2006 character sketches two buddies i like the design of the guy on the left more then the guy on the right but i thought i d show the full page posted by kevin micallef 4 39 pm 10 comments wednesday february 08 2006 8 crazy nights today i thought i d share with you an image from the animated feature 8 crazy nights it s a film starring adam sandler as himself as well as these two interesting characters which he also provided the voices for i did this image to set up my scene before i started animating it it was included in my thumbnail drawings to show layout composition fielding size relationship if the characters are on model and eye direction i don t always include a page like this but for this particular scene we had to adjust the layout slightly once i got the approval from the director on both the thumbnails and this set up i was then able to move forward and start animating the scene posted by kevin micallef 7 17 am 20 comments sunday february 05 2006 story sketch here is another rough story sketch from the idea i ve been playing with those of you who have been following along have seen several different versions of the boy i was going to paint it up in photoshop but then decided to leave it as is i just don t think i m ready to put a final line or add colour to this one love to hear your thoughts posted by kevin micallef 2 15 pm 16 comments thursday february 02 2006 storybook sketches a few more quick sketches from my story idea i have posted a few of these just to share with you the direction it s going in designing the characters and locations have been so much fun that i ve neglected to get back to the written part of well writing a story really must get back to it cheers posted by kevin micallef 8 34 am 12 comments tuesday january 31 2006 tinkerbell thumbnails i thought i would try something a little different and post some thumbnails i did for a scene with tinkerbell for those of you who have never heard the term thumbnails i ll do my best to explain i could ramble on about everything it involves and how important it is but basically they are quick little sketches done to help you plan out your scene it s incredibly intimidating to start a scene staring at that blank piece of paper so having your thumbnails really helps you get your thoughts down and over that first hurdle enjoy posted by kevin micallef 7 41 am 17 comments thursday january 26 2006 a sketch nothing more nothing less this was done a couple of months ago while sitting in the waiting room at the hospital i hope everyone has a great weekend and thanks again for stopping by cheers posted by kevin micallef 6 57 pm 10 comments tuesday january 24 2006 daddy s little angels this is a rough drawing that i painted up in photoshop the characters need some tweaking but i m happy with the direction it s going in i may do some more drawings with these characters perhaps a story is developing posted by kevin micallef 7 54 pm 4 comments sunday january 22 2006 peter pan sketches these were life drawings done while working on peter pan ii return to neverland we would take the models poses and draw them as peter we did the same for some of the other main characters as well it was a fantastic way of getting us prepared for the film posted by kevin micallef 5 47 pm 13 comments friday january 20 2006 again boy and creature first of all i would like to thank everyone who has stopped by my little blog your kind words are incredibly encouraging i thank you all this idea has been bouncing around in my head for almost 2 years now i ve posted a few different sketches which surrounds my story i guess since i m an animator and not a writer i feel more comfortable boarding it instead of writing i have pages and pages of thumbnails story sketches and quick notes which helps me with character development design as well as story i really hopes it comes together only time will tell posted by kevin micallef 8 23 am 7 comments wednesday january 18 2006 spanish g uitar a quick sketch i was taking guitar lessons when i drew this i have this dream of being able to play but unfortunately it s going a lot slower than i had hoped posted by kevin micallef 11 57 am 14 comments monday january 16 2006 two aliens the best of friends i m sure we ve all seen this before blue is very intelligent incredibly short tempered and has an impressive collection of baseball caps from around the globe tangerine enjoys swimming salsa dancing and rocking out to olivia newton john s physical while cruising in his 74 pinto posted by kevin micallef 9 15 pm 7 comments sunday january 15 2006 pirates what else two characters i came up with while riding on the the train no particular reason do they get along are they about to scrap i have no idea but it s just always fun to draw pirates posted by kevin micallef 10 47 am 4 comments wednesday january 11 2006 a boy and his creature a couple of ideas i m playing with in regards to my children s book like i mentioned below i have more visuals done than actual story i ve been having a great time just playing around with character design and art direction posted by kevin micallef 6 59 pm 14 comments monday january 09 2006 micallef 2006 a mixed bag i thought i would put a collection of some animation drawings done over the last several years posted by kevin micallef 7 48 pm 14 comments sunday january 08 2006 inspired these roughs were done while watching the lord of the rings two towers it s my own attempt at the ents designs i thought i would try adding some colour not sure if it works but it s fun to play posted by kevin micallef 4 03 pm 4 comments friday january 06 2006 dust this one off an old animation drawing of thrax from the film osmosis jones i came across this last night while searching through me desk i thought it would be a good way to end my first week of blogging it s been a blast and i hope everyone has a great weekend posted by kevin micallef 11 15 am 7 comments thursday january 05 2006 a few character designs posted by kevin micallef 12 10 pm 2 comments wednesday january 04 2006 a story idea these are a few character sketches for a story idea i am working on i have more visuals than story but it s a fun process none the less right now the story can go in two directions so i am hoping the character development will guide me on the right path posted by kevin micallef 11 44 am 4 comments having some fun this was a birthday card i drew up for my little brothers 30th birthday most appropriate i hope to throw it into photoshop in the near future and add some color perhaps i ll post it again if i m happy with the results cheers posted by kevin micallef 8 26 am 4 comments tuesday january 03 2006 just another quick sketch a friend of mine asked me to do some character designs this one seemed to capture the personality i was looking for posted by kevin micallef 9 04 pm 1 comments