Krystal Georgiou blog thing

Some kids

2012-01-29T12:06:00.000-08:00

Unused designs for a short I'm developing.

These kids are sad because the bear hoodie kid got cut from the short...

Sketchbook page 1

2012-01-23T15:14:00.000-08:00

How I remember you

2012-01-11T15:16:00.001-08:00

Happy new year!

2012-01-01T17:11:00.000-08:00

Happy new year everyone! My new years' resolution is to draw more things for fun. Like this picture. :)

Run little snowman

2011-12-27T11:53:00.000-08:00

Run run run!

Flash version

Merry holidaymus

2011-12-24T14:27:00.001-08:00

Have a good 'un!

Nerk the ugly vampire

2011-12-23T13:44:00.000-08:00

A sculpt for my friend Kat, of her character Nerk!

"Abadas" now on Cbeebies!

2011-10-26T16:19:00.000-07:00

Abadas is now airing on Cbeebies, which means I'm finally allowed to post about it!

I was the lead animator on the unaired pilot episode, and one of 3 designers who developed the look of the characters. The other designers were Tracey Chung and Jenny Clements.

It's kinda hard to explain what part exactly of the characters' look I'm responsible for, so here's this handy chart to explain it for me:

I think they've turned out quite cute!

You can catch the show on BBC iPlayer :)

Primadonna

2011-10-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

My cat is fun to draw :) Which is secretly the reason I wanted a Birman... yeah I know...

Can't get no sleep

2011-10-05T15:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Owltober!

Pica-chew

2011-10-01T08:20:00.000-07:00

Pica!

Ugh, we wore the same thing.

2011-07-16T15:47:00.000-07:00

Yay, we wore the same thing!

Off the wall short

2011-07-09T14:18:00.000-07:00

Off The Wall - The Beaver from mattress_man on Vimeo.

The finished "Off the Wall" Beaver short :)

Credits
Krystal Georgiou - Director, animator, story, character design

Lee Dunham - CG aspects
Matt Simkins - Compositor
Luke Hyde - Effects and cutout elements animator
Kevin McLeod - Music
Freesound - Sound effects

Check out the other shorts in the series too! They all have their own style, it's interesting to see five artists taking one subject and interpreting it in 5 different ways.

The Rear
The Raccoons
The Vulture
The Wolf

It's been great working on a short again! I've already started planning the next one :)

Off the Wall sneak peek

2011-06-02T16:02:00.000-07:00

http://www.krystallo.com/misc/ow_beaver_scn08g2.swf

Animation!
It'll be online preeeeeetty soon.

Primadonna loves black clothes

2011-05-07T14:37:00.000-07:00

Primadonna wants a nap

2011-05-04T12:16:00.000-07:00

A comic about my cat. Because the internet needs more comics about cats.

Bluebird

2011-05-02T14:01:00.000-07:00

I've recently gotten back into sculpting teeny figures :) More soon.

Lily the frog

2011-04-19T15:26:00.000-07:00

Trying out some new styles...

Beaver short finished!

2011-04-16T12:40:00.000-07:00

My "Off the Wall" short is now completed, and on display at the Old Library in Cardiff ! It'll be online once everyone on the project has sorted out festival submissions and all that fun stuff. Big thanks to Lee Dunham, Matthew Simkins and Luke Hyde for helping out with CG, animation, compositing and most importantly, cheerleading!

Here's a character sheet of the beaver:

I'm super excited to start another project now.. the hard part is deciding what to spend the better part of next year on!

Bonus picture drawn for my sister:

New short short soon

2011-04-08T16:13:00.000-07:00

Getting back into animating again, after a long break caused by 9-5 related activities. I've teamed up with a few awesome guys from work to create a one minute (ish) short for a BigLittleCity exhibition. We've each picked an animal from Cardiff's Animal Wall to animate in our own styles.

The animal I've chosen is the beaver. Here's a sneak peak of what the little guy looks like...

...And some concept sketches:

It's almost almost almost done, so check back soon!

Pertubed squirrel

2011-03-23T14:48:00.000-07:00

Fatty poodle

2011-03-12T14:14:00.000-08:00

Isn't she squishy!

Shiny! On MyTV New England

2011-03-05T07:46:00.000-08:00

My short film "Shiny!" will be airing on MyTV New England today! If you live in the US and have "Channel 50" you can watch it at 4:30pm.

Rastamouse

2011-02-13T14:42:00.000-08:00

An awesome new show made in the studio I work at! There's a lot of love in this show and it's great to see how well it's been doing. Well done Rasta crew!

Jenny

2011-02-03T13:22:00.000-08:00

What goes in in Jenny's brain...

Fringette

2011-01-19T13:59:00.000-08:00

A watching telly doodle :)

The good little bunny with the big bad teeth

2011-01-16T15:43:00.000-08:00

If you haven't seen Jessica Borutski's stunning short yet then you TOTALLY SHOULD.

http://vimeo.com/18167849

You might notice I've snuck into the animation credits, when in truth I only had time to help out with like a scene and a half. But it was great working with Jessica and I wish I'd had time to do more!

In other news I'm working on a bigger collaboration with some people from work, more on that soon!

A nervous dude

2011-01-13T06:45:00.001-08:00

Quickie Cintiq doodle.

Hungry kitties

2011-01-09T05:28:00.000-08:00

What greets me every morning and evening along with the most pathetic chorus of meows. You'd think they were being starved by the looks on their faces!

My little ponies

2010-12-28T07:47:00.000-08:00

Well look at that, I drew some fanart?!?!

These are the ponies I owned as a kid in the style of a new My little pony show (with the somewhat cheesy second title of "Friendship is magic"). Ok, so the middle one was a bootleg pony, hence the missing bum symbol.

It's a gorgeous show with likeable characters, good stories and even (gasp) mild peril! Watch if if you get the chance, it's really not just a little girl's cartoon.

Merry yoinkmas

2010-12-17T14:01:00.000-08:00

Snow day = no work = drawing time!

Do not want

2010-12-08T15:07:00.000-08:00

Get that thing away from me!

My cats!

2010-11-29T14:40:00.001-08:00

Owly

2010-11-17T15:03:00.000-08:00

Mona Krom

2010-11-09T15:05:00.000-08:00

This is Mona. She doesn't like colours for some reason... Maybe a rainbow killed her family?

BPE on iPlayer - last day!

2010-11-07T03:00:00.000-08:00

Since it was aired on CBBC, Best PResent Ever was also available to watch on iPlayer for the following week. Unfortunately due to a technical glitch it only worked for half the week, but anyway today is the last day you can see it there!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vn02c/My_Toons_Episode_2/

Also here's a photo of the short as seen on TV, which I took because I'm a dork.

In other news, I've finally changed the doodle background on my website, it's now much tidier :)

BPE on CBBC!

2010-10-31T04:33:00.000-07:00

As part of the Mytoons program, Best Present Ever was broadcast on CBBC on Friday! It's re-airing today at 15:55 so if you live in the UK and have the channel you can catch the re-run :)

Here's a screenshot from watching it via the live online system.

Moongirl

2010-10-25T11:13:00.000-07:00

A quickie...

Lara

2010-10-17T14:27:00.000-07:00

A request for Hannah of her muse Lara.

Some girl

2010-10-12T14:11:00.000-07:00

I've been on holiday. Resume posting!

Carrotie

2010-09-23T14:28:00.000-07:00

Last of the foodie lot!

Fishie

2010-09-20T14:56:00.000-07:00

She's the weird one...

Strawberrie

2010-09-14T10:55:00.000-07:00

Had to make another one!

Lemonie v2

2010-09-12T07:41:00.000-07:00

New version of the pic below..

Lemonie

2010-09-11T09:52:00.000-07:00

She may look sweet but can soon turn sour...

Catching some rays

2010-09-09T14:06:00.000-07:00

More of the same.

Mermaid sisters

2010-09-06T15:04:00.000-07:00

Forgot how much I love colouring pencils! I wanna use biros for everything from now on.

Opposites

2010-09-04T08:04:00.000-07:00

UPA-inspired, drawn in Flash. And it was fun.

Reeree running

2010-08-30T10:28:00.000-07:00

Lineless this time, which do you prefer?

Reeree the goat

2010-08-24T14:45:00.001-07:00

Reeree enjoys casual trots along the mountainside and dining on fine daffodils..

Watercolour kitties

2010-08-08T14:03:00.000-07:00

Drew these last week... I've been trying to get into painting recently :) Nothing fancy but it's a first step!

Suzume for Razz

2010-08-01T15:50:00.000-07:00

Art trade pic of my friend Razz's character.
As you can see from the pic below, I spent a good while on the lineart, only to decide I liked it better with no outline.
...Hope Razz doesn't mind being caught in my experimental phase :)

Galin Modric

2010-07-30T16:16:00.000-07:00

Another entry for a design-a-character group. This time the theme was designing a character with the name "Galin Modric".
I'm trying out some new colouring styles so I can get on with finalizing pictures instead of just posting doodles all the time, am happy with the direction this one took :)

Sketch:

Bengal kitty

2010-07-28T14:41:00.000-07:00

Drew this last december but never got around to adding shading details... looks like I never will so might as well post it already!

Though I prefer the sketch version, it lost something in the inking process...

Zebra part 2

2010-07-23T15:27:00.000-07:00

Now in colour.

Her precious

2010-07-17T14:19:00.000-07:00

On a "pets that look like their owners" theme :)

A zebra

2010-07-08T14:23:00.001-07:00

..A zebra!

BPE on Mytoons

2010-07-03T04:35:00.000-07:00

Best present ever is now also on MyToons!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/cartoonworks/mytoons/wk26_best_present_ever.shtml

In other fun news, I did some lifedrawing for the first time in ages, behold.

Heavy heavy monster show on BBC site

2010-06-12T03:44:00.001-07:00

A short I designed the character for is on BBC My Toons!

It's called the Heavy Heavy monster show, and if you'd like to see more of it you can let the BBC know by voting on the video link.

This is the first time I've had one of my designs made into a CG model and I'm really happy with how she turned out. CG modelling/animation is by Romano Marenghi and Llyr Wiliams. Music by Ryan Neal. Show belongs to Dinamo Productions.

First rough drawings of her.

Finally, things I've been working on are getting closer to the point where I can actually show them! More on the way :)

A chicken

2010-05-31T15:21:00.000-07:00

A silkie bantam, to be exact.
...I want one...

100th post

2010-05-04T09:18:00.001-07:00

Is a kitty. What else?

Pic dump

2010-03-21T06:41:00.000-07:00

Seeing as I've utterly failed at updating my other so-called daily blogs, I'm deleting them and uploading the pictures here instead. :)

Somewhat sad kitties

2010-03-15T15:33:00.000-07:00

They are sad because I took ages to update my blog.

Misc kitties

2010-01-10T12:28:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when what's on TV isn't particularly interesting.

Pages and pages of kittens.

10 years o drawin

2010-01-02T04:31:00.000-08:00

Inspired by one of them deviantart "memes", here's a fun little summary of what I have wasted many many hours on in the last 10 years!

So I wasn't one of those 16 year old art wizards. Go to college, it's good for you!

Lemur attack

2009-12-28T07:31:00.000-08:00

They're vicious this time of year.

Greenie blonde

2009-12-17T14:43:00.001-08:00

Random doodle, took about a minute I think.

BPE on Nickelodeon?! ...Oh and Shiny! too

2009-11-16T14:44:00.000-08:00

My short has made it into the finals of the Nickelodeon Animation festival :D

It's super exciting, even though I haven't won any of the main prizes.

Still, I have some faint, misguided hopes about the "Viewers choice" award, so please vote for my animation if you like it!

Shiny! is also on there somehow, so you could vote for that one too if you want.

They're going to be on TV soon! Tuesday 11/17 at 4:58PM ET on Nicktoons in the US.
Shiny! is going to be shown on Friday 11/20 at 4PM ET :D

As a thanks for reading all that, here's a picture!

..I don't know either.

It's kinda cold

2009-11-09T06:09:00.000-08:00

A doodle that took about a minute... Couldn't decide which version I liked best, so here's both!

Shiny on AWNtv ...& fish

2009-09-19T03:59:00.001-07:00

A huge thankyou to AWNtv for featuring my Shiny! animation :)

Also, fish fish fish fish fish fish

Dancin'

2009-09-12T14:55:00.000-07:00

Or maybe, gleefully kickboxing?

Stupid flower

2009-08-30T10:46:00.000-07:00

Snow

2009-08-25T14:38:00.000-07:00

PS: Thanks 4mations for featuring my animation and blog :)

Misc

2009-08-20T05:24:00.000-07:00

Joy!

Am I blue?

2009-08-10T12:32:00.000-07:00

No, but she is.

Scratchy and scritchy

2009-08-03T09:45:00.000-07:00

Now which do you like best¿

Woulld you like some ice cream?

2009-07-07T06:54:00.000-07:00

You cannot have any.

Odd dog

2009-06-29T01:57:00.001-07:00

This page is quite greeny.

Roly poly nun

2009-06-19T07:07:00.001-07:00

A sad bunny

2009-06-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

He wants to sell you shoes.

BPE at Bafta Cymru photo

2009-06-04T11:59:00.000-07:00

Was so exciting to see up on the screen :D
The best part was when people actually found the funny bits funny.

Torino flash festival nomination

2009-06-02T02:13:00.000-07:00

"Best Present Ever" was shortlisted in the Animation category of the Torino Flash Festival, and screened in Italy. I wish I could have been there, by their photos it looks like good times were had by all. :)

Bafta Cymru Award nomination

2009-05-19T14:02:00.000-07:00

For my graduate film, "Best present ever".
Yeah, I was shocked too. It's all very exciting :D

http://www.bafta-cymru.org.uk/cymraeg/awards/pdf/2009_Final_Shortlist.pdf

I went to the event on Sunday with some of the Dinamo people. Didn't win the award, but hey, I'm happy with it just being there in the first place!
It was a great night, I don't think I've dressed that fancy since the day I was christened in a frilly dress.

Being completely dorky, I took pictures of the screen when they showed my clip. I'll post them here as soon as I can find my cameras' USB cable.. :)

Greeen

2009-04-14T14:54:00.000-07:00

Another favourite colour!

Yellow

2009-03-29T13:00:00.001-07:00

This is one of my favourite colours :D I know it looks like pee but isn't it pretty?

Showreel 2005-2008

2009-03-20T12:54:00.000-07:00

Behold, a reel!

He's a mushroom

2009-03-06T06:48:00.000-08:00

Blooo lines

2009-02-26T05:30:00.000-08:00

Animated exeter

2009-02-14T08:29:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, my 3rd year film Best present ever won a "Highly commended" award at Animated Exeter, which makes me so happy that I'm not going to complain about their techical difficulties, which resulted in them not showing my film!... :)

Instead, here's a sketch.

A doggie a day

2009-02-12T13:36:00.000-08:00

I've made another blog.... http://adoggieaday.blogspot.com/

I'll be drawing every weekday for it, whether or not it will be updated every day is a different issue! Let's see how long I can keep this up :)

Tinkerbell... ish

2009-02-08T17:59:00.000-08:00

Started out as a fairylike doodle, ended up with tinkerbell colours :)

Glamour-ish

2009-02-03T09:07:00.000-08:00

Ink girls

2009-01-27T12:18:00.000-08:00

Quick inkie doodles.

Vibes

2009-01-23T09:07:00.001-08:00

Errr it seems I have been neglecting this blog, sorry blog I won't do it again! :(
Back to weekly updates.

Couldn't decide which version I liked best, so here's both.

Girlfaces

2008-12-05T19:45:00.000-08:00

Work keeps me busy
Less time for doodling allowed
So here's a quick post

Returning + Stoppit

2008-11-13T15:37:00.001-08:00

I now have a new pc, as my laptop had decided to not work anymore. Resuming normal blogging in 3, 2, 1...

Coloured one of my previous sketches - girl-with-buttefly-in-her-hair seems to not be all that fond of autumn. A Corel Painter test!

Oy

2008-09-08T09:48:00.000-07:00

My laptop seems to be broken, so no new posts for a while. Sorries :(

Cyw at Eisteddfod

2008-08-19T14:26:00.000-07:00

At work I've done a bit of animation for Cyw, a welsh preschool cartoon made with CelAction. (It's very cute :D)

So I was super excited when I went to Eisteddfod, a bit Welsh outdoor event thing, where they had a building with Cyw goodies! Got some pictures for ya.

Dude in a Cyw costume! It was so cute seeing little kids dance around to the singalong.

Colouring pictures, yaay

The Cyw bus, which Jenny reckons we should drive to work in...

I also bought a tshirt with Cyw (the little rooster) on it, which somehow is supposed to be for 5-6 year olds yet it fit me.... go figure.

Girl and bunny

2008-08-07T07:30:00.000-07:00

My ice cream

2008-07-30T09:35:00.000-07:00

Two weeks without updates, nooo.... sorry about that, I've been a little busy with the whole graduation thing plus work.. which is going well :)

A sketch for you, though it's an old one, hehe.