2022 – Tales From Jewel Island (In Animation)
‘Tales From Jewel Island (In Animation)’ – I decided to create 12 one minute animations to go with each digital image from my ‘Tales From Jewel Island’ series, using Cartoon Animator software which I had learned during lockdown. It took me a looooooooong time to learn and make these animations but I do like the end results.
Halfway through making them I realised that all I was really doing here was playing with my Action Man toys, I was having the same playful experience I used to have in childhood but in a much more sophisticated way! Such fun
The Animations
The Descriptions
 | Lookin’ Back Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 1m 07s | Going for a stroll in the land of imagination then returning for a stroll in the real world via a gallery |
 | A Meeting In The Park Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 0m 59s | Got a bit sidetracked on this one, the only one that veered from the storyboard and I had to move scenes about, still not too bad |
 | Giant Learning Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 1m 09s | Love the giant’s hands reaching down to pick up these barns. Putting the wisdom in his pockets as he goes |
 | Undulation In Soft Tones Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 0m 59s | A chat about a deserted beach leads to some fancifully imagined plans |
 | Raindrop Melody Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 1m 04s | Letting the rain dance and dancing with it. The ‘Three Little Bops’ cartoon provides the line at the end of this animation |
 | The Ancient Fear Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 1m 06s | Back into the long distant past here, into the time when predators were a daily threat to our existence |
 | This Spectral Spectacle Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 1m 35s | Stuck in a rut, drifting away into emptyness. Getting revitalised with the energy of nature in the form of a dragon, leaving the boredom behind |
 | Weathering The Storm Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 1m 08s | Respect for the sea. These two are glad to reach dry land and have mild tremors remembering their ordeal |
 | Musical Magic Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 0m 54s | ‘Hey, it’s a little bit of musical magic!” All the dialogue, sounds and music in these animations are by me, using the loops on garageband and recording things like running taps etc 👍 |
 | In The Still Of The Night Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 2m 25s | Had to expand this one to two minutes long as I wanted each in breath and each out breath to be 5 1/2 seconds long for good health benefits |
 | Sensory Synaesthesia Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 1m 37s | This is fantasy so I can do what I like, if these two want to mess about with their senses then I let them |
 | Flyaway Animated short 1920 x 1080 px 1m 35s | So cool, this is my idea of escapism. Flying to a magical, remote location, absorbing the ambience, then returning rejuvenated |