Crystal Cut StudiosVideo · Animation

Animation

Drawn frame by frame, in sequence

Animation is the thing I keep coming back to. I graduated with an Advanced Diploma in 2D Animation from CG Spectrum in 2022, and most of what follows is hand-drawn — real frames, in sequence, with all the wobble that implies.

Animated work

Every animated project

Client work and personal pieces together. Some of these are also filed elsewhere on the portfolio — the Bali documentary is edited, scored and narrated as well as animated.

DocumentaryThumbnail from the Pollution Solutions in Bali documentary

Earth United2019

Pollution Solutions in Bali

A personal documentary about plastic pollution in Bali, and the people already solving it.

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AnimationA hand-drawn fish swimming through floating plastic litter, animating in a loop

2019

Fishy

Frame-by-frame animation from the Bali pollution documentary, drawn in TVPaint.

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AnimationTwo views of a hand-drawn girl character with pigtails and a mustard dress, on a textured paper background

Character turnaround

Character design study — front and three-quarter views, textured paper pass.

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AnimationPainted illustration of a wide-eyed boy sitting on a wooden park bench in dappled afternoon light

Joshua Simmons

Painted character illustration — a boy on a park bench, late afternoon light.

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AnimationA rough pencil animation frame on a pale blue background showing a sketched fish and floating objects

Rough animation pass

Working frames from a rough animation project — the stage where the timing gets found.

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Got something you want animated?

A short, a title sequence, a character who needs to move, or a fish with opinions — tell me about it.

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