Drawings from a job that never was x

On Thursday night I won the BAA for best 2d commercial!

It still hasn't sunk in but apparently there is a gorgeous sheep shaped award (I'm really pleased I won Isabel Herguera's one) in the studio that belongs to me so that would suggest it really did happen. I'm so pleased, I'm still in shock that I won with the first thing I ever directed, I sort of wanted to ask them "really? are you sure?" when they read out my name but I don't think there were many other Vida Vegas in the room to confuse me with. It's lovely to know that all those sleepless nights and spilled inks were worth it, honestly, thank you :)

So I kept threatening to post some of the artwork I'd done for tempo last year, the idea being to go through all the folders and choose the best bits and post them here. However, I really couldn't be bothered to spend ages curating and airing each selection bit by bit, so instead I've made a big Tempo gallery on my website that I invite you to browse here.
P.S. how lovely a film is "dimanche/sunday"? love love that NFB exist and support making the films they do. 

hello hello! happy new year! (is it still new?)
I've been sucked into yet more work- I've just done 3 more tempo animatics in an epic 3 weeks over christmas with another one to go, but i just had to say:
"bike" is nominated for the Best 2d Commercial British Animation Award!
I heard it was on the shortlist last week, but yesterday got a call saying it's made it through to the final 3.
I still can't quite get my head around it- what an amazing thing!

So here it is, the Tempo "making of" shot/directed/edited/magicked together by Mr Andy Blackburn.
4 months of the process compressed into 2 1/2 minutes of live action. Animation sure is slow :)

been playing lately with something a little softer than my usual go-to ink lines, not quite there yet I don't think, but it's something I want to get good at :) These were originally going to be windows for an advent calendar, but it got killed so they've vaguely ended up as a little 5 panel comic instead. soft colour palette vaguely inspired by the brilliant Wolf Erlbruch whose book Ente Tod und Tulpe I discovered and fell in love with in Stuttgart last year.

I've been trying to remember the name/director of this film for ages! finally. itch scratched. Rubicon by Gil Alkabetz made in 1997. I can breathe out now.

Tempo tissues "Bike"

So the ad I directed is finally here!
It aired on monday in germany/italy and I just found out has been named "ad of the week" by the Reel!
I'm looking forward to finally being able to post some drawings related to this, I've been locked in an inky drawing vacuum more or less since January, it's been a long time coming :)

thanks especially to all the wonderful animators and artworkers who did a better job than I could ever have done all on my own and coped admirably with my first time director nerves...

xx

Oh and also, extra special thanks to Owen for bringing his plinky musical magic as ever.

PS. Stand by for obligatory embarrassing making-of in the next couple of days...