The Duck big updates

Been a little slack with my blog sorry, I've started using twitter again and running the kickstarter site.
HERE ARE SOME NEW THINGS.

Video of funding ending:


Latest video update:


And some new concept art:

New Protagonist designs

New Other Ducks. you can see my embarrassing old designs too.

I started to do some tests with water colours while down the coast. This Duck looks... deformed.

Testing again, rushed this one so it came out a bit of a mess.

So I have the cash now, I have a producer, I have nothing to work on but the Duck and am ready to become a recluse and get to work. Super pumped. I just have to resist video games and tv Shows a little more than I am.

And my head with my Duck's colour palette for fun.

The Duck video updates 2, 3 and 4

HEYA duckers.

So I've let my blog be a little quiet because I've been putting most of my energy into my kickstarter campaign for my 2nd film.

So here are the last two video updates. From Nice to Cannes to Paris to Giverny to Palestine to Israel to Paris Airport!





 5 days to go and $1,400 to raise. OH HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECK this is tense.
SO PLEASE DONATE:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/simoncottee/the-duck-a-short-animated-film

The Duck Kickstarter Video Update 1

Here is a video update for my kickstarter campaign.



Oh and the Duck portrait of author Ben Loory

The Duck Kickstarter is ALIVE

Thunderducks are GO!

I have finally launched my Kickstarter campaign. So feel free to annoy all humans (or wealthy animals) about it!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1121025716/the-duck-a-short-animated-film

I've got a really good feeling about this, even if I am really nervous at the same time.
I'm headed off to the Cannes film festival on the 15th then off to the Tel-Aviv student festival.
So it's pretty much the most exciting time in my life ever right now.

The Wedding Festival Update

Last night was the West End Film Festival, my very first festival and it was a blast. So many great live action short films in there, very inspiring. It was an extra blast because my graduate film The Wedding took home the best Animation prize!

The cash prize will be injected directly into my next film, which I am going to start getting a kickstarter crowd funding project together for. Hopefully I can get some interest in the project, because it's going to be something really special and dear to me. I'm planning on adapting an amazing little short story you may have even heard...
Mysterious.

The Wedding has also been accepted into the Tel-Aviv student film festival. Who wants to go to Israel with me!? I would love to go... but I could not afford those flights.