Created some artwork in photoshop for a change :) It's been a while since I tried! I find mountain ranges are quick to do as I just wanted to try a colour and light piece!
Here was my first pass, wanted to add something in the foreground but was not set on anything at the time.



Here is the final piece, I decided to make it feel higher up so i changed the clouds and thought some mountain climbers would give it some more scale :)

Higher res below.

Render and Progression Reel

Excited_Girl_015 - Render from Aran Saunders on Vimeo.


Excited_Girl_016 - Progression from Aran Saunders on Vimeo.

Final Animation

Excited_Girl_013 - Polish from Aran Saunders on Vimeo.

Excited_Girl_014 - Polish from Aran Saunders on Vimeo.

Finished with this animation now, I could probably do another pass or change the run off, but I need to draw a line somewhere and move on to new animations :)

Excited Girl Anim - Splining

Trying out this body mechanic rig set I bought from Joe Daniels.

Really simplistic, neat and flexible rigs for body mechanics!

Continued progress on my animation :) I've actually finished it now, which you can see on my Vimeo account. But I will post the final stuff on here soon. I am planning on creating a progression reel for it :)


Excited_Girl_010 - Spline from Aran Saunders on Vimeo.


Excited_Girl_011 - Spline from Aran Saunders on Vimeo.


Excited_Girl_012 - Spline from Aran Saunders on Vimeo.

Life Drawing

Found a life drawing class in the area, really glad to be getting back in to it!


10 Minute study

45 Minute Study

Getting back in to sketching

Been inspired a lot by my Fiancée lately to do some more sketching and doodling. I'm way out of practice but here is one of the pages from my sketchbook of some of the scribbles and studies I did today :) Felt really productive!

Final Blockout

Think I'm happy with all the blocking out now! Forgot to post earlier ^_^


Excited_Girl_009 - Blocking Final from Aran Saunders on Vimeo.

Trying out this body mechanic rig set I bought from Joe Daniels.

Really simplistic, neat and flexible rigs for body mechanics!

Some screenshots of my workings;