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  1. THE SPACE BAR

    This has been my project, both personal and for University for a number of years. I hope to one day be able to pitch this as a series to a network and/or studio. Polishing and refining it and a show bible is going to be my ongoing personal project after graduating.

  2. The Space Bar Poster

    I made this poster to advertise my project. In making this poster, I settled on this lovely colour scheme of bright greens and cyans and dark purples and maroons.

  3. Joshua Turnaround

    A character turnaround for one of my lead characters.

  4. A Lazy bartender brother and naive manager sister give shelter to a mysterious injured pilot in their failing bar to ensure his survival.

  5. Olley Turnaround

    A character turnaround for one of my lead characters.

  6. Daedesh Character Design

    One of the pages from my sketchbook, on which I played around with designs for one of my secondary characters, Daedesh

  7. Pippa Turnaround

    A character turnaround for one of my lead characters.

  8. Space Bar Exterior Designs

    One of the pages from my sketchbook on which I experiemented with different designs for the exterior of the bar. This was done with watercolour paints and a fineliner.

  9. "Oh wonderful, it's open plan now!"

    A shot from my storyboard/animatic - Joshua and Pippa look over the damage to the bar from an explosion outisde

  10. Prop Design

    Some early doodles for Pippa and objects to decorate the bar environment, like the artifical gravity generator and several drinks glasses

  11. Yes... that's what I just said?

    A shot from my storyboard/animatic of Pippa, Daedesh and Bernie in a booth in the bar

  12. Bar Design

    This was an early design for the interior of the bar. It's the one that I decided to continue using further.

  13. Space

    A shot from my storyboard/animatic. This is one of the opening shots of the animation, showing a nebula like the Pillars of Creation.

  14. Alternate Bar Design

    This was another early design I did for the interior of the bar. I rejected it because it looked too upmarket. I wanted the bar to look old and worn. I felt this would work better for a re-fit if that ever happened in the world of The Space Bar

  15. The Bar's Exterior

    This was a shot from my Storyboard/Animatic of the design for the exterior of the bar

  16. Effort

    A shot from my storyboard/animatic of Joshua behind the bar.

  17. Spaceship

    A shot from my storyboard/animatic of a ship crossing the screen above an asteroid belt

Commissions: Animations

"James was an absolute pleasure to work with and provided consistently good work with quick turnaround. He understood my needs perfectly, and I will definitely be working with him again in the future."

Commissions: Text
Commissions: Video
Commissions: Pro Gallery

"James McDonald was a pleasure to work with when designing our new logo. He was professional, hard working and most importantly, did an exceptional job at a reasonable price. We are delighted with our new logo and and the process James took in creating it."

Commissions: Text
  1. FALLEN ANGELS

    In 2nd Year, we were tasked with the ambiguous module of 'Personal Project'. It's been an ambition of mine to one day work on animating the audioplays produced by Big Finish, so I made a start by making an animatic for the first scene in one of their Doctor Who audioplays. I made all of this in the space of one month.

  2. Fallen Angels

    I made this poster at the end of the project as I had wanted to do something more than just the animatic for the opening scene. I like to imagine this is what a poster for the full thing may look like.

  3. A Study of 5

    A character pose sheet I did for the character of the 5th Doctor.

  4. Weeping Angel Turnaround

    A turnaround sheet (including a colour scheme) I did for the Weeping Angels in weeping position.

  5. The Front Door

    A quick background I did for the animatic, keeping details light but including enough to make everything happening in the scene clear.

  6. A study of Gabby and Joel

    A character pose sheet I did for the characters of Gabby and Joel Finch.

  7. Priest Turnaround

    A turnaround sheet (including a colour scheme) I did for the priest.

  8. The Three Candles

    A quick background I did for the animatic, keeping details light but including enough to make everything happening in the scene clear.

  9. Pierro

    Character Design for the character of Pierro

  10. Logo

    A logo I made for the project that I was incredibly happy with - so much so that it's appeared on other images I've got up here!

Commissions: Pro Gallery
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