A quick trailer for my Royal College of Art Animation MA first year film, Forgot.

More bits from the animation I'm working on at the moment at the RCA.

Finally, something moving.

A quick style frame from the animated short I'm working on at the moment at the RCA. Seems to be heading in roughly the direction I want it to.

Faces blending Flash test from Stephen McNally on Vimeo.
A quick test of a technique for my first year film at the RCA. Luiz suggested it might work well as a loop, so I threw in some extra frames on the end.

Disembodying Voice from Stephen McNally on Vimeo. The results of a quick workshop at the Royal College of Art. It's a bit all over the place, trying to blend CG and 2D techniques, with smears and dry brush effects for motion blur, etc.

Various fragments and bits of tests for an animation I'm working on. Nothing's finished and it's all a bit rough around the edges. I took a break for February, but I'm intending to start back in to it for March.

A quick facial and cloth rig test of Odin, pressed into service as my messenger for the season.

A test of Thor's facial rig, it's a bit simpler than Loki's, but then so's Thor.

An early facial rig test for Loki from a while back.

Loki and Fenrir amid the stripey trees

A detail of Loki

A detail of Fenrir

Work in progress

The original pen and ink sketch of Loki from ages ago.

This one is part of a larger project I'm working on, but also features in the Brainbelt Illustration Collective exhibition running in the Graphic Studio Gallery until tomorrow.
Loki was always my favourite of all the Norse gods, intelligent, mischievous and quick-witted.
Fenrir was one of Loki's children (One of the perils of shape-shifting amour) by the giantess Angrboða.

I'm a good bit happier with this one, although it's still work in progress.

Freyja's tears was a skaldic kenning for gold

Brighter?

A slightly different colour treatment

The pen and ink sketch

Not entirely happy with this one yet. Might have another stab at it later.

Freyr riding Gullinbursti, his somewhat absurd flying golden boar. It's one of the odder contraptions from the Norse myths. Only pen and ink so far, haven't had a chance to colour up.

The All-father holding Gungnir, with Huginn and Muninn perched;
Yggdrasil in the distance.

Detail

Work in Progress

The Brainbelt exhibition (with my some of my stuff in it) is on in the Centre for Creative Practices, 15 Pembroke Street Lower, Dublin and will be open for the rest of the week (maybe next week too).

Very rough colour study, but headed in the right direction.