Chuck Steel Premiere

I have returned from the week long Annecy Animation Festival in France.  Here I attended the world premiere of Chuck Steel - Night of the Trampires and finally saw the film I worked on last year.  Fantastic to see how it all came together!!  (I am lurking in the back, fourth from the right.)

Aardman Internship

From May to June, 2018, I underwent an animation internship at Aardman Animations.  I worked under Lloyd Price and Grant Maisey, producing a series of short animated segments with a puppet fabricated by Aardman's in-house model makers.

During this period I also worked in collaboration with the Assistant Animators by producing replacement Plasticine mouths for feature characters.

Stuttgart Animation Festival - 48 Hour Challenge

Here is an animation completed by Giulia Marcolini and myself for the 48 hour "Crazy Horse" competition at the Stuttgart Animation Festival in Germany.  We arrived with two suitcases of equipment, puppets and sets and after two days of work and 3 hours of sleep, we submitted this film.  I produced the puppets, set and animation for the "horse with newspaper" segment of the film.

Chuck Steel Sculpting / Animating

Here is the trailer for the film that I worked on this year.  I have been busy sculpting heads, molding and animating with the skilled team down at the Animortal Studio in South Wales.  It is a privilege to have worked with a crew who are so respected in the field of stop motion and puppet making.

(None of the puppet/animation work in this teaser trailer is mine as I began work towards the end of production.  Once the film is released, I will post images detailing my involvement.)

An image of me at work in the puppet department at the Animortal Studio.

Western Stop-motion Film

Here is a small scale stop-motion film I produced during my 3rd semester at Staffordshire University. I produced all puppets, sets, props and animation for the film.  The puppets themselves stand 4 inches high from their feet to their head.

Bart's Revenge from Gus Kearns on Vimeo.

11' Inch Sculpture

This is a anime character sculpt which I produced within my 3rd semester at Staffordshire University.

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Western Bar Maquette

This set maquette on an old western saloon was completed in two days for a university project. Made with predominantly foam board and acrylic paint.

I later produced a stop motion film utilizing the maquette.  Although wood would have been a more suitable material to build the set with, the foam board served me well enough for this smaller scale project.