Jamie Gallant

Something Else

2011-09-12T14:20:00.012-04:00

Last Summer I got to animate a few sequences on a music video by Director Justin Nieuwland. The song is "Hey Bully" by Montreal based acoustic string band Lake of Stew.
Justin went for a 1930's rubber hose look, which was great fun to draw. Click right here to check out the finished product along with a full credit list.

The Invention of Littering

2011-08-01T15:30:00.013-04:00

The GreenSpace game's private testing period is over. It goes public today. apps.facebook.com/green-space

Here's a bit of animation I did for the introductory cinematic.
You can see the whole thing (with lots more animation, effects and background art by Brad Cayford and Leisl Adams as well as sounds by Jasper Gahunia) by signing up for the game or checking out RocketOwl's youtube page.

GreenSpaceTM: Canada Day

2011-07-01T02:08:00.024-04:00

GreenSpace^TM begins on your very own garbage dump planet.
Your objective is to tidy it up and replace the trash with clean energy structures in order to create a sustainable utopia and/or carve yourself out a great big "J" and fill it with solar panels.

You're equipped with all kinds of Patented GreenSpace Brand gadgets to help you along. In the future cleaning up filth is easy. And fun.

Today our lucky testers are playing as Mounties in honour of Canada Day. Leisl Adams dressed our little characters and designed the game's version of Canada's Parliament building.

Be sure and check out www.rocketowl.com to become a tester.

GreenSpaceTM : Walk Cycle Parade

2011-06-15T13:39:00.017-04:00

GreenSpace^TM is set in the future.
In our vision of the future, no one would be caught dead in public without their comically over sized air bubble helmet. Dressing up like animals is huge. Also popular: The traditional pro wrestling one-piece.

Note: You CAN'T play the game as giant RocketOwl. But he will make an appearance.

Brad Cayford designed these outfits, and Leisl Adams designed our lovely lady character as well as the font on our title card.

GreenSpaceTM: Locomotion

2011-06-08T10:22:00.032-04:00

Here's a demo of the base male and female characters from GreenSpace^TM. They inhabit a massive environment within the game (See Brad Cayford's sweet background art below) so we needed ways of getting them around quickly so that players don't get bored during the commute. Short distances=Walk. A little farther=Hover. Across the board=Teleport. (Be sure to fullscreen it in HD).Up next: FUNNY LOOKING OUTFITS!

2011-06-06T12:58:00.014-04:00

I've been animating a video game with a start up company here in Ottawa called RocketOwl ^TM. The game's called GreenSpace ^TM and our private testing phase starts today. I'll be posting artwork over the next few weeks leading up to the public release in July.

SPOILER ALERTS!

2011-01-02T15:16:00.009-05:00

This is another sequence I animated for my friend Jessica's new film "The Good Little Bunny with the Big Bad teeth".

The Good Little Bunny 2 from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

And here is the bit I posted last spring with the missing mystery scenes included.

The Good Little Bunny from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

Check out the finished product with Jessy's background paintings and additional character animation on her new website Foolish Kingdom!

OIAF 2010

2010-10-25T16:55:00.017-04:00

A bit of animation I did for the Ottawa International Animation Festival sponsorship reel, which took place this past week. (Nice and clear if you "full screen" it).

My buddy Chris Dainty designed the character, built the little hat out of clay and had his adorable niece do the voice.

Scene 2 Animated

2010-10-19T13:40:00.017-04:00

Sans audio.
(Please double click video for a much better view).

Something Else

2010-07-22T16:29:00.009-04:00

He didn't ask to be born Giraffe-Neck'd!

UPDATE

2010-06-24T11:45:00.004-04:00

The new Scene two.

The designs are changing as I animate them and figure out what will work best in each scene.

The Right Place

2010-06-11T17:11:00.007-04:00

This is a layout from the new short I'm animating. I've got a great piece of music to go along with it, and it's turning out to be alot of fun

Pious Paulie's Neo-Nativity Scene

2010-05-05T15:17:00.018-04:00

My entry into April's 11 Second club animation competition.

Pious Paulie's Neo-Nativity Scene from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

Happy Easter!

2010-04-05T11:44:00.007-04:00

A continuation of the "adorable little bunny rabbit" theme followed up by the traditional "Baby Easter Lion from Hell".

Easter 2010 from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

This is old work from my time at a cool shop here in town called Fuel Industries. Bunny background by Steve Daggitt, lion design by Jessica Borutski.

The Good Little Bunny with the BIG BAD TEETH

2010-03-29T10:45:00.007-04:00

This is part of a sequence I animated for my friend Jessica's upcoming cartoon. I took out the entire middle section because EACH AND EVERY FRAME is TOTALLY CRAM-PACKED with SURPRISE and EXCITEMENT. You can check out lots of her amazing production art here. It's going to be a good one!

The Good Little Bunny with the Big Bad Teeth from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

Miss February

2010-03-22T09:27:00.018-04:00

I spent the month of February animating this character, first as part of a Valentine's Day card and then to a musical clip from the 11 Second Club animation competition. Once I finished the card I pulled a bunch of poses from it to create a model sheet.
The following cycle was the most fun bit to animate, although at 1.5 seconds worth of screen time I'm afraid it was a little under used.

Vday Run Cycle from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

Good times, but it has been nice to move on to new characters. More to come real soon.

11 Second Club, February 2010

2010-03-15T08:44:00.003-04:00

My entry into the Feb. 2010 11 Second Club Animation Competition. I was able to reuse a character from a Valentine's Day themed animation I had done earlier in the month. When I submitted this it was entitled "The Missing Inbetween Shuffle", but I went back and added the extra drawings after the fact.

JGallant_11secondclub_Feb.2010 from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

D R A M A

2010-03-08T11:21:00.003-05:00

Here is some funny-free animation. Just for kicks.

The Letter from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

Juicy Cool Posing

2010-03-02T14:11:00.009-05:00

Here are the Juicy Cool thumbnail poses I worked out on paper before animating.
And some Flash clean up samples we used for client approval.
Thanks to Aaron for posting the ad on CHF!

Juicy Cool

2010-02-25T03:22:00.009-05:00

Our first commercial.

Juicy Cool from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

Lauren and I made this last Spring with the help of our friends Alistair, who composited and Felicia, who photographed the product. We had a good client, he gave us the jingle and a character and let us take it from there. Check out a bigger version on vimeo or double click for a (slightly pixelated) full screen view.

Vday 2010

2010-02-19T13:06:00.006-05:00

This is some animation I did for a Valentine's day e-card. Below it is an earlier version with just the keys. My pal Jack Ront helped me make this thing work. You can see the real deal at www.gallanimation.com

Vday 2010 from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

Vday 2010, Key animation from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

The Martyr

2010-02-16T12:26:00.004-05:00

This is a rough animation sequence from a short I've been working on called "The Martyr". This kid likes to bother pigeons. What he doesn't know is that one of them is rigged to explode.

The Martyr from Jamie Gallant on Vimeo.

Who you gonna call?

2008-03-03T12:34:00.006-05:00

An old entry into the 11 second club animation contest.

Gangsters Bowling

2007-10-04T09:20:00.001-04:00

The Man Who Can't Stop Thinking About Walnuts at Church

2007-08-14T09:00:00.004-04:00

College!

The Conductors of Justness

2007-06-28T10:37:00.000-04:00

Ponytail Pyro, The Sandwich and The Invincible Igor Mesh.

These guys are based on a school newspaper article written by Hugo Au, Blake Bezan, Chris Camirand, Mike MacAdam, Igor Mesh, Danny Molek and I back in college.

From "The Shining"

2007-06-21T10:43:00.000-04:00

My entry into the "10secondclub" monthly animation competition.

Intro

2007-06-11T17:10:00.000-04:00

The Conductors of Justness and Happy the Giraffe Necked Boy. This is an intro I did for a website that never got made.

A closer look at some of that stuff.