Steve Searle

Steve Searle

Director/ Animator & DesignerClayton, Bradford, United Kingdom
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Steve Searle

Steve Searle

Director/ Animator & DesignerClayton, Bradford, United Kingdom
Projects
  • Bootcamp - Typography & Animation
    Bootcamp - Typography & AnimationThis was a personal project of mine where I wanted to animate some ideas I had from a personal training bootcamp (Outdoor fitness) I participate in during my free time. It isn't for anything in particular, just some personal portfolio/ typography practice.
  • Red
    RedThis was an introductory animation to the York based magazine publisher 'Red Publication'. They wanted a very stylized look and feel so they suggested a 'pop-up' book theme and this is what I helped them come up with in the first instance. However they decided later on they wanted a much more corporate look, so a complete new design was made (On their website). However for an overall style and look, I was rather happy with this first inclination!
  • Fitback
    FitbackThis was a 'explainer' 3D motion graphics animation to describe the nature of the onsite physio therapist organization 'Fitback'. I wanted to keep things in a similar style to the main logo/character design, keep a nice simple colour palette and have a very clean look. For what I wanted to achieve using the 3D animation was the best solution.
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Work history
    Director, Animator and Designer
    A business I set up with a friend where I had a multitude of creative & director roles. We grew to a staff level of 5, worked with a vast majority of clients ranging from the BBC, small local businesses to the NHS. I would often be very hands on: liaising with clients over the phone or face to face, negotiating quotes, thinking up creative solutions & working to many kinds of budgets. I managed many European students who would intern in the studio. Most of all I would enjoy working my creativity on the many projects with the small team within the studio.
    Character Animation Intern
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    I had the experience of being an intern at this very inspirational animation studio. Here I simply focused on character animation. I worked on a driving awareness campaign which involved animation of character walk cycles and vehicle animation.
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Skills
  • Art Direction
  • Design
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Illustrator
  • Indesign
  • Office
  • Photoshop
  • Word
  • Mudbox
  • Silo
  • SAI
  • Zbrush Artist
  • After Effecs
  • Xero
  • Maya Generalist
Education
    Design for Digital Media Focussed on Animation
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    During this course I explored and practiced many design and media disciplines, but went on to focus on animation. Other disciplines included web design, live action film and flash game development.
    Art and Design
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    A multitude of art and design disciplines. My 2nd year focusing on Graphic Design. I studied: Fine art, print making, clay sculpture, illustration, graphic design, 3D environment design and contextual critical theory.
Awards
    Focus Press Character Design Award
    It was for a character design competition from 'Focus Press'.