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About Me Premium Member Classical Animator IBGrahamMale/United States Recent Activity Deviant for 9 Months
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I Love to share the love.

Tue Nov 10, 2009, 9:31 AM
So I have even more WOW!!!! To share with you. Now I don’t know much about this animation other then it its some cool anime but you just might like it.
This one was sent to me by the great and so kind Director Michael Chang
:iconaaaokay: He did not mention how he found this but I'm glad he did and I'm glad he shared it with me and know I can pass it on to you. =D

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  • Mood: Wow!
  • Listening to: Music
  • Reading: Books
  • Watching: TV
  • Playing: Games
  • Eating: Food
  • Drinking: Water

deviantID

Well, well look at what the cat dragged in ….Me …..
I’m Ian Graham. I’ve worked in Animation for over 10 years, most of which was storyboarding. After lots of encouragement from my friends in animation, I’m using Deviant Art to show my professional and personal work. Now, the bulk of what you will see are drawings but I have thrown in some color work from my student years and hopefully I will be adding new color work as I try to do more work for myself.

I am lucky enough to have worked on great shows with amazingly talented people involved. Some of the shows I have worked on include:

The Cleveland Show
GI Joe Resolute
The Mighty B
Avatar the Last Airbender
Spongebob Squarepants
Danny Phantom
Fairly Odd Parents
and Invader Zim, just to name a few.


I have found that over the years you learn the most from working with the best. So, when choosing what jobs to take I choose the ones with the largest talent pool.
My influences are quite different. Everything from FLCL to Ren and Stimpy. I love Anime and UPA old school and new school. It’s all good.

I’m taking a different approach to showing my professional work. Normally, when presenting storyboards you show the boards but in this case I’m going to show panels, not entire boards. If I was up for a job I would present my board, but the main focus in this case is individual shots and the drawings behind them. What’s nice about this is sometimes boards can get technical and that’s only fun to look at if you storyboard. This way we don’t have to deal with separated pans, ols and s/a . Plus one storyboard sequence can be anywhere from 100 to 300 pages.

One other thing, I will be updating the artwork when time permits but I am bad at responding to comments, and when I do respond it tends to be short like “COOL“ or “Thanks“ or even “That hurts“, but I’ll do my best to respond.

Thanks.
Ian Graham

Oh, and I also want to give special thanks to Nickelodeon who I have spent 8 of my 11 years in animation with. The people at Nick have taken good care of me.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: LA
  • Interests: Video Games, Art ,Family , and slow days
  • Favourite movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)
  • Favourite band or musician: Radiohead, Pixies ,Hole, Nirvana,Gorillaz and so on
  • Favourite genre of music: Punk, Alternative, Electronic
  • Favourite artist: good luck
  • Favourite style of art: Good
  • Operating System: Smooth
  • MP3 player of choice: ipod
  • Favourite game: Portal
  • Favourite gaming platform: Xbox 360, PC,PS3

Links

Louie del Carmen [link]
Justin Ridge [link]
Michael Chang [link]
Lauren Montgomery [link]
Ethan Spaulding [link]
Bobby Rubio [link]
Stephen Silver [link]
Lynne Naylor [link]
Joquim Dos Santos [link]
Art Center [link]
Gallo44 [link]
Chris Battle [link]

Comments


:iconmelissathewolfe:
Hey there Ian,
I couldn't find another way to get in touch, so apologies for coming to you via Deviant Art. We may have met before, but I'm not sure. I worked at Frederator about 3 years ago, and helped develop the shorts for the Random Cartoons shorts program. I am now with Cookie Jar Entertainment, developing animated shows with them. I am working on a great squash and stretch animated pitch right now, and I would like to try and board a scene from the script. I am a huge fan of your work, and wanted to see if you were available to board a scene or two. Regardless, I would love to meet you. I can be reached at mwolfe@cjar.com. Looking forward to speaking with you soon!
Melissa Wolfe
:iconibgraham:
Thanks! Things are Nuts at work now but I will contact you soon.
:iconskadime:
hi, I`ve found this [link] , and I thought you might like it, for me it`s pretty awesome :D

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:iconibgraham:
Nice!!! Thanks!
:iconskadime:
your welcomed:)

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:iconoraculardream:
Wow, your work seems so simple but has so much technique and character! I already feel so overwhelmed by perspective when doing comics but seeing your work helps me see I don't have to over think something to make it amazing.
:iconrebecca-martain:
your art is awesome ^^i am looking for school to try and do art for a living lol i love yours though! i couldnt ever do that!

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