Joshua Ashman

Pirates!

2011-03-27T11:56:00.001-07:00

I has been a while since I have posted any thing so I thought I should keep it up to date. I have been work at Aardman Feature in bristol since December 2009 on The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists… A delicious confection of piracy on the high seas. Aardman co-founder Peter Lord returns to hands-on directing for the first time since 'Chicken Run', with a comedy adventure based on two books from the cult 'Pirates!' series by Gideon Defoe who has also penned the screenplay. 'Pirates!' will be co-directed by Jeff Newitt.

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2009-08-09T09:16:00.000-07:00

I have work expearnce at Aardman for two week later this month and am look forward to it very much. I will be working on Shaun the sheep and a model making i think and hopefuly props and sets to.

Show Reel

2009-08-09T09:08:00.001-07:00

End of University

2009-06-19T05:19:00.000-07:00

So it the end of university and we had our end of year show where I was part of the team witch won best 3rd year and best stop motion. The planes now are to go to LA on the 25t with my friend Chris for a month then after that move down to brighton and start looking for job. It has been a great 3 year at uni and hopefuly there will be many more to come.

2009-05-25T13:51:00.000-07:00

This is a shot of my end of year project. I sculpted this out of plasticine, then made a mold of it and cast the figure in resin, finally painting over the top.

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This is a set I built for Matt and Nick.

2009-05-06T13:32:00.000-07:00

This set is almost done, I just need to add a lamp post and a fire hydrant; I also plan to put a paper store in the space between the two buildings. I want to put curtains up in the windows too and then I'm finished.
Ellen made a car to drive into the shot, so I might to need to extent the road.

2009-05-06T13:30:00.000-07:00

Here is the other building on the set I've done which will be a liquor store. I made the path out of foam, carving lines in to it and painting it gray.

2009-05-06T13:27:00.000-07:00

This is the almost finished first building, I used foam for the windows and put up a uneven drain pipe to give it a run down look. The bricks are painted on with a sponge, the door is hand cut and sanded down.

2009-05-06T13:25:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of the finished staircase. I painted it gray and the used a air brush to give it the uneven colouring.

2009-05-06T13:24:00.000-07:00

Here you can see the cracks in the undercoat of the stone staircase, I was going for a old concrete look.

2009-05-06T13:22:00.000-07:00

Then I coated the stairs with clay so that it would dry and become cracked. This is because I wanted to create an old worn down look.

2009-05-06T13:18:00.000-07:00

This is the beginning stage of a a set of stairs that go up to the block of flats I am building for Matt and Nick. They are constructed out of foam.

2009-04-23T07:39:00.000-07:00

Pin board and plugs.

2009-04-23T07:33:00.000-07:00

This is a chair I made out of balsa wood, staining it and using the air brushed to age it.

2009-04-23T07:28:00.000-07:00

A table I made for an office I was building for Matt.

2009-04-23T03:45:00.000-07:00

Here's a puppet I made, he has removeble legs, arms, and head. Latex shoes and super skalpy head.

2009-04-23T03:41:00.000-07:00

"Sad Monkey, he got his banana run over." Another second year project.

2009-04-23T03:38:00.000-07:00

"Rasta scarecrow". Second year project.

2009-04-23T03:18:00.000-07:00

Here is the blunderbuss I designed and made for a Matt Pollocks animation. I sculpted a rough model out of plasticine then carved the handle out of wood. I then sculpted a coke can for the barrel. The other metal used is copper wire that I hammered flat to make the shape on the side.

2009-04-23T03:09:00.000-07:00

A animation I chose to do to a 10 second audio clip.

2009-04-23T02:32:00.000-07:00

Here are some prop's I made for a student Matt Pollock. A collaborative project I did in my second year at Glamorgan University '08. I built the leather chair, picture fame, gun and the grandfather clock.

Matt Pollock went on to win a 'Glammy award' for best stop motion.

2009-03-23T09:47:00.000-07:00

This is the Set I build for a colaboration project at university.