Bradley Cayford

RocketOWL Inc.

2012-01-18T08:06:00.000-08:00

Hey guys. Video game studio, Rocketowl Inc. is hiring for designers and animators alike. Please visit RocketOWL Inc. for more details. I'd love to work with some of you talented folks. Anyone is welcome to apply and we'll be looking over portfolios in the next week or so. Best of luck to ya!

Merry Christmas Mel and Liz

2011-12-21T18:54:00.000-08:00

My sister and her friend Liz love to go scuba diving, so I did this painting for the both of them for christmas. Recently Liz really played the part of a life saver for Mel so there's a little something special behind this one. Merry Christmas!

Small Pond

2011-09-23T06:39:00.000-07:00

*this was a painting that I had in the art show last night. There was a movie theme and I chose to do Big Fish. I have a lot of work to do when it comes to caricatures, but this was a decent start, I felt. We all had a great time and the show was a success I'd say overall. Great times...special thanks to Kyle Marshall and Oz for putting it on. Back to the Animation Festival!

Here's a few of the artists...
Kyle Marshall
Jessica Borutski
Crystal Lancaster
Scott Macdonald
Steve Lambe
Shawn Pyke
Maria Kiriakov

A Night Out At The Movies

2011-09-13T07:10:00.001-07:00

Art Show....come check it out if you're in Ottawa during the Animation Festival.

4th Birthday

2011-08-31T19:00:00.000-07:00

My little girl turns four on Sept. 3rd and I couldn't be happier. Life is like waltz, young lady...and I can only pray that we will waltz through life together.

Greenspace

2011-08-20T20:06:00.000-07:00

Here's the opening video to Greenspace. If you want to start playing you can visit www.rocketowl.com or go to the facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/playgreenspace?ref=ts#!/rocketowl to learn more. Good job everyone on this video and on the game...it's looking good so far...can't wait to add more to 'er. Special high five to the man, Jasper Gahunia for giving us some amazing music on the intro. Well done sir.

Greenspace Cinematic

2011-08-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

Here is a still from the new Greenspace cinematic that we just finished at Rocketowl Inc. Special super thanks to Jasper for his wonderful music on this project especially under tight deadlines. Here's some links to follow up on...

Rocketowl Inc
Greenspace cinematic
Jamie Gallant
Leisl Adams
Jasper Gahunia aka Lil Jaz

Wonderful work everyone....enjoy the game. Launch in T minus 5, 4, 3, 2.....

Greenspace

2011-07-08T14:30:00.000-07:00

It's on its way....here is a logo for the game that I just painted quickly. Can't wait to start posting some of the art behind the game. Fun stuff.
*you can check updates @ Rocketowl.com

RocketOWL inc.

2011-06-05T16:35:00.001-07:00

RocketOWL inc. Playoff beard grown...Game one coming in a month's time. Artwork posts coming soon.

Brighter Days

2011-04-23T08:50:00.000-07:00

A little sun sometimes goes a long way

The Sho Pao Fairy

2011-02-05T16:53:00.000-08:00

Thank you Sho Pao Fairy

My paintings for the art show

2010-10-22T07:17:00.000-07:00

"Hallowe'en Poutine"

*I figure that in Quebec, Hallowe'en is celebrated by giving away poutine rather than candy. Little Miss Muffet isn't so happy as she's eating her curds and whey when spiderman comes to steal it from her.

"Piece of Cake"

*this was the tale of Jack and Jill and their fateful climb up the hill.

*The art show was great. It was awesome to see a bunch of really awesome friends and artists have their stuff up. So much fun. Kudos to Kyle Marshall for putting it all together. Each of these digital paintings were being sold for $150 and they come on an 11"x14" canvas. If interested just let me know. Fun show though...was super happy to be a part of this really talented squad.

Momma Goose gets animated

2010-10-13T22:29:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone. I hope a lot of you are going to the Ottawa Animation Festival this year. During the festival, a bunch of us will be having an art show. There's a pile of awesome artists showing their stuff under a Nursery Rhyme theme. It should be really interesting. It takes place at Oz Kafe on Elgin st. 9pm Thursay, Oct. 21. Come check it out if you can. I have a piece in there as well and I think everyone is selling their stuff too. Come on down for some good times.

My Daughter's 3rd b-day

2010-09-02T11:11:00.001-07:00

A painting for my daughter's third b-day. She is the wise Red Panda with her father, the big fat panda, watching over her.

New concept for film

2010-08-03T22:28:00.000-07:00

A chief of some kind. Also..he's not really supposed to be demonic, although he really looks like that. Was just playing with the idea of him having more smokey sort of antlers rather than bone ones. I assure you he is a friendly kinda spirit.

Brooke-mark

2010-06-20T00:33:00.000-07:00

*The wise owl knows all. A gift for a great friend.

Book Cover for a kids class

2010-06-06T22:00:00.001-07:00

This is a quick book cover I did for a grade 8 graduating class. It's just supposed to show wisdom and the trust one must have in what they see, feel and think to guide them to become like the wise old owl in the tree to showcase visually their knowledge.

a spirit of sorts

2010-02-20T17:46:00.001-08:00

*a concept I've been working on for quite some time and am continuing to really figure out. A work in progress for sure.

Lighthouse

2010-01-28T17:04:00.000-08:00

*a concept from something I am working on right now. A bit of NS love in this post.

the Bamboo Princess and the Panda Boo

2009-12-10T20:17:00.000-08:00

Been lost in the woods lately. Thankfully the Bamboo Princess has helped guide 'ol Panda Boo in the right direction. Happy Birthday, Abby :)

Buck 'em Down

2009-11-19T22:48:00.000-08:00

pkewwwww. Quick painting.

Painting for Sophia's second birthday

2009-09-09T17:01:00.000-07:00

This is a painting I just did for my daughter's second birthday. Was fun...she likes to feed the cats pretty much every day.

random character designs

2009-08-31T13:23:00.000-07:00

These are some character designs I have just done at Fuel Industries. They are all copywrite to Fuel Industries.

Concept from a film I am developing

2009-06-15T19:18:00.000-07:00

This is a concept painting for a film that I have been developing on my own for the past few years. Started as a coffee/ink painting...then sorta went everywhere after that.

A digital painting I did on Mars

2009-03-26T20:12:00.000-07:00

I call this painting, "Lumberjeezy and Byaaaavurrr"
It's a story about a lumberjack and his friend, Byaaaavurrr (a one eyed beaver) cuttin' some waves. I painted it on a painted birch tree backdrop that I painted with digital paint. Just felt like letting loose and making little sense in the process.

Happy Valentines everyone!

2009-02-13T14:31:00.000-08:00

This is a painting I made for my wife and daughter for valentines day.

Happy New Year

2009-01-02T07:49:00.000-08:00

Happy 2009 from me and this thing! For me...B009. Year of Weird, it shall be. Let it commence with grace.

Downtown Boxing Day

2008-12-30T07:57:00.001-08:00

A christmas present for the people at daycare

2008-12-22T08:27:00.000-08:00

I made this quickly for the wonderful caretakers at our daughters daycare.

painting for my dear friends

2008-10-11T10:01:00.000-07:00

This is a wedding card/painting that I made for my friends, Steve and Atinuke for their wedding this past Friday. I'm not so good at caricatures, but it's a decent start.

paparazzo

2008-09-22T08:59:00.000-07:00

The idea of these was to draw a semi real person then try and caricaturize it somehow. The character is supposed to be tall and attractive to some degree with some traits of a more european style of drawing. I don't know if I did them right, but it was fun to give it a shot anyways. I'm not quite so good with the real-ish stuff yet.

Sophia's first birthday gift

2008-09-02T06:36:00.000-07:00

I made this for my daughter's first birthday this September 3rd. I don't know that there's much of a story to it other than to commemorate my feelings of her. I sense that she is close to the earth and nature in general as in some way I feel that she was born from the earth to begin. I feel that she will grow close to nature as well and I hope I can guide her to be as free as this painting shows. It's fun doing things like this especially for those that you love.

More US History bg concepts

2008-08-11T10:11:00.000-07:00

Quick Sketches in marker and Painter for the project. Getting a sense of mood...maybe too rich.

US History project

2008-08-01T11:50:00.000-07:00

melty 1770's British Soldier and African American woman concept work for a US History project. Fun to try and paint some ideas quickly to get a sense of mood and character.

Concept art for Creative Atlantic and Copernicus Studios

2008-06-27T14:59:00.000-07:00

Concept work that I did for Creative Atlantic and Copernicus Studios. Fun stuff playing with various freely drawn/painted shapes. Helped me loosen up a little.

Artwork cannot be copied and reused/sold elsewhere. Artwork is property of Copernicus Studios and Creative Atlantic.

Wedding Card Painting

2008-05-13T19:41:00.001-07:00

I painted these for my own personal wedding of my wife and I. Lots of fun. The top one is for the wedding ceremony program, the second is a personal painting for the two of us and the third is for the wedding invitation itself.

Heads

2008-01-15T19:30:00.000-08:00

...basically I just felt like drawing heads.

Concept Art...inspiration, imagination and interpretation

2007-10-30T19:58:00.000-07:00

* Click on the images to view as a larger size

These are some of the concepts for the Jimmy Swift Band's video for, "Turnaround" that for the most part I did. There are a few concepts that some of other wonderfully talented artists worked on in this video as well. I was truly proud of the outcome and it was loads of fun to do. The two concept paintings on the top left of the first page belong to a Mr. David Sourwine. He is one of the best painters that I've had the pleasure to work with and you should definitely check out his work. The "Jimmy Swift Band" and "Execubots - the Maltese Lug Nut" posters are completely his ideas and are painted extraordinarily as well.

The second picture here has a lot more backgrounds. I love doing backgrounds and figuring out colours as well. My good friends Ian Westoby and Justin Nieuwland had their hands on a few of these bg's as well. Justin, Ian and I worked on the one to the upper left and Ian painted the small one of the shanty town in the middle. Beautiful work all around and I had a lot of fun conceptualizing the other ones. Fun playing with colour again.

Last but not least...here's a few of the many pages of concept work from Spesh K's, "Knockin' Em Down" video. That was a lot of fun to work on because the idea of Mike Tyson Punchout really brought back some cool memories. The whole Punchout idea came from Spesh and we did our best here to rocket with it. I had a great time drawing up ideas for this video and we all had a great time putting it together.

A painting for my little girl, Sophia Lily

2007-10-25T15:36:00.001-07:00

This is a painting I did for both my wonderful daughter, Sophia and my wonderful girlfriend, Maggie. I did the painting shortly after Sophia was born. The painting was inspired by a gift that we received from our friends, Sarah and Jessy which was a cute yellow spring dress for Sophia. To us, Sophia is our Faerie Princess so I painted this for her.

3....2.....1.....

2007-10-17T13:27:00.000-07:00

These are some animated music videos that I've directed over the years...

Jimmy Swift Band - Turnaround
Animated at Copernicus Studios

Apollos Pad - I'm a Believer
Animated at Copernicus Studios
Property of Galleon Holdings

Spesh K - Knockin' Em Down
Animated at Copernicus Studios

Nelly Furtado - Explode
Animated at Copernicus Studios
Property of Dreamworks

Universal Soul - Back in the Day
Animated by Bradley Cayford