John Paine

Teachers Health and Teachers Union Fund have merged and were after an animated video to inform their customers.

Working with the team at INNOCEAN, I was responsible for storyboarding, designing and animating the spot to show that some things go Better Together.

The spot can be viewed here.

Working alongside the ABC Gamer team, animator Lucas Cappy and producer, Adam Bigum, we were commissioned to make gaming themed animations for their ABC Gamer platform.

My role was animate a selection segments involving Minecraft on a cooking show, Mario on a renovation show and Pokemon of a dating show

The final versions can be seen in Good Game Spawn Point.

Christine Anu’s Piki (Dream) Lullaby is a soothing bedtime lullaby that echoes the gentle ‘nai-guy’ (northern) breeze of Mabuyag Island.

I worked alongside Studio Gilay to bring this story with my main roles being rigging the girl (Yathana) and turtle characters as well as 2D character animation.

For more behind the scenes content you can visit Studio Gilay's write up here.

Death Dumplings is a punk rock from Meeanjin/Brisbane, Australia and a personal friend on mine.

They released their EP 'Millennium Bug' in December 2023. After hearing the title track, I instantly knew that I needed to animate something for it. My goal was to make the animation as boisterous, clamorous & cacophonous as the song.

The music video can be viewed here.

Working alongside Studio Gilay and the Department of Education we created a 5 episode series about Aboriginal cultural safety framework for early childhood education and care.

My role on the project was storyboarding, rigging and animating the characters as well as keeping track of wardrobe continuity.

I've been working with High N' Dry for almost 10 years creating a variety of branding for them from murals to packaging and t-shirts as well animated content for their social media

Being a family restaurant, I created these cute but cheeky characters to represent the spirit of the brand but can also easily be adapted in to pop culture references littered through the decor of the restaurant.

Fry Baby is hat brand that believes that hats shouldn’t only be functional, they should be beautiful to look at.

'Not Today Mate' is inspired by the imminent threat of deep sea mining. The UN states the deep sea belongs to all of us, but behind closed doors mining companies are attempting to turn an area of the Pacific Ocean the size of India into the world's largest mine.

I worked with The Other Art Fair multiple times in the past and to celebrate their milestone of reaching 100 Fairs globally, they commissioned me to create 100 art-related drawings, which will make up an interactive mural at The Fair.

Attendees were invited to contribute by adding a splash of colour to the wall and then test their art knowledge after. Luckily someone had the foresight to print multiple copies of the mural as three version were filled up over the four day event.