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M.E.Cork@Outlook.com

Animation and Illustration

rough composit lou under bed_edited.jpg

Portfolio

Are You Home?

My 2024 student graduate film, Are You Home?
So far, Are You Home? has been selected for the film festivals, Bite Night Presents, First-Time Filmmaker Sessions (hosted by Lift-Off Global Network) and Chaniartoon 2024 - International Comic & Animation Festival. It has also been nominated for 3 awards at the Royal Television Society: East Student Awards 2025.
Software used for this project includes TV Paint, and Adobe Creative Cloud software such as Photoshop, Audition, After Effects, and InDesign.

Cambridge School of Art Yellow CMYK_edit

You can read my production book from the making of the film here!

Or find my film at Bite Night Presents!

Concept Art and Practise Animations

Viewed from the inside of the home, a character is standing inside a huge mouth that covers the exit

Character turnaround for Lou, a non-binary young adult with messy red-brown hair. They are wearing a black binder under a loose white t-shirt with green harem pants-style trousers and white socks.

A young girl with blond hair. She is wearing a pink jumper that shows the collar of a longer paler pink shirt underneath. She is wearing a grey skirt, tights, and loose pink slippers.

Sophie is hiding in a dark cupboard looking out into a lit room through the gap in the door. She is crying and covering her mouth to keep from making noise.

Sophie is hiding in a dark cupboard looking out into a lit room through the gap in the door. She is crying and covering her mouth to keep from making noise.

Character with a mohawk standing in a alleyway at night smiling down at their dog.

Background Illustrations

An office with a computer desk and bookshelf. The room features family photos, creature art/research, diagrams, fossils, and taxidermies.

An office with a computer desk and coffee table. The room features half hidden enclosures for small creatures, creature art/research, fossils, and taxidermies.

A child's drawings of her family, pet and strange creatures.

The room of a young adult with a bed, computer desk and bookshelves. It features posters/art/photos, figurines, and books.

The room of a young adult with multiple bookcases and a bedside table. It features posters/art, figurines, games, and books.

The ruined outside of the family home from across the street. The walls and windows are covered in smears of strange black substance.

Storyboard and Animatic

Movie stills and Poster

More of my work

Illustration

Sketchbook and Zine

Gloom (short film, university second year)

University and Industry Live Projects

3D work in Autodesk Maya

Animations

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