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BENECILIN

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My Bio
My name is Ben Allen and I am an amuetuer Cartoonist from Norwich in the UK and I am an animation graduate from the Norwich University College of the Arts. My interests include Film, Retro Videogames and Comicbooks which all tend to affect my work as you'll see when you take a peek into my gallery. Although I work in the moving image as I studied animation I also like to do other multi media projects such as illustration and comic strips which is why I prefer the term cartoonist over animator and although I so try to experiment with different styles to achieve the right outcome I do seem to have a set style. I like to think its a combination of Eurropean, American and Japanese comic book styles and I tend to use pencil which I then scan and draw over using a cintiq screen digitally colouring it aswell, however I also use Indian inks. I also do some Graphic Design work. Anyway! Welcome to my Deviant Art Page!...

Favourite Visual Artist
Naoki Urasawa, Will Eisner, Phil Noto, Yoji Shinkawa, Ashley Wood, Dustin Nguyen, Steve Ditko, John Romita SR, Osamu Tezuka, Katsuhiro Otomo, Tim Sale, David Mazzucchelli, E.H Shepard, Jim Lee, Amanda Conner, Paolo Rivera, Richard Elson, Dave Gibbons.
Favourite Movies
Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, X-men 1-3, X-men First Class, Howl's Moving Castle, Planet of the Apes, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Scott Pilgrim VS The World, Toy Story 1-3, Up, District 9, Akira....
Favourite TV Shows
Thundercats! Ghost in the Shell: SAC, Cowboy Bebop, Peep Show, Futurama, Life On Mars, Ashes to Ashes, Father Ted, i.t Crowd, Inbetweeners, Spaced, Spiderman (90's), Batman (90's), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Gurren Lagann, House...
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Frank Sinatra, Newton Faulkner, Harry Gregson Williams, Hans Zimmer, Athlete, Dave Brubeck, Adele, Shinya Kiyozuka, Sigur Ros, Imogen Heap, The Seatbelts, Michael Jackson, Quantic, Chet Baker, As Tall As Lions, Fat Freddy's Drop, Daft Punk...
Favourite Books
Watchmen, I am Legend, The Walking Dead, Batman: Year One, Black Sad, The Wind in the Willows, Zot!, Akira, Pluto, Kick Ass, Many Will Eisner books, Batman Hush, Marvels, Winnie the Pooh, War of the Worlds, Sherlock Homes...
Favourite Writers
Mark Millar, Frank Miller, Bryan Micheal Bendis, Stan Lee, Scott McCloud, Will Eisner, Alan Moore, Naoki Urasawa, Arthur Cohen Doyle, Scott Snyder, Kenneth Grahame, Robert Kirkman, ...
Favourite Games
The Metal Gear Solid Series, The Legend of Zelda Series, Shenmue 1-2, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Final Fantasy IX, Many Mario games! Dino Crisis, Resident evil 2, Dead Or Alive 2, Street Fighter 2-4, Lylat Wars, The Ace Attorney Series and many more..
Favourite Gaming Platform
NES, SNES, Gameboy, Megadrive, PS1, PS3, N64, Gamecube, DS, 3DS and Dreamcast!
Tools of the Trade
Cintiq Intuo Screen & iMac/Indian Inks/THE MIGHTY PENCIL!
Other Interests
DRAWING! Comics, Movies, Videogames (mostly Retro) and some Acting (when I get the chance!).

Been a while...

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Hey there! Im back and my god has it been a while in fact I'd say my last journal entry was in 2009! Anyway I have been in the backgrounds of deviant art looking at deviations and faving them, etc but it has been a while since I interacted with the site. As in I haven't submitted art here in a while and I have not really replied to comments or messages and even commented on other people's work. This is due to time. As you may know I WAS studying for animation degree. I say WAS because I just finished and got my final mark, which I am very happy with! Because of all the work leading up to this I have'nt really had time to do any personel stuf
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I am still alive... are you guys? Its weird I havnt heard from people in ages on here anyways... probably Christmas shopping :D How we all doing? (you can answer that!) ;) Well my Christmas holiday started just a few weeks ago which means all my work is finished til I get back... SO back to working on issue 1 of "Smith" (yeah I know.... only Issue 1!) And to do the Christmas shopping which I STILL NEED TO DO!!! Just thought I'd mention that all my animation work I did on Unit 5 is on Youtube.... except one... but that is because it's awful lol. They may be put up here on dA at some point but for now check out Youtube :D I also now have a "
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I believe it was at the start of the summer... when we had that Bloody heat wave which was nice.... Obviously it is not like that now! It is either cold, or chucking it down. Anyway just journaling you guys letting you know I am not dead... although my deviations would say otherwise. Either way I am here!!! :D I have finally put up last years animation projects I did up and have now started a lip sync project which is actually going quite well. Oh and I will put up my Puppet animation (yes... the puppet:) Very soon. As for personel work I am still working on Smith... I know its taking WAY too long but I mean university does take alot of my
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Just gonna leave a message here saying Happy birthday dude. I hope you have a good one!
We really need to catch up.
Thanks for the fave!
Thanks for the fave!
Dude, happy birthday <3 Im sorry I cant get you anything D: seeing as you moved away and I don't have yopur address and stuff >.< Help me out here? xD