2021 Grad Show

Slack Keith

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VCD – Character Design & Illustration

Hi there I’m Slack, a character designer and animator who works in all things weird and whimsy. I use a range of mixed medias to communicate complex ideas through storytelling and expressive visual styles. Im inspired by finding magic in the mundane and the ways we create meaning in an ever expanding world of beauty and horror.

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Mythic May

Pieces from Charamath's Mythic May drawing challenge

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Selkie
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The Evershift Lodge A Lodge located in the middle of nowhere. A haven for the lost who wander too far into the wilds and are no longer able to find a way home.
Main Cast Several of the major characters who reside at the Lodge including: A scavenger possum, an apathetic thylacine, a humanitarian alpaca, ex-corporate vulture, and a komodo witch fraudster.
Map A world map to give a sense of scale highlighting various locations found within the region. Inspired by the diverse environments of Alberta and the Rocky Mountains.
Inside the Evershift A late night interior view of the Lodge where trouble lurks just around the corner.
Residents A challenge where I designed 30 characters in a month to flesh out the world further with more peculiar residents who live here.
Bonfire Early concept art that helped develop the dark playful tone of the world balancing strangeness with serenity.

Wightjaw Concepts

Wightjaw is a project I've been developing for the past year to challenge myself to develop a world using unconventional mediums such as collage and photomanipulation.
It is set in a region of the same name where cryptids, old gods and anthropomorphic folk all live together in a chaotic mess of otherworldly absurdity. Blurring the line between the humane, divine, and monstrous to explore existential themes like trauma, perception, and identity in the face of casual cosmic horror.

Wightjaw Concepts AUArts Grad Show EverShiftLodge
The Evershift Lodge A Lodge located in the middle of nowhere. A haven for the lost who wander too far into the wilds and are no longer able to find a way home.
Wightjaw Concepts AUArts Grad Show Cast
Main Cast Several of the major characters who reside at the Lodge including:
A scavenger possum, an apathetic thylacine, a humanitarian alpaca, ex-corporate vulture, and a komodo witch fraudster.
Wightjaw Concepts AUArts Grad Show Map
Map A world map to give a sense of scale highlighting various locations found within the region. Inspired by the diverse environments of Alberta and the Rocky Mountains.
Wightjaw Concepts AUArts Grad Show Interior
Inside the Evershift A late night interior view of the Lodge where trouble lurks just around the corner.
Wightjaw Concepts AUArts Grad Show CharacterCollage
Residents A challenge where I designed 30 characters in a month to flesh out the world further with more peculiar residents who live here.
Wightjaw Concepts AUArts Grad Show ConceptBonfire
Bonfire Early concept art that helped develop the dark playful tone of the world balancing strangeness with serenity.
Animated Shorts

Wightjaw Animations

A compilation of clips and short character animations animated in aftereffects.

Wightjaw Animations
Animated Shorts
Oligopoly A parody of Monopoly updated for the modern consumer.
Oligopoly part 2 The amalgamation of industries when everything is already owned by mega corporations.
Birdpunk A fun piece designed for a article about punks who also enjoy birdwatching.
The Cycle of Fast Fashion A editorial piece made to criticize the wasteful habits of the fashion industry that exploit labor and resources to produce clothing for a trend that is quickly discarded and then repeated.
None of us is as good as all of us A push for change and solidarity to celebrate the weirdness of humanity in response to an uncaring status quo.

Collages

Various collages made during my time at Auarts.

Collages AUArts Grad Show oligopolyfinal
Oligopoly A parody of Monopoly updated for the modern consumer.
Collages AUArts Grad Show oligopolybackfinal2
Oligopoly part 2 The amalgamation of industries when everything is already owned by mega corporations.
Collages AUArts Grad Show IMG_2421
Birdpunk A fun piece designed for a article about punks who also enjoy birdwatching.
Collages AUArts Grad Show FastFashion
The Cycle of Fast Fashion A editorial piece made to criticize the wasteful habits of the fashion industry that exploit labor and resources to produce clothing for a trend that is quickly discarded and then repeated.
Collages AUArts Grad Show IMG_5297
None of us is as good as all of us A push for change and solidarity to celebrate the weirdness of humanity in response to an uncaring status quo.
Average
Believe
Joy
Objectified
Explore
Mollusk

Wightjaw Scenes

Brief scenes from the story inspired by randomly generated AI quotes as prompts.

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Average
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Believe
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Joy
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Objectified
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Explore
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Mollusk

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