We could fly
Mark Bailey • April 14, 2026
This is a project I’ve been dipping in and out of over time—one of those chances to explore something a little different from my usual work. Along the way, I experimented with a few techniques I wanted to better understand, including mocap, weight painting, rigging, and layering motion tracks in to refine the some cross over areas.
I started by sketching the characters, then brought them to life in Cinema 4D, building in extra depth with toon shaders to keep the style loose, playful, and intentionally less “polished.” Enjoy!
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This was one of those 'what if' moments. I found some models created by Max Morozov on grabcad.com and thought it would be an interesting playground to pull them together giving it some pace and energy - animating them into action.
New branding designed by Baileycs for the Woodhorn Group brand Earth Cycle.
Recently I saw some beautiful imagery created for a local tomato producer.
This is the second project that we've worked on with the Environment Agency. After a successful set of illustrations were created for the Pevensey Bay to Eastbourne Coastal Management Scheme, we were approached by project lead, Emily Webster, regarding the proposed sea defence improvements for Sandown and Yaverland. Emily and the team required two main illustrations and several cameos. These would be supplied to their design team to create public consultation material - posters, online assets and other communication assets.
The Baileycs office is lucky to be situated in lovely gardens with a huge variety of flora and fauna. The lashings of rain we’ve had means it’s been a bumper year for nature’s colourful spring and early summer carnival.
The Futura Girls don their cyber cossies to woo the crowds and dance the night away.
Over the past couple of years BAILEYCS has had the pleasure of providing creative support to The Aqua Stewardship Council (ASC).
This is my latest bit of animation - Open the Doors. In the quest to increase my 3D knowledge base I create a lot of imagery and animations that rarely see the light of day so sometimes I dust it off and and pull it all together into some sort of story. Hope you enjoy it!
Recently our client, the IOW Group, was looking to expand the number of partners they deal with to help promote and sell their products. They asked us to look into marketing assets to support this activity. There are several issues with partner programs. Businesses can waste a lot of time with prospective partners only to find that they aren’t suitable. This can be for a number of reasons: they aren’t established, they promise the world but don’t have the staff or funding to provide the required support for installation and support for the products, or in real terms, they simply aren’t motivated enough to sell the product. So, the process had to promote the new program and be upfront about the requirements necessary to become a partner.
We had the pleasure of working with Sarah Martin and Andrew Walker at the Environment Agency in Chichester and were tasked with creating 8 to 10 images that would be used as part of a wider presentation to help show the public different options and choices that could help protect properties along the Pevensey Bay to Eastbourne stretch of coastline. Initial illustration reference provided by The AE were more traditional (a more typical arch/vis water colour look) although they were happy to go with something different. We pulled together an initial look and feel that was more contemporary in approach which was liked and helped get the project moving. Rough sketches were provided by Andrew and along with our own research initial roughs of each illustration were submitted and amended before creating the final illustrations.
