Please have a look around my site or you can get in touch for more information here

Email Me

What I do

VR games development

Extensive knowledge of this new and rapidly changing field.

Design

25 years experience in visual communications.

Print, Web, and Video content design needs met by conforming to the highest standard, quick turnaround, and cost-effective.

Animation and VFX

3D/2D/Character/Motion Graphics/Dynamics

I am able to help with many different aspects of creating animation and VFX to fit all needs.

Breif bit about me

Digital Artist & Immersive Tech Specialist | PhD in Computer Science | KTP associate with UWS Creative Computing Technologies | Shaping the Future of Immersive Tech at Smartify.

My Ph.D. research topic is Virtual Reality Gamification of Computer Science teaching and learning that I completed in 2023. My research looks at the use of immersive visual and audio stimuli with simple gamification techniques, to better convey basic programming concepts before their translation into written instructions.
I have published in Springers Lecture Notes in Computer Science and ACM: : Proceedings of the 2023 8th International Conference on Information and Education Innovations.

4 years as an Associate Lecturer at UWS, I have taught the 2nd, 3rd & 4th year BSc Creative Computing students undertaking the Games Development, Computer Animation and Visulisation modules with the responsibility of writing and delivering lectures, support sessions and tutorials, assessments, grades, and feedback. Plus, I have assisted on a number of other modules within the creative computing department while teaching my own modules and researching for my Ph.D.

I am currently working as a KTP associate with Smartify and UWS CCT building inovative XR solutions to drive the medium forward within the cultural heritage sector.

Showreel

New Show reel including latest animation and VFX works done for University, personal and client led projects.

I continued to undertake freelance digital artwork outside my education and UWS teaching duties, this work has seen me involved with Virtual Reality educational games, board games, animation, and visual effects projects. One of which has received a BAFTA Scotland award. I have been involved in beta testing a number of virtual reality games.

WANT TO KNOW MORE? CURIOUS WHAT ELSE I DO?

Contact me
UCLAN logo
west themes college logo
runshaw college logo
james watt college logo
west college scotland logo

Testimonials and Awards

The Inescapable Arrival of Lazlo Petushki BAFTA Scotland 2017 winner – I did some of the VFX for this film

“Thanks Ray. You saved the day” – Sven Werner (Director)

“We couldn’t have got there without you to be honest” –  David Brown (Producer)

BAFTA Scotland Winner

Awarded Student of the year and design award.

West College Scotland

Awarded court medal 2 years in a row (3rd & 4th years) on the University of the West of Scotland’s BSc Computer Animation degree for receiving the highest grades of each discipline 

UWS

Thank you for your amazing artwork.

My family will have them for Christmas.

Digital portraits

“Hey Ray,
great work!
The VFX scenes are really good now.
Grading of balloon and the movement connection between balloon and Lazlo is great.
The character is well keyed. I will have to watch the beginning of the shot in slow motion to see if the movement of the ship reads well while he lands.”  – Sven Werner (Director)

 

VFX