Christmas cheer

Just 2 weeks to go....to get you in the festive mood here's an image from an animated card that I've been working on at the moment.

Wibble Wobble

Here's some jellies to help you get into that Friday party feeling.

And that's NO accident

This is an advert I worked on last month with Kilogramme, for Camps Solicitors. It's on TV in the Northwest at the moment, and I think after that it's getting rolled out across the rest of the country.

I got to direct it, and do a fair bit of the design work which was brilliant. They wanted something lighthearted, with no accidents in sight and happy smiling people. I think you'll agree, that with the national treasure that is Richard Briers doing the voice over, it definitely gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling inside. Like Chai Latte. Now where is that chocolate fudge brownie...

The Incredible Mr Z

Time travelling back a few months on this one, to the 28th September to be precise. Kilogramme were invited by Hewlett-Packard to take part in an animation challenge along with 11 other agencies. The brief being to produce a 40 second advert based around 'A day in the life of Mr Z'. Mr Z is a character designed to represent their new Z-800 computer, and with just the beginning and end scenarios given, the rest was up to us to conjure up. Oh and did I mention this all came with a 2 week deadline?

It was my first directing job for Kilogramme, and the freedom of the brief with the ability to inject my own personality into the piece was a real dream. Picking a 50's public information film style theme was a real joy to design with as well, with a vignette and some crackling After Effects touches wrapping the whole short up nicely.

And so on the 28th September, we were invited to the BFI on the Southbank for the screening. Where I was delighted to meet the fellow competitors and watch their films, eat an awful lot of scrummy canapes and pick up this lovely ornament to put up in the old glass cabinet. Great stuff.

Penguins are GO!

So it's been a while since my last post, and in that time its been busy busy busy.

Therefore, to apologise for my lack of commitment and neglect, I will be challenging myself to post something everyday this week!Wooooooooooo hooooooo I hear you cry, indeed exciting stuff...(Yes it is Tuesday, and I am a day late already, but it's a start!)

Sunday was D-day for GoPenguins, with over 200 of the little beauties hitting the streets of Liverpool. I can confirm that beauties they are, as Friday I attended the launch party for all those involved, in turn getting to see the colony all under one roof(well roofs...they spilled out into the hallway there are that many!).

They are all dotted round the city, ready for you to discover them on the treasure hunt that is 'A Winters Trail'. So head over to Liverpool now, pick up a map and get following that trail!

And mine? Well he's in St Paul's Square, but you'll have to go find him before I reveal what he looks like! Instead here's a sneaky peak to get you on your way....

Good riddance...

Two friends of mine, Pat and Danny, left yesterday to explore the world for a year. I'm sure they'll have a go at a few new things, experience some life changing moments and have many MANY adventures. Pat has gone and made a blog to keep us in the know of his whereabouts and what escapades they encounter.

http://www.wherespatgone.blogspot.com/

You should really check it out. YES it will make you jealous, and YES they are probably sitting on a beautiful Thai beach right now, but knowing Pat and Danny, hilarious comedy and tales will ensue.

P p p p p p p p p p p p p p .........

Found out some fantastic news last week that I have been commissioned to paint a 5ft penguin for the Liverpool 'Go Penguins; A Winter's Trail'!

I am very VERY excited as

a. I Loooooove penguins

b. I LOOOOOOOVE penguins

Here's a link to their website so you can keep an eye on the countdown

http://www.gopenguins.co.uk/site/index.php

And a lovely picture of ...ahem...some naked penguins so to speak

There will be around 90 of the little critters hitting Liverpool in November, something not to be missed.

BLISS

x

Harry on 4mations!!

Brilliant stuff yesterday as the wonderful 4mations blog posted about my animation Harry. They gave it a lovely little write up, made me a very happy chappy!

The link to it is here

http://www.4mations.tv/2009/09/harry/

They have a lot of other stuff you really should check out, plus they have commissioned 13 short films to be produced by some tip top British animators...definitely need to keep your eyes peeled for them!

Harry

As promised here is a link to 'Harry' on Vimeo. Hopefully be putting a few more animations up soon, but I have to wait a little bit before they are ready for public viewing.

http://www.vimeo.com/6398469

Anyways enjoy!

And so it starts...

I feel this is going to be the beginning of a long, and hopefully, beautiful relationship. Yet I expect many tears and tantrums, hard work and many MANY sleepless nights, is the actual truth of the matter.

So here is a still from my recent animation, 'Harry'. Finished only last Friday! Will post a link to it on Vimeo soon...