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Inspiration, musings and general nonsense I dig or dream up.
ITV Advert – ZSL London Zoo
I was absolutely honoured when I was asked to contribute my time to produce a 30 second ITV advert for ZSL London Zoo to run nationally to try and generate funds after a terrible year due to the covid outbreak. The project, sponsored by Polymateria, really was a joy...
Rotoscoping Fun: ZSL London Zoo
I have recently flexed my rotoscoping skills after a looooong time with quite possibly the hardest subject matter to work with; water! ZSL London Zoo are currently promoting their aquarium and I’ve been tasked with bringing some...
New Work: Nuclear Skills Conference 2019 Intro
I love it when a job comes along where you are basically being paid to have fun! This was one of those jobs. The weird part was that I had a very strong memory of late night 70’s science BBC things, with these really retro...
In Production: ‘Smart Water Distribution Networks’
I’m currently coming to the end of a fabulous presentation for ATi technologies’ ‘Smart Water Distribution Network’ concept presentation for their upcoming huge technology conference in Miami this March (2019). They initially simply wanted a redesign of their, frankly...
New Work: Metapack Explainer
Wow, this was a HARD week. I was contacted out of the blue to produce a 1:30 – 2 minute 2D explainer animation for e-commerce delivery experts ‘Metapack’. After a longer than expected script and storyboard development phase, I had an immovable production time of just...
New Work: London Zoo
I recently had the wonderful pleasure of working on several campaigns for both London and Whipsnade Zoo for their year-long ‘Superheroes’ campaigns. Edit Brand studio brought together a fabulous team consisting of illustrator Andy Smith, wonderful imagery by...
Freelancing problems as told by dinosaurs.
Not much to say about this one really other than I love it! And its both accurate and has some good pointers too. Click through for a chuckle and maybe to learn some good habits when it comes to organising your freelancing workload and practices. Article link.
Brickfast
This is just delightful. I’m a big fan of stop motion in general, but when it involves Lego AND breakfast? Yes! The usual home-made Lego stop motion movies are character based famous scene recreations; which is handy as the audio is right there already. But this...
New Work: Romero Insurance
This was such a fun animation to produce. The original brief called for immobile characters that were always sat and emoted with simple speech bubbles and icons. I completely revamped the storyboard, redesigned all the characters and environments and produced a fun...
Excercise: Walk Cycle Office Guy
So, I haven't posted in a little while due to a pretty heavy workload, but I do have a little test to share here. I have recently been commissioned to produce an explainer video for an insurance company. Obviously, the subject matter is going to be a little...
Excercise: Rain Dance Badge
My son is a HUGE 'Hey Duggee' fan. If you aren't aware of the award winning kids TV show from Studio AKA, head on over to BBC iPlayer and have a gander yourself, it's beautiful. Very cleverly and boldly designed and animated, I largely ignored it until my 5 year old...
New Work: National Trust POS
I recently completed a lovely little animation for the National Trust's 'Point of Sale Acquisition Suite' reveal. I oversaw every aspect of the animation, from writing the initial script, directing the illustration, through to completely animating the piece. It was a...
Space Stallions
You might not be sure what to make of this, but what I made of it was PURE AWESOMENESS! ‘Space Stallions’ is a graduation film produced by a handful of students from The Animation Workshop, Denmark, and it is something to behold indeed. My 90’s inner child whom used...
Unsatisfying
I absolutely love this short animation. Beautifully and boldly designed and animated with such brilliant subtlety. It’s the kind of thing I wish I’d done myself. Check it out below, get some bubble wrap ready to pop after for balance: ...
Terminator 2 in GTAV
Wow, I'm impressed when I see a recreation of a scene from a film in the GTAV engine, but to see a full film (more or less) painstakingly recreated? Now that's pretty impressive. All of the iconic scenes in the original film are here, recreated shot for shot, using...
Star Wars Infographic
Yes, of course I'm a Star Wars fan, and so are you probably....so get ready for this monumental infographic. Martin Panchaud has outlined the entirety of 'A New Hope' in one continuous graphic. Every scene, every character, every layout, every bit of dialogue; it's...
Game of Thrones Intro: Super Mario
As a fan of both of these wonderful things, how could I not love this GOT, Super Mario mash up?! That 8 bit version of the soundtrack too! I love how every little detail has been paid real attention too, including the house banners in the titles. Check it out below:...
Meta Augmented Reality
As a virtual reality enthusiast and Oculus Rift owner; my radar pinged when Meta floated by. Meta (and soon Meta 2) is an augmented reality headset that allows users to interact with their content with their actual hands. The applications for use are incredibly...
Disney & Dali Collaboration
This incredible collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali began production in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project remained a secret for some time, and the end goal was to produce an experimental film along the lines of Disney’s wildly...
Perfect Holiday
Come on, who doesn't like a bit of low-fi stop motion animation? 'Perfect Holiday' by Karim Rejeb was produced back in 2012 as a music video for SMILE's EP. Created using PlayMobile figures and vehicles, the video is mostly surfing using a hugh amount of cotton wool...