One of the Stitch-Up Showdown episodes I animated back in January has been accepted into two short film festivals!



The Filminute Film festival



Gym Jam is one of 25 films selected from a review of 1500 films, animations, and mashups from over 60 countries. Screenings are taking place at Selfridges, Oxford Street until 19th of October where viewers can vote for their favorite - or you can vote online!


RenderYard Short Film Festival



Gym Jam has been selected for the 1 Minute Challenge in the month of August and goes forward into the final selection of 12 films at the end of November this year. The 12 best films will then be available to vote on by their public on our You Tube page to decide the final winner at the end of December.

So if you watch it and you like it - give us a vote ;)

Thanks!

It's been almost 2 years in the making...
...but Blue-zoo finally have a new website!



If you navigate to the 'Work' section you can see some of the things I have been working on over the last 2 and a half years...

Including Stitch-Up Showdown, Clarks YoToY, Aquafresh, Monkey, Back To School, Those Scurvy Rascals, Binge Britain and The Amanda Show.

Well... a good 13 months since I last visited these parts! Mind you it is pretty pointless having a blog if a) no one is reading it and b) you really have nothing to say. But hey, I am hoping that will change!

So what's happened in the last 13 months? Well, the 6 month blue-zoo contract turned into a full-time one. So now I don't even have to worry about ANY contract ending. I have a job until they sack me! Although I am trying to avoid that...

We have been working on lots of exciting things... Stitch Up Showdown being the one I was looking forward to the most! I got to be Animation Director on it and really push the stop-framey, snappy style of it. Of course as with all productions, when it finally started we were working to a very tight schedule, but I am really pleased with the way it turned out and everyone who worked on it did a brilliant job. It should be on Nickelodeon soon....

I was also lucky enough to write one of the episodes. It featured this cute little character 'Enzo' and it was a personality driven piece with no dialogue. I also got to animate it too.



Blue-zoo have just begun working on a new BBC HD TV series called 'Kerwhizz' which I have been supervising some of the animation on. It is visually stunning and you won't see anything like it on children's tv when it airs in March! It is 26 x 20" episodes, so blue-zoo has quadrupled in size over the last few months, and we have almost out-grown the new office we moved to back in October. I don't think we will be moving again soon though, last time was pretty painful ;)

I am also writing an episode of Kerwhizz! It was a bit of a leap from a 30 second cartoon gag to a 20 minute BBC TV show, but it's all going ok so far!

Well, that's about it for now. I have more news but I will save that for another day...

Sorry - it's been a long time since I last posted!

The good news is - I am no longer freelancing! I got a 6 month contract at blue-zoo! Woo!

It's great not to be worrying about where you are going to work next and whether you have earned enough money to pay the rent this month...

I have been on some very nice projects so far and got some good 'uns to come so I am pretty pleased.

Oooh and I finally got my credit for Scurvy's on IMDB and a linked in account and a CG Society Portfolio (which needs some work).
But more importantly....

I am now on facebook! What fun! :P

So anyone who knows me can look me up and we can write on each others walls!

How sad am I?



Ok, don't answer that.

Here is a special Scurvy Christmas performace I animated for blue-zoo...

I've just put together an updated reel with Scurvy work and some other stuff I have worked on.

See what you think!

Good news for the Scurvy team!

A BAFTA nomination in the Children's Film and Television Awards Animation category.

Fingers crossed for the 26th of November! :D