On my homepage you can now find an updated showreel for 2009!



There are three shots completed recently at Animation Mentor, a Keith Lango APT dialogue, some shots from "Monkey Fist" (Blue-Zoo Productions/Cartoon Network/Dandy Productions) and a couple of clips from "Stitch Up Showdown" (Blue-Zoo Productions/Nickelodeon).

All the animation was done by me. Let me know what you think!

Nick have created a Stitch Up Showdown microsite, where you can watch some of the episodes, draw your own warrior and play the Stitch Up 'beat 'em up' game.



It's pretty cool!

The episode I wrote and animated is in the 'Watch' section (episode 3: Flower Power), if you want to see it!

It's been a while since I posted - I know! I am not doing anything interesting at the moment so I thought I would just post up some pictures from my stay in New Zealand at the end of last year. Such a fantastic country, I would love to go back and see more of it!

I thought I would take a break from work to tell you about Kerwhizz! The CGI quiz blue-zoo have been working on for the BBC since the start of the year is finally on air! Vegetable Valley Alley was on BBC1 at 3.05 this Monday and will be shown again at various times on both BBC and CBeebies along with a new episode each week.

They also have a webpage dedicated to it where you can play the quiz and race some pods, and check out the intro animation I did for the show titles!




I have to say, it is looking great and is such a nice show. I hope it entertains and educates some kids! :P

Right, better get back to animating it!

Stitch-Up Showdown has been shortlisted in the Short Form category for the 2008 EA British Academy Children's Awards! The winner will be announced on 30th November.

It's really great news to hear as it is a fantastic series and really does deserve to do well. It was also a lot of fun to work on and I am pleased I got the chance to direct the animation on it, and animate some of the episodes as well!!

Well after a lot of emails, pleading, posting and facebook group invitations to vote for Gym Jam in the People's Choice Filminute Festival category, I am afraid to say it did not win!!

:(

It's not all bad news though...

We won overall!!

The jury selected Gym Jam as FILMINUTE 2008!

He's what they said:

“It’s remarkable to have an animated film win against the live action and documentary entries,” says Ketchum, head of the jury. ”We’ve always believed in the Filminute format, in letting all the films go head to head against each other and may the best story win. And here we have it with STITCHUP SHOWDOWN – GYM JAM, a film that appeared on the majority of the juror’s selects and also lead in the voting for the People’s Choice Award at various points during the month.”

I'm pretty pleased about that. It's nice when something you have worked on gets recognised and enjoyed.




Congrats to all who worked on it!

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!