Red Bull Canimation

'Skyhound' is a short animation for the Red Bull Canimation competition. There were three style categories and I chose to animated my piece in a 2D style.  The brief was to create something that uses Red Bull as inspiration, the only request was that the blue and silver can takes centre stage.

Saturday Stables

Meet Willow the stop motion horse I animated for kids show Saturday Stables! 

Saturday Stables the DVD is the perfect Christmas gift for kids. Visit the website for more information: http://www.saturdaystables.co.uk/

Filmed in the Cumbrian countryside, SATURDAY STABLES follows the adventures of two children....Abbie and Josie.....who spend the day at the local riding stables. Under the gentle and friendly guidance of stable-girl Sam and a charismatic animated pony called Willow, the children get to groom the ponies, feed animals on the farm, clean out the stables and help in the tack room.  They then go on an adventure-packed pony ride through charming countryside - seeing interesting wildlife along the way.

Elia Neu/Now Festival 2011

Smile has been selected to take part in the Elia Neu/Now Festival in Estonia from 17th - 20th November 2011. They have a lovely design for their website with artistic statements from all of the participating artists and projects. http://www.neunow.com/

N is for....Not an Alsatian?

Letter N - for 'What's Your Type?' at http://www.oh-momma.com/submissions.html

Back The Apple Campaign Film

The animated film for the 'Back the Apple' campaign launched at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool this week.  The short is voiced by Tony Robinson and supports fairness in the countryside for British agricultural workers.

Please watch the film below and support the campaign by visiting www.backtheapple.com

BBC Music Video Festival

'100 Other Lovers' for DeVotchKa has been selected by the BBC Music Video to be screened in Norwich at 'Europe's biggest digital gallery,' The Forum. The film is also been shown nationally on the BBC Big Screens, and is one of only 12 films to receive a full national screening. The festival runs from 19th September to the 1st October.

Barbican Animate Screening

'Smile' was selected to be screened at the Barbican this summer as part of the 'Watch Me Move' exhibition. Thank you to IdeasTap for setting up the competition. Here is an article about the screening and all the films that were involved. I love the description of my puppets as having 'Gloria Swanson-style lashes!'

Field to Fork for ITV Fixers

Four short animations aimed at educating a primary audience about local food.