Picked up a cool little Social media badge today. Race day is getting closer….getting more nervous/excited. It’s still a slight doubt if travel restrictions will be open to go to the U.S in September. Everything’s crossed.
Annie Award wins!
Great news that both Wolfwalkers and Paddington won at the Annies. Well done to the guys at Cartoon Saloon and Blue Zoo. So well deserved.
Wolfwalkers won Best Indie Feature, Best Character design Feature, Best Direction, Best Production Design and Best Voice Acting Feature for Eva Whittaker playing Mebh.
The Adventures of Paddington won Best TV/Media Preschool
Chuffed to be a part of both these amazing projects.
Rockie Awards
Paddington been nominated for best Pre-School animation at the Banff Rockie Awards. Tough competition up against Bluey, JoJo and Gran Gran etc.
Paddington Season 2 AWN article
Nice Paddington season 2 press release here.
Wolfwalkers: the Story behind Story
Great article here about the story process on Wolfwalkers by Iker Maidagan. Thanks for the mention and the kind words Iker!
More Annie Awards.
Nice little post from Nick. Great to be alongside the Turtles!
Annie Award Nominations for Paddington.
Great news! Paddington has been nominated for two Annie Awards. Best TV/Media - Preschool and Best Production Design - TV/Media.
The Adventures of Paddington season 2 news on AWN
Great season 2 article here AWN. Can’t wait for it to air in the UK.
Below, Paddington in a new set with new Characters.
The Adventures of Paddington | Season 2 Trailer
Here it is. The Adventures of Paddington season 2 trailer. It’s been tough work but it’s all there on screen. All thanks to the amazing team at Blue Zoo.
MAF Storyboarding Workshop
I really enjoyed my MAF Industry Excellence awards Storyboard workshop. We had a great chat. Hopefully I can look at doing more of these in the new year. Im happy the conversational approach worked for everyone. We just needed more time to get through everything. Thanks to The Manchester Animation festival as usual for putting on such a great event.
MAF Storyboarding Workshop
So, this year I’ve been asked again to do a storyboard master class at the Manchester Animation Festival. Tickets here.
I was thinking this time, rather than go through the basics. I’d maybe pick on more specific topics. Talk about things that would be of more value to you. Maybe the class would be a bit more rambling because of that…. but could be fun for a couple of hours.
I’m just putting it out there to see if that would be a good thing and something attendees would enjoy more.
A few things off the top of my head.
Motivating the cut and the camera.
Casual staging.
Proscenium staging.
Composition and forcing the eye.
Eyelines in 2d and 3d
2d and 3d basic workflow.
Thumbnailing.
Developing shorthand.
Maybe even how we boarded an episode of 101 Dalmatian street compared to Paddington bear.
I’d be happy to hear your thoughts or anything specific you’d like to touch on.
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Gargoyles "a Bronx Tail"
I managed to get a crappy grab from a Gargoyles episode I boarded in 1995 (ish). One of those projects I'd love to give another go now.
MAF Industry Excellence Award Workshop
I’m very excited to be livestreaming a Storyboard workshop for the MAF Industry Excellence Awards Tuesday 24th November at 1:00 PM GMT+1. Tickets here.
Paddington on Milkshake
Paddingtons arrives on Milkshake weekdays from 8:30am.
Paddington Toys coming soon.
It looks like the new Paddington toy line’s incoming thanks to PhatMojo
Wolfwalkers
It seem so long ago since I went over to Kilkenny to spend sometime with the other story artist on Tomm Moore and Ross Stewarts film Wolfwakers. Unfortunately in the times we live in right now I can’t make the Hometown Premiere but I can wait to see if. Maybe a little of what I did made it into the film. Reviews are amazing.
IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship
This is totally unrelated to animation or my work, but it’s a big thing for me. Yesterday I had the news that i’ve been offered a place at the 2021 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships in St. George, Utah, USA. Triathlon is something else I do. Very excited!
101D Promo Posters
Directing on The Adventures of Paddington.
Very happy to announce that I’m now directing on Paddington. I’m having a great time working with fellow directors Adam Shaw and Chris Drew. Paddington is such a gorgeous show. Thanks to the amazing team at Blue Zoo Animation.
Paddington at Annecy Festival 2020
Annecy has announced the films and TV projects that are part of its Official Selection and up for awards at this year’s (now digital) event and Paddington has been selected!