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Well, the last of the 'nine old men' has passed on, and so we say farewell to one of the greatest animators ever known I may not be the biggest fan of Disney animation (I'm more of a Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, early HB guy), but I have great respect for their ability and the vision that these guys had. When you think that they were pioneers in this industry, having little, if not none of the technology that we have today, it really is astounding. Whenever I read The Illusion Of Life, I am amazed… Continue

Over the years I've read several books about the animation studios of the 1930s and '40s, like Disney, MGM, etc. Some of the tales about the animators back then and the stuff that went on behind the scenes mirrored some of what went on in the animation school I attended almost 14 years ago. The practical jokes that we'd play on each other, the wind ups, etc etc, and all the fun that needs to exist in a place of creativity, where the ridiculous becomes the norm, and what is supposed to be the ri… Continue

Well, I was going to call this blog number two on the way, but that would sound like I need to use the bathroom. Anyway, we've just found out that our family is expanding, and we have a baby due in November. It is exciting, but scary all the same. For those of you who don't know, my son is now 2, and it's a great age to be, both for him and us as parents. Our main concern are the sleepness nights, as I remember how hard it was for all of us back then. But hey, we got through it once, so we shoul… Continue

Wow! What a couple of weeks THAT was! After all the struggle of doing nearly 35 hours' work in just two days, you can tell from my previous post that I was a little tired! Well, there were a few hiccups with what I produced over that time, which meant that I had to redo some bits, mainly rendering them through After Effects again to get the alpha channel to work. That all happened between Tuesday and Thursday, and on Friday I had an email from another client who offered me more work, which had… Continue

I've been working on a music video for the last couple of weeks, and I had one less day than I thought till the deadline, so it meant working overnight. I crawled into bed at 8am, slept until midday and then carried on. It's now 10pm and the files are just uploading to my ftp site as I'm typing this.

I feel like I've been on a long haul flight! The project was a mixture of live action and animation, something I've never done before, so it's been great fun. I've realised how much I'm im…

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