I have now finished up as animation director for 11 episodes of 100% Wolf Season 2. What an exciting ride it’s been! Massive kudos to everyone involved as we smashed out a huge amount of high-quality animation in a very short time. I’m very proud of what we achieved. It should be airing on ABC TV sometime in 2023.
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Billie Eilish, Not My Responsibility
It was such a joy working with the brilliant director, Robertino Zambrano, animating the Billie Eilish video clip for ‘Not My Responsibility.’ This was part of her Disney Special called ‘Happier Than Ever: A love letter to Los Angeles’.
Marvels, ‘What if…’
I had a lot of fun animating on the second season of Marvel’s ‘What if…’
As it is not due for release until 2023 I can say exactly nothing about it until then…
Toon Blast Social Ad
I had the pleasure of working on this fab social media ad made by Blink Ink. Just animating. It looks really beautiful I think.
Fuff Bunny
I’ve been beavering away on my bunny character. It’s a lot of work to rig her in Maya. And even more work getting XGen fur to work in Maya. But she’s a fun character and I do love her.
My 2017 Showreel
Here is my 2017 showreel.
Break down:
1. Ratburger telemovie. Animated CG rat. Production at Lola Post, London
2. Animation tests for a Sci Fi feature film that is yet to be released. (Can’t say too much about this). Production at Jellyfish Pictures, London
3. Teletubbies. Animated the CG baby Teletubbies. Production at Lola Post, London
4. Wolfblood. Animated the wolf. Production at Jellyfish Pictures, London
5. Ratburger. Animated the rat. Production at Lola Post, London
My favourite scenes from Ratburger.
Here are my two favourite scenes from Ratburger that I animated. The brief was to make the rat look like a real rat trying to dance. Someone questioned why the rat appears to know about Beyonce’s booty bumps. My answer was, he watches the telly! The director and everyone involved was extremely happy.
Ratburger
I had the great pleasure of leading the animation of the Rat for David Walliam’s Ratburger. The work was done at Lola Post in London. It was such a fun project. Making a Rat dance to Beyonce? It doesn’t get any better than that. It aired on Sky on Dec 24 2017.
Here is Lola’s break down of some of the scenes.
Lola Ratburger Breakdown
Wolfblood wolves.
Here are some of the shots I animated for season 5 of Wolfblood. CG all made at Jellyfish Pictures for the BBC.