May 2012
1 post
National Maritime Museum
I got to make a bunch of little films for the National Maritime earlier this year, and they are now online. I think the coolest one was this huge 3D version of a canaletto painting that we did for the lobby of the museum. If you go down there you can see it up on the screen for most of the summer! Before that, I also directed some little educational films that play on ipads that visiting...
May 8th
March 2012
1 post
Latest train news
A few bonus Train of Thought screenings in the past couple of weeks - firstly we were honoured to be included in Vimeo’s screening at SXSW in Texas last month. That’s a festival I’d love to go to at some point. This saturday I gave a presentation about the inspirations and technical side of the film at Aniscape in Leicester.  and lastly, we are screening at HAFF in Utrecht this...
Mar 26th
February 2012
2 posts
Feb 26th
WatchWatch
Feb 1st
December 2011
2 posts
Christmas Card
I made a christmas card with some cool magnetic paper that I spotted in an art store a couple of weeks ago. It’s based on the Chinese Tangram game - you can rearrange the magnetic pieces into the shape of a christmas tree or something else to stick to the front of the card. Perhaps a non-denominational Christmas candle… … Or a traditional Christmas cat. I was pretty...
Dec 23rd
Inside Film
I just finished some animation for a new film created with Inside Film - a great organisation that helps prison inmates to make films. The film in question is about the massive divide between rich and poor in London. The film was started about 9 months ago, but now in the wake of the summer riots and the growing Occupy movement it’s subject is more relevant than ever. I designed and...
Dec 5th
November 2011
2 posts
Nov 27th
Nov 25th
September 2011
2 posts
Sep 13th
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Weetabix
Hey, look! I made some bumpers for Nickelodeon to advertise Weetabix Spoonsize cereal.  Go buy some RIGHT NOW!!
Sep 7th
August 2011
3 posts
Aug 29th
2 notes
Train of Thought will be rocking out in the Cinema tent at Reading festival on Sunday night. I should be there, down in the centre of the animation mosh pit!
Aug 25th
My James Watt film is going to be in the London International Animation Festival next month. Go see it in the British Showcase screening on Sep 1st if your internet is too slow to watch it on vimeo, or you want an excuse to leave the house! http://www.liaf.org.uk/2011/07/british-showcase-15/
Aug 15th
May 2011
1 post
WatchWatch
Hey, check it out, I made a new reel! Let me know if you want me to animate or composite anything…!
May 28th
April 2011
1 post
Words and Pictures
In the new issue of Computer arts magazine there is a tutorial about Raster/Picket Fence/Barrier Grid animation that me and Matthias did. It was based on our Beakus Christmas card from last year, but we had to do a new ilustration for the magazine. To see the animation in action, click here In other paper based news, Train of Thought has been included on the DVD inside this rather nice book...
Apr 15th
March 2011
3 posts
Science Museum
Another new one…
Mar 25th
1 note
British Library
I just finished a bunch of 9 little films for the British Library website about children’s games. We held workshops in London and Sheffield where the children made a script and drew illustrations. I then animated these more or less to their specifications over about 6 weeks. Cheers to Kane Burton who helped me out a lot with the second batch and did some great character animation. The...
Mar 23rd
Mar 7th
February 2011
3 posts
Feb 27th
1 note
Feb 17th
Feb 11th
December 2010
2 posts
Happy Interactive Christmas!
Let me extend my warmest seasons greetings to you, in the form of an interactive Christmas card I made with Matthias Hoegg at Beakus… http://www.beakus.com/christmas_2010/ ho ho ho
Dec 17th
Big in Japan
What a nice surprise! Train of Thought just picked up the Grand Prix and Audience awards at the Kyoto international student film festival. http://www.kisfvf.com/en/ 
Dec 17th
November 2010
1 post
Nov 12th
October 2010
1 post
National Maritime Museum
Here are two films I worked on for The National Maritime museum at Beakus. Steve Smith directed and I did the CGI, design and most of the compositing. Crowdsourcing: Weather Readings
Oct 22nd
September 2010
4 posts
Train of Thought now online
I’ve finally put Train of Thought up online, after its year offline while it was doing the festivals. You can check it out here or here or in HD here or here! Or you could just watch it down there ↓↓↓↓↓↓
Sep 27th
Sep 24th
Sep 19th
Autumn Festivals
Few more festivals coming up soon for Train of Thought. Make room in your diaries for these: KLIK Amsterdam - September KROK Russia - September  Cambridge Film Festival - September Abu Dhabi Film Festival - October Balkanima, Serbia - October Encounters Film Festival, Bristol - November Bradford Animation Festival - November  I should be at Encounters, along with Beakus-buddy Matthias,...
Sep 12th
August 2010
1 post
Aug 30th
July 2010
3 posts
Exchange Magazine
I did the cover illustration for the latest issue of Exchange magazine for NCVYS. I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out! Here’s how the artwork looked before it was printed.
Jul 25th
Festival Update
A couple of exciting festivals coming up for Train of Thought. Hiroshima in August, then KROK in Russia in September. Choo choo!
Jul 19th
WatchWatch
If you are not sure how to be a nudist, follow this helpful guide I made at Beakus
Jul 8th
May 2010
2 posts
Site Update
I just updated the site with a couple of new things - Skipper’s Adventures for Cbeebies and an ad for Doritos
May 31st
Hey, I’m now working with Beakus, a brand new animation studio in London. Contact us for all your animation needs!
May 5th
April 2010
1 post
Apr 7th
March 2010
1 post
Annecy!
Train of Thought got into Annecy!! Should be a good one.
Mar 23rd
February 2010
6 posts
Liliwip
Salut, I am now represented in France by Liliwip Productions for Music Videos and Commercials.
Feb 28th
WINNER
Train of thought won ‘Best Experimental Animation’ at the Animex awards!
Feb 15th
More Festivals
Hey, here’s the latest batch of upcoming Train of Thought screenings. Stoke Your Fires - UK.  26-27th Feb Skepto film festival, Sardinia - Italy. 26-27th Feb GoShort - Netherlands.  17-21st March Anifest - Czech Republic.  18-23rd May
Feb 12th
WatchWatch
Here’s a little animated intro I did for The Green Balloon Club last year. The whole episodes are online on iPlayer here at the moment (skipper animation is usually 18 minutes into the show).  Shout out to Chris Allen for helping with the animation.
Feb 7th
WatchWatch
We met Omar whilst testing a camera in Paris. He has a lot of photos…
Feb 6th
Feb 4th
January 2010
3 posts
Jan 11th
On the road
Hey, Train of thought is part of the British Animation Awards Public Choice section this year!   It will be part of programme touring around a load of UK cinemas. Here is a list of places it will be showing
Jan 11th
Hi train fans. here are some upcoming Train of thought festival screenings: London Short Film Festival - 13th Jan  Anima Brussels - 12-20 February CineRail Paris - 3rd March Animated Exeter - 12th Feb Animex - 8-12 February  ITFS Stuttgart - 4-9 May
Jan 11th
December 2009
3 posts
London Short Film Festival
Train of Thought will be showing in the ‘Trick of the light’ category on January the 13th. Cooool.   LSFF
Dec 23rd
Youth Led Media Summit
I’ve just come back from the first Youth Led Media Summit in London. A kind of conference and networking event for 16-24 year olds working in ‘the media’. I was on the steering group for the event, and also had to present some of the speakers on the day which was pretty fun. I made a short animation which was played in the cinema at the start of the day. Here it is:
Dec 16th
What do dogs dream about?
Hey, so I’ve recently finished a big chunk of animation for Cbeebies Green Balloon Club. It’s about a dog who dreams in videos that look suspiciously similar to BBC wildlife documentaries. There are 10 episodes and they should be on TV starting in January. Here’s a shot of skipper the dog piloting her ‘Dream Machine’.
Dec 1st
November 2009
2 posts
Nov 9th