I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn’t go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying to go where live action is.

I took a few photos of Justin Black and am creating the artwork for his upcoming album ‘Elevator Madness’. 

I took a few photos of Justin Black and am creating the artwork for his upcoming album ‘Elevator Madness’. 


BBC Big Screens!

I was really excited to find out that an animation I created will be screened on the BBC Big Screens in UK city centres from tomorrow. That’s Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Derby, Dover, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Swansea, Swindon, Waltham Forest, London - Walthamstow Town Square and Woolwich!  Phew!

It’s on there thanks to those nice people at Chew TV !



An animation of mine is featured in the latest episode of Channel Frederator, which is the video podcast show Frederator Studios. (They create Dexter’s Lab and Fairly Odd Parents!) My animation is at the end of the latest episode (left), which can be downloaded for free on iTunes.


Clive age five (approximately)

I used to be able to draw quite well


An empty shop unit in Liverpool is being transformed into a Small cinema for one day only complete with ushers, velvet curtains, and popcorn!  One of my animations will be screened as part of the Children’s Matinée at 12 O’Clock.  Find more info on the Small Cinema website. Go!

An empty shop unit in Liverpool is being transformed into a Small cinema for one day only complete with ushers, velvet curtains, and popcorn!  One of my animations will be screened as part of the Children’s Matinée at 12 O’Clock.  Find more info on the Small Cinema website. Go!


The promo material for ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ look good!  Here’s an interesting article where Spike Jonze talks about bringing Maurice Sendak’s classic characters to life (Link).

The promo material for ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ look good!  Here’s an interesting article where Spike Jonze talks about bringing Maurice Sendak’s classic characters to life (Link).


The Cinema Stall - Manchester

I think my animations are showing at  The Cinema Stall this week.



The Iron Giant is my favourite animated film.  It’s now a decade old and remains one of the most complex, moving and underrated animations of all time.  Here’s a great article on Wired about the film: A Decade Later, The Iron Giant’s Weaponized Soul Still Stirs.If you haven’t seen it, you should definitely check it out!

The Iron Giant is my favourite animated film. It’s now a decade old and remains one of the most complex, moving and underrated animations of all time. Here’s a great article on Wired about the film: A Decade Later, The Iron Giant’s Weaponized Soul Still Stirs.

If you haven’t seen it, you should definitely check it out!


Whitby in Shorts

My animations will be screened at this years Whitby in Shorts  film festival.


Found this while cleaning up my mac.  A poster for my Peter animation!  You can see the animation here

Found this while cleaning up my mac.  A poster for my Peter animation!  You can see the animation here


I did an interview with anim8stopmotion where I talk a little bit about why I first became interested in stop motion animation. Click here to read more.

I did an interview with anim8stopmotion where I talk a little bit about why I first became interested in stop motion animation. Click here to read more.