The Mysterious Traveller

The Unstopped! animation workshop has been unleashed... I was approached one morning by an Italian text message from an Italian animator named Niccolo Gioia (Nicco) . I read the proposal and agreed almost immediately that it was, in fact, a good morning. And because of our steadfast relationship and years of bromantic endeavours, it was easy to agree to the second part of the message about co-leading an animation workshop. I was honoured, in fact, and soon began to puff my chest and search for a blazer with elbow pads.     Nicco is a very talented chap who I met during his time at Cola Animations, animating on various projects for Bruno Caetano and Emanual Nevado, and we hit it off immediately. The idea of running a stop motion workshop with him was a rather fetching indeed. And so we rubbed our hands together and began plotting. Now, this modular workshop has been Nicco's baby, and I am simply cool uncle Tommy who visits with a box of crayons, balsa wood and glue guns. The i...

With the Newzoids production under way, I've been auto piloting for quite some time and not necessarily had the energy to do anything creative. I work long hours dammit! The only drawing I've done in the past month has been a caricature of my friend Andy (something for his wedding invitations), of which he piped up with what's wrong with my head ? Perhaps the bastard's right. Maybe I am out of practice and need to get my pencil fingers back into gear. Pencil fingers; that's a phrase right? I did paint a glorious watercolour picture of my Aunty Val's house in the countryside for her birthday, but regretfully forgot to take a photograph.... so why on earth should you believe me?! When this production ends and the weeks return to normal for me (I work Friday-Tuesday, giving me a midweek weekend. Confused?) I might begin making props and sets for an animation I have in mind. It all began when I uncovered an ancient storyboard that I had once drawn up in my ...