1 November, 2011

It’s all happening over at Dice.


As Dice Productions is my main business I put all of my interesting comedy related stuff on there. Which leaves little-to-nothing to put on here while I’m on projects I can’t talk about.

So, for my latest news check out the Dice Productions blog, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

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8 July, 2011

Woodstock

I never knew Snoopy’s mate in Peanuts was called Woodstock. I love secondary (and tertiary) characters.

Iconic t-shirt imminent.

 

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4 July, 2011

Man In A Cat Teaser Clip

I bet you’re so teased.

I keep meaning to do a succinct, satisfying round up of All Consuming Love (Man In A Cat), but instead you’ll just have to swat up on the film on it’s official page, follow it on Facebook, check it out on IMDb, and read the story so far on the blog.

Lotsa fun!

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4 July, 2011

Looping, Pulsing Innards

I made this to put on the background for any screenings we put on for Man In A Cat.

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3 July, 2011

New Dice Productions Website

I recently revamped our Dice Productions website to make it a lot more usable and useful. I’ll dot some animations around there for anyone who misses the old board game layout.

As Dice Productions is my main business I put all my interesting comedy related stuff on there. Meaning that this site is getting pretty crusty and tends to get cross-posted or lumbered with the more dry animation related stuff I’ve been up to. So, while I work out what I actually want to use this blog for, check out Dice Productions, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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1 May, 2011

Animation Tip – Finger Sweat Band

For some reason a lot of animators and illustrators hold their pens as if they have a crippling disfigurement. I am one of those people.

In the last few months of production for Man In A Cat my finger was starting to get pretty mangled, but now I’ve found an answer! Finger Sweatbands! After being given weird looks from shop assistants I found mine on Ebay HERE. (The lumpy bit where the seam is makes quite a good resting point for the pen.)

 

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30 April, 2011

Other People’s Stuff – David O’Reilly

If you’re an animator you’ll probably know David O’Reilly. If not, he’s a maverick, BUT HE GETS RESULTS GAD NABBIT!

Now Man In A Cat’s finished (I’ll do some de-briefing soon), it was really reassuring to read this blog post by David on post-film fatigue and dealing with critism. This line struck home the most:

When something’s gonna take over a year of your life, fill you with paralyzing self-doubt, destroy whatever social life you have and empty your bank account, what’s the point on re-doing what you’ve done before?

It’s just a shame that David’s similar age and incredible intelligence, respect and success also fills me with paralyzing self-doubt.

Here’s the post: http://www.davidoreilly.com/2011/02/thankyou

…and here’s the motivational gin.

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Posted by Louis in Man in a cat, Other People's Stuff
 
1 March, 2011

PITStop Campaign Animation

Here’s a fun little promo I directed and produced for Zinc Design and the Lymphoma Association aimed at raising awareness in the under-30s in a light-hearted way. It’s part of their Take a PITStop campaign.

Matt Partridge did a fantastic job of designing the final backgrounds, character designs and animation. As budget was quite tight it was a pleasure to take a step back and guide someone else having fun with that side rather than forcing them into an unfamiliar style. In terms of hands on animation I just did a few character animation tweaks and the final title sequence.

It was also a cosy little Dice collaboration too. Ian Ravenscroft wrote the script, and Tom Reid and myself did the character voices.

Now get checking those lumps!

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31 January, 2011

Viva Los Birmingham

Man In A Cat’s set in Birmingham dontcha know? More specifically New Oscott – it’s got a big Tesco.

Hmm… If you count all of those trees I’d say there were more trees per capita then any other city in the UK (Sutton Park skews the figures).

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Posted by Louis in animation, illustration, Man in a cat
 
12 January, 2011

What YouTube Looked Like in the 1800s

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