this video from HeyUGuys of the work on Aardman’s Pirates should appeal. The sets and multitude of puppets on this movie really are special. It all reminds me how working on a stop motion shoot is the best way to make a living in animation. And this from a guy who is usually happy with a box of crayons. (I turn up somewhere there too, pitching storyboards)

I think this could work as the basis of a rather disturbing wallpaper. In the meantime, the hero of my ipad book is going through the character design phase…

I’m beavering away at the speed of a father of three in his mid thirties, which can be both fast or slow, depending on levels of sleep deprivation.

So here’s a few glimmers of activity. You might recall the book was called mouse and dragon. I’ve since realised the scope of that project was somewhat epic ( I like building worlds a bit) so I’ve decided to line it up it for my ‘tricky second album’.  Hopefully by then I’ll have ironed out some serious creases in the production process. Luckily I had a chicken to step in for my pilot ipad project.

I’ve been researching:

Designing props (more bl**dy trucks):

Moving them a bit:

And storyboarding like a small, caffeinated storyboarding rodent.

More to come.

I’m jetlagged and can’t think properly, so I resort to drawing chickens.

And a bonus barn: