Tom Mitchell

Quarkie!

2012-08-13T10:48:00.001+07:00

I just completed this new film for the just released Quarkie earphone range. It was a bit of an international project considering the client was British, the backgrounds and character were designed by Ken and Kanok, respectively, from Thailand and the character animation was done by AxisStudio in Hong Kong.

Animators Without Borders on MintViz

2011-08-28T22:21:00.006+07:00

I've just written the first of a series of articles called Animators Without Borders. It's about working abroad in animation. If you're looking for tips and advice or simply if you are just interested take a look over at MintViz.

Showreel 2011

2011-07-01T09:52:00.008+07:00

Yes, it's that time again. Here is my new showreel on both youtube and vimeo.

My updated showreel for 2011 showing the new work I have done since coming to Hong Kong, as well as my older work from London and Bangkok. This reel shows a mixture of my work including TVC, film, branding and music visuals. It also shows a variety of my skills including 2D and 3D character animation, 2D and 3D tracking, compositing (after effects, nuke, combustion, shake), 3D particle/dynamics simulations (PFlow, Realflow, Thinking Particles, Particular, MoDynamics), 3D modelling/texturing/lighting/rendering (3DS Max, Cinema 4D, Maya, Vray) and editing in FCP.

Hong Kong

2011-05-04T09:00:00.004+07:00

I have now moved to Hong Kong and started a new job working for a very cool company called carbon.tv
They focus mostly on television branding but are now branching more into commercials.

Also, Caitlin thought it would be a good idea to get me two 3-legged rodents for my birthday:

Showreel 2010

2010-07-02T18:31:00.003+07:00

Here is my new showreel. I'm still missing some things, such as a title sequence for an upcoming feature-film called 'Genius of Beauty' which I designed, animated and directed myself. Plus I was the lead-compositor for another feature film called 'Clockwise', Qatar's first feature film, which I will add when I get it. Also, some projects need to be updated with newer versions.

14min version:

10min version:

First Thai wedding

2010-07-02T17:51:00.008+07:00

Me, Ken and Nung.

Last week I went to my first Thai wedding when my friend Tae married his wife Ice. Though it was a Christian wedding there were still some cultural elements that were interesting. They had the traditional bouquet toss but with a difference, all the unmarried girls, and guys, each took a separate ribbon attached to the bouquet. Everyone pulled at once and the last one attached was the winner.

There was also a lot of singing by whomever wanted to sing a song to the happy couple. There were Korean missionaries there too, who also sang to the couple, and I guess it was down to either them or their predecessors for the family's conversion to Christianity at some point.

More photos.

'Clockwise' Tiles

2010-07-02T17:31:00.007+07:00

I recently pitched for and won a title sequence for a feature film called 'Clockwise'. This is part funded by Aljazeera and is going to be Qatar's first feature film. Below is the pitch with my designs that a Thai colleague, kendee001.blogspot.com, helped me with.

1st IMDB credit

2010-01-28T16:16:00.003+07:00

My boss has added me and my first credit to IMDB, check it out here:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3577992/

Yes, I know there is only one credit and my name is spelt incorrectly but at least it's a start!

Shooting in the desert?

2010-01-26T16:21:00.003+07:00

Dubai was beautiful, spent most of the time in the desert or in the foothills of Hatta but also got to see the new tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa.

Got my first wake-up call at 4:30am and got trundled into a 4x4 with a group of Indian gentlemen whom I barely knew and driven out of the city, through Oman (I was wondering why I needed my passport) and then into Hatta where we met up with the rest of the crew. It was beautiful, check out my facebook photos if you want to see.

Dubai

2010-01-06T17:16:00.007+07:00

Off to Dubai next week to shoot a couple of TV commercials for MRF. Have to be back in time for Caitlin's birthday on the 17th!!!

My Old Showreel

2010-01-04T17:04:00.004+07:00

This is my old showreel that I put together when I first came to Thailand a couple of years ago. I have some new TV commercials as well as some film work that needs to be included.

First Post

2010-01-04T16:06:00.001+07:00

Hello!