And 2011, how could we forget this bad boy…

Aardman digital won 2 FREAKING BAFTA’S :) for these little beauts, the Tate Movie Project, and for the Wallace and Gromit; World of Invention website, two projects I am very proud to be a part of! Let’s hope 2012 is equally as super!

2011 continued…

A year of flat moving, camping, festival-ing, crabbing, tea-drinking, bike riding, cat obsessing, Portugal loving, Salombe exploring, moustache grooming, teapot drawing, and generally being inappropriate :)

Oh 2011, I salute you!

So, it’s 2012, a year where I will work on trying to be generally better, and that means more blogging :) Here’s part one of a little recap from last year

Jewellery Colab

The jewellery colab with Miss I Love Crafty is getting on it’s way now, sketches in process and exciting talks of photoshoots and models :) We’ve been moodboarding (on the fab Polyvore) some of our style-ideas for the models to get an idea of our jewellery style, and looking at locations! eeeeeep!Next, some important animal decisions :)

Tres exciting!

The absolutely FAB Hels Martin is making an absolutely FAB magazine called Lionheart which I cannot wait to read, and hopefully be a part of :) check out the blog here for more details of what will fill the loveliest of pages, & have a gander at the vid they made for a recent fashion shoot…BEAUTIFUL! Well done Hels, you’re a super star!

It’s that tash-tastic time of year again…

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I’m a BIG fan of the tash…BIG FAN, so Movember is literally the best month ever (plus it’s my birthday, woop!)

Anyway, if you haven’t heard of Movember check it out! It’s fun and for a super great cause :) Oh and their website and merchandise is really awesome…proper classic, old-school gent type stuff (nabbed a cheeky poster to put on my moustache-inspired wall!)

Also, Aardman have created there own Movember team, The Dead Squirrels, so if you feel like giving some monies to a great cause, get involved! Now if only I could grow one, hmmm…

Here’s a sneak peak at Aardman Digital’s newest game…Home Sheep Home 2! It’s so so pretty! :)

And last, but certainly not least… Deadly Scramble!

Fast-paced, fun and educational, this game is different to the others as it’s a question and answer game. You have to beat the tide by jumping through the jungle, answering questions about Deadly animals on the way! And give you’re brain a rest in between levels, there’s a ‘button bash’ to help Steve climb up a tree before the tide gets him! fun and fast!

I’ve absolutely LOVED working on these games, not only because I’m a fan of the show, but the content is so interesting that I felt like I learned a lot. Also, it was really enjoyable creating rich designs for this subject because there’s so many themes you can work with, and nothing says adventure like a jungle! :)

So, second of our new games for Deadly…Deadly Planet!

Definitely one of the most beautiful games we’ve created, with amazing backgrounds and animations created by Sun & Moon, the detail is just amazing!

You can play the ‘Plains of Tanzania’, ‘The Redwoods of California’, or the ‘Jungles of Borneo’, which are all stunning to look at! You ARE Steve (nice!) and your aim is too climb, run and jump your way through the levels to photograph a specific animal, whilst avoiding deadly ones in the process!

Fun and beautiful…AWESOME (as Steve would say!) :)

I haven’t had chance to blog about our (Aardman Animations) new games for CBBC…DEADLY DEADLY DEADLY! We’ve all gone a bit Deadly 60 (Live & Deadly) mad recently, not only because the programmes are AWESOME and really interesting, but also the epic Steve Backshall presents them (he’s the go-to man for Deadly animal knowledge!) So, here’s the first… Deadly Dash 2

It has the same ‘run away from deadly animals, jump over obstacles and photograph them’ tasks as the first Deadly Dash, except all new wiked animals and scenarios! Check out those crab animations, ‘cough’ first thing I’ve ever animated ‘cough’ :)

If you like Deadly animals, Steve Backshall, and fast-paced fun…then head over and have a play

(btw….I still can’t complete the 2nd level, and I designed it!!!)

Brizzle Brew!

True to my word…I did a Brizzle teapot too. Tea tastes better when you’re drinking it from a Bristol teapot :) ha!

If anyone is fond of these and would like one, I’m open to commissions, or tea parties :)

Brighton Cup & Saucy Saucer

Finally managed to get my hands on some more porcelain pens (they’re selling like hotcakes!) so decided to make my friend a Brighton-inspired cup & saucer (as she lives there). Am quite happy with this one so will def do some more…next one is Brizzle! Oh, and the pens are fully washable and dish-washer safe so I may even sell a few :) (ceramics…not pens)

Oxjam Bristol…& so it begins

Here’s the new poster I designed for some of the awesome Oxjam events happening in the Briz this year! What better way to help people than watching some great music…win-win!

For more details follow this lovely lady, the Queen of Oxjam @OxjamHelen

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/Oxjam

See No Evil - Bristol

I popped down to See No Evil on Nelson Street at the weekend, lordy…it was immense! :)

Had such a good time and was so inspired! There were just so many gorgeous things to look at, from the amazing street art to the guerilla knitting, to plants & trainers hanging from the walls, and even a ‘tash & go’ stall (literally the best thing I have ever seen, for those of you who need a moustache in a dash! :) ) What a great way to brighten up a pretty grim street, AND, as cheesey as it sounds, it felt like it really bought the community together…MAZERS!

Asylum Harbour (Better late than never!)

I was just looking through some old piccies and completely forgot to post about the Asylum Harbour event I went to, to support the lovely @jamfactory, whilst he and the other super creatives (@TheDeadSeaMob @AndyCounciletc) did some awesome designy bits on the walls of ‘Wall Of Paint’. It was wicked to see how other people form their designs, especially on a large scale, good times indeed :)