Guest post by Paul Thomas. I sent a friend request to The Hare And The Moon, a psychedelic folk band I had discovered on MySpace. They replied with interest and an appreciation of my work. Band member Grey Malkin and I began corresponding. I had an ambitious book project. Its roots lay in a small… Read More »
Shaving and styling products manufacturer, Braun, commissioned Aardman to create a stop motion animation film using real men’s beards. Created to mark the launch of the brand new Braun Styling Range, the Braun Beardimation video uses advanced stop frame animation to take the viewer on a journey of eye-catching shapes, patterns and designs as they… Read More »
Ogilvy, in collaboration with the Aardman animation studio, has redefined the product demo for Unilever’s laundry brand Persil. Children and adults alike were treated to a first-of-its-kind animation entitled ‘Monster Stains’, when it launched in cinemas and online this week. To demonstrate Persil’s stain removal power, Ogilvy came up with the innovative idea of creating… Read More »
Creative agency Caroline has enlisted the help of the Aardman animation studio to bring to life the star of its latest charity marketing campaign – a character called ‘Mac’. Mac was created by the team at Caroline to spearhead a campaign for The Macular Society, a small charity that supports people with central vision loss.… Read More »
Tony White sent us this press release about the Drawtastic aninmation festival to be held in West Seattle, USA. Definitely pencil this one into your diary folks! DRAWTASTIC is West Seattle’s new and exciting festival of drawing & animation. This festival is entirely unique as it pays special homage to the ‘humble pencil’ in our… Read More »
By Paul Thomas I recently uploaded a collection of my BBC Hartbeat films to YouTube. This article covers the background story of those films. I am also planning an exhibition called Paul Thomas at the BBC. It will cover about 15 years. ‘Hartbeat’ was the follow up to the classic BBC TV show ‘Take… Read More »
This is a guest post by Paul Thomas. ‘33’ years have passed since SCRATCH first appeared on a blank sheet of paper. Now is the time to celebrate and bring together his history in one place in Devon, the Totnes Library. It’s another world since his first film for TAKE HART was broadcast on the… Read More »
CBBC’s Blue Peter presented Morph’s co-creator, Peter Lord, with the show’s highest accolade, the gold Blue Peter badge, in an animation special on Thursday 9 July 2015. Each year only a few gold badges are awarded in exceptional circumstances for outstanding achievements, or showing amazing and unique bravery, courage and citizenship. Peter Lord joins the… Read More »
Halas & Batchelor were responsible for over 40 years of ground breaking animated films. If you are interested in the history of British animation then the Halas & Batchelor short film collection is well worth watching. Not only does it contain 18 complete H&B short films it also has a Clapperboard interview with John Halas plus… Read More »
Aardman’s classic character Morph returns to CBBC and a brand new generation of fans. Everyone’s favourite terracotta clay hero, Morph, will return to the small screen on CBBC. The new adventures of Morph will be broadcast on the channel next month. Morph is returning home to the BBC after more than 15 years away from… Read More »