So I upgraded to Ableton Live 9 Standard and I’ve been using it since it’s launch earlier this month. I like it. I mostly do animation work, have played drums for a couple of bands and my brother’s band The Kiffness is really taking off. However, I’ve never really got into writing my own music….

Ok, so the other day I said to my buddy ‘Man, I think it’d be cool to animate a Calvin & Hobbes short’. Next day I saw someone put one up on YouTube that has since been removed, probably as a result of a lawyer’s letter or something. Bill Watterson is renowned for not wanting…

Hiya. Some more WIP backgrounds. Onwards. In other news, my animation hero David O’ Reilly has released his character rigs for his EXCEPTIONALLY AWESOME Oscar-longlisted short film ‘The External World‘. If you have Maya, you can download them, mess around with them and use them for non-profit stuff. Nice one. I also got chosen as one…

An idea I think my buddy originally had, we jammed it on paper and it snowballed from there. Gimpy is a gimp. He gets transported to a colourful candy world. The perpetually happy creatures torment Gimpy by trying to involve him in their cheery activities. It’s Gimpy’s own private hell. Bonus: One of many backgrounds…

Found some songs I made last November and forgot about. Christy kindly provided the vocals in this song: Another one I found:

Some more work in progress backgrounds: