I've put together a reel of my favourite shots I cleaned up on @lupusfilms Kensuke's Kingdom. Another bittersweet film by Lupus based on the well known children's book. It was great to work on another project which really pushed all artists involved. I learnt a lot on working on this film. I hope I can play a small part on another like it soon!
I've used music from the films score, beautifully composed by @stuarthancockcomposer
BEST ANIMATION - Nominations
The nominations for best animation at The Funny Life Film Festival 2026 are:
- Rec (By @dzokholidej )
- Voicemail (By @chimraff )
- Yen for Zen (By @jpyle90 )
- Make a Wish (By @justynagreen )
- How we Hamsters Die (By Phoebe Burdick & Mio Gribskov @mj_grib )
&
- The Toast Demon (By @riptopiananimations )
#Animation #Nominations #Awards #TheFunnyLifeFilmFestival #ShortFilms
Hahah, I had WAY too much fun making this trailer for Voicemail 😂
It's actually nearly finished it's run around the festival circuit so it'll be available to watch on youtube before the end of the year.
Thanks again to the team behind Voicemail - @tom.mathieson@katiejeffs@conthom@aliguzzodrawings@hedmukk I really couldn't have finished this without you guys!
Many thanks to all the festivals who included it in their line up, it's truly been an honour to be involved at such events. It's been utterly otherworldly to have it on the big screen and make strangers laugh!
There's still a few more to go, so we're not slowing down just yet. Anyway, hope you enjoy the trailer!
SHORTS 1: Girls on the edge. Fri 20th March 4pm
(4 of 9): VOICEMAIL (Animation)
Director: @chimraff
In this edgy animated comedy, Kate and Connor are at the end of a wild night out. Kate catches the eye of a sexy man and Connor, the ultimate wingman, is by her side. The explicit voicemail that Kate leaves for her friend illustrates why the most ridiculous situations can lead to the best stories. "Voicemail" was created using a real voice recording and brought to life with hand drawn animation.
#Shorts1 #Comedy #Voicemail #Animation #TheFunnyLifeFilmFestival
My favourite shots I cleaned up after the rough animation for "Mog's Christmas” at @lupusfilms released on @channel4 in 2023.
This was another really sweet film that really added warmth to channel 4's Christmas that year. The stripes were a freakin' nightmare though, gotta say!
The song was created especially for Mog and performed by @sophieellisbextor and lived rent free in my head for the duration of working on this project 🎶
#animation #traditionalanimation #mogschristmas #cat
I've finally had time to put together a little reel of my favourite shots I worked on for @peterandthewolf 🖤
It truly was a joy to be a clean up artist on this special short film, @blinkindustries did a great job producing it. The animators and clean up crew were top tier and the final comp looked incredible.
I had to use a track by @u2 seeing as it was Bono's original paintings that inspired the style of the project.
Hopefully there will be more animation like this out there soon!
#animation #traditionalanimation #peterandthewolf #shortfilm
Hope you're sitting down folks, cause we're buzzing to announce that Voicemail is part of the offical selectiong at @festival_monstra ! I know, I can't believe it either! 🤪
What a crazy privilege it is to be included at this prestigious animation festival. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so so much! 🩶
Thanks again to the small and mighty crew behind the film. I honestly am forever grateful how far Voicemail has come and it wouldn't exist if it wasn't for everyone coming together to finish it! 💪
#independent #animation #traditionalanimation
