Marcus Armitage

Drawn from Life screening at Kollective Folkestone @kollectivfolkestone featuring a Q&A with Marcus Armitage @marcusanimation and Jessica Ashman @Jessica_a_ashman Thursday 14 May, 6:30 doors for 7pm screening. This programme of short films celebrates the intimate and the epic - reflecting the lives of the people around us. Thought provoking and inspiring, using a variety of animation styles, the works shine a light on the creativity of filmmaking in the UK today. Some of the Animate Projects films screening include ‘Visible Mending’ by Samantha Moore @sammooreanimate , ‘On Hannah Fields’ by Lewis Heriz @lewisheriz and ‘Green Lung’ by Simon Hamlyn @simon.hamlyn from the ‘Planting’ project, as well as ‘Cesspit of Freedom’ directed by our Trainee Production Coordinator Oran O’Sullivan @oranroseo . Other upcoming screenings include: Warwick Arts Centre: 25 & 26 April @warwickarts King Street Cinema, Ipswich: 6 May @kingstreetcinema Kollectiv, Folkestone: 14 May @kollectivfolkestone You can find out more about ‘Drawn From Life’ and book tickets for the upcoming screenings through the link in our bio. This special compilation of short, animated documentary and semi-autobiographical works is presented by MediaActive Projects @mediaactiveprojects in partnership with Animate Projects and Film Hub Midlands. @filmhubmidlands PLEASE NOTE: a number of the works deal with challenging moments in life. These experiences are represented with care and consideration towards the contributors and audiences. We consider this programme is suitable for those aged 15 years and over.

THING I SAW YESTERDAY...Canon! There was actually more than one. #drawing #illustration #sketchbook #pendrawing #art

THING I SAW TODAY ... Beach hut! In Southwold, getting very cold drawing. #art #drawing #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram #sketchbook

THING I SAW TODAY...JAY It's a real noisy boy. Drawn with my Lamy 5000. #drawing #art #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #pendrawing

If only one could experience such a device! #illustration #sketchbook #drawing #royal #art

Director Marcus Armitage on Childhood Dreams, Success as an Adult, and What Keeps Him Curious. @marcusanimation #90secondswith #animationdirector #studioaka

Back from Lanzarote with some new doodles! STEP ON IT LOVE! love these tandem mobility scooters. They're everywhere. Very romantic #drawing #doodle #doodlesofinstagram #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram

A Fantastical Christmas - Behind the Scenes Take a peak & watch the Christmas magic of 181 Piccadilly come to life, one enchanting step at a time. “We used @mohoanimation to animate all of the hand painted characters, creating puppets from @olafhajek ‘s illustrations that could be brought to life and interact dynamically with the F&M products on display. A highlight for me was the first time seeing the fully lit and rendered ‘Fizz Gallery’ in all its glory. It was so much more epic than I ever imagined.” - Director, Marcus Armitage @marcusanimation @fortnums @otherwaystudio #fantasticalchristmas #christmas #christmascampaign #fortnumandmason #studioaka

The Surfer Challenge is out now!!!! Featuring @thebodycoach doing a RADICAL Surfer accent! https://youtu.be/k8HzpttDtAw?si=7wCMQCEc3nW_JmT- Get ready to do some surfing burpees...SURFEES @jani.pu We owe you for this one!!! Get your kids Active!! #activate #animation #activators #exercise #active

Last week I was in a tent in the middle of the #lemans 24hr circuit in France! (LOUD) It had been a busy month for me so I decided to use the time and get back to doing some drawing!! So here's a little tour of my sketchbook. Enjoy #sketchbook #sketching #sketches #sketch #drawingoftheday #drawing #pencil #artistsoninstagram #artist #art #cars #automotive #classic #classiccarworld #bentley #bmw #porsche #mg #lemans24

Mad day for me and @kristianandrews and the team at @studioaka We've been working with Joe for a long time now and to finally see it going out to the world is awesome. MORE to come!!

Did you catch the newly-reformed @themaccabees headlining The Park stage at @glastofest ? In 2022, The Hepworth Wakefield commissioned The Maccabees' lead singer @orlandoweeks - alongside BAFTA-nominated animator Marcus Armitage @marcusanimation - to create an animation inspired by Barbara Hepworth's art and life. The amimation, Something Out of Nothing, features a voice over by Maxine Peake @betteblavatsky . 'For as long as I can remember having any interest at all in art I have loved Hepworth’s work. To the pipsqueak me, there was something fantastically unfussy and satisfying about these huge, dino-skeletal, climbing frame-esque sculptures. In many ways I still feel the same about them now.' Orlando Weeks, 2022 Visit The Hepworth Wakefield's YouTube channel to watch the short animation in full. While you’re here… Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943) is at risk of being lost overseas unless £3.8m can be raised to buy it for Wakefield’s permanent art collection. The Hepworth Wakefield and @artfund can only save and display this work in the city in which Hepworth was born and brought up with support from you. Follow the 🔗 in bio to find out how you can help us save Barbara Hepworth’s sculpture for everyone. Thank you for your support. Film clip: Something Out of Nothing, 2022 by Orlando Weeks and Marcus Armitage. Supported by @bloombergconnects #BarbaraHepworth #OrlandoWeeks #MarcusArmitage #MaxinePeake #SomethingOutOfNothing #Animation #TheMaccabees #Glastonbury #Glasto #ArtFund