Kidibli

 In the wake of my departure from WildBrain, I was given the fantastic opportunity to work on a series refresh for the studio Animaj.

They were looking to revitalise their digital show Kidibli - bringing a similar energy to what was produced for Kiddyzuzaa.

I had the pleasure of working with a number of my former WildBrain/Kiddyzuzaa colleagues for the project, and I hope it continues to be a lot of fun!

My role, initially, on the project was to help produce an animatic for the pilot episode, that would be used as part of the internal pitching to greenlight the full series. Written by the incomparable Jeremy Krause.

Originally this was about glue and had a slightly different execution.

But then the team pivoted to an episode about misusing a toaster (and starting a fire.)

I'm very happy with how the animatic turned out. I used a combination of assets provided by our fantastic illustrator Courtney Summers, along with my own drawings and some real photos of an actual fire engine toy that I bought for the project.

The idea was that the show would have a mixed media look, swapping between live-action, stop-motion and hand-drawn animation for different moments.

Being a wholly illustrated 2D animatic, it was important to express this visual distinction as much as possible - hence the different styles throughout the piece.

I'm thrilled to say it was a success and the project is going into production. I am on board as a writer and storyboard artist for the show. I will share more as things progress!

 Hello All!

It has been a significantly long time since I made any updates here. For the last 7 and a half years, I have been working in-house at WildBrain in London. Over that time I have worked on a number of projects and experienced a variety of roles and productions.

Sadly, as of the end of this year - production at WildBrain London has been dissolved and I am no longer employed there.

To that end, I shall be updating this blog, with some back dated posts, that chronicle and demonstrate some of those things I have been working on in that time.

In the meantime, below is a very rough video summary of many of the things I worked on - from my first video edits at the company, to the animated shorts I wrote and produced.

It was a wild ride (pun intended) and I hope to continue to create great things beyond my time there.

(If any of these things intrigue you, you may find further context on my LinkedIn and IMDb pages.