Titles & Titles & Titles
I made a couple of title sequences recently so thought it would be a good idea to mention it, and then I remembered a couple of other titles I made over the years, so here is a title sequence bonanza....
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I was doing a talk recently for Confetti Industry Week in Nottingham, and one of the questions I was asked was about my animation influences. I grew up at a time when kids animation was weird, and...
View ArticleThings I Like, Things I Hate, and Horrible Things
While I’m on the subject of influences, anyone lucky enough to have experienced my amazing powerpoint slide show may be familiar with this Venn Diagram of where I get my crazy ideas from: For a more...
View ArticleComposer Quest Podcast
Last November I did a podcast interview about my music, which is something not many people ask me about (or even like), so I figured it was worthy of mentioning. The above image is what one of my...
View Article7 Billion
Have you ever wondered what 7 billion of something looks like? The idea for this video began a couple of years ago when the population of the world had passed the 7 billion mark. It has gone way beyond...
View ArticleMerry Christmas!
Yeah, I know. I’m terrible at updating this blog. Anyway, three months ago it was Christmas, and I celebrated the festivities with a video. As usual for my Christmas videos, it follows a rather dark...
View ArticleAfter Effects Live Streams
Some months back I experimented with doing weekly live-streams where I looked at some of my old After Effects projects. It was interesting, but After Effects is my job, so looking at it in my spare...
View ArticleFiat 500, 60 years of history
I was recently asked to make a video to celebrate 60 years of the Fiat 500, and here is the result: It is a montage that takes us through 60 years of culture, accompanied by the various corresponding...
View ArticleDenki Groove – UFOholic
Here’s a new music video I made for the Japanese band Denki Groove A super-intelligent robot horse is floating through space, dreaming about the life it lived many years ago. It tries to re-live this...
View Article1,000,000 Mega Dance Party!
To celebrate hitting a million subscribers on youtube I made some remixes of my music and videos, or rather my cat did. The event was live streamed, you can see the recording here. Thanks to everyone...
View ArticleHorse Destroys the Universe
I have written a book. It’s about a horse who destroys the universe. You may well be wondering why, and why. Let me see if I can explain… unbound.com/books/horse-destroys-the-universe Back in 2015 I...
View ArticleFrames to Beats calculator
This is a frames to beats-per-minute calculator. You can use this tool to calculate how many frames of animation will pass with each beat of your music. Simply fill in two of the fields and press solve...
View ArticleIndigestion
A journey into the mouth of madness. This video congealed from various animated experiments. Enter at your own risk…
View ArticleAdam Buxton Podcast: Like and Subscribe
Adam Buxton asked me to make a video for his “Like and Subscribe” song, which he uses for his podcast. The result was rather hairy and slightly unsettling. Special thanks to my long time collaborator...
View ArticleBreakfast
I’ve had this piece of film footage lurking on my computer for a number of years, and every so often I would attempt to make something out of it. Finally a video emerged from the pile of messy...
View ArticleHorse Destroys the Universe
In November of 2015 I began to write a story about a horse who destroys the universe. Four years later and here it is, a published novel you can hold in your hands. It’s been quite a journey. It...
View ArticleCyriak’s Animation Remix
Cyriak's Animation Remix by Cyriak I recently remixed a load of my old tunes for a live show, so I figured I may as well put them all together as an album on bandcamp. Some of these tunes were so old...
View ArticleCircle World
A world, in a circle. I felt like revisiting some of my old animated friends and building a world for them to enjoy. They made a real mess of it though, the scallywags.
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