This is the Tate Movie Project, the single biggest project Aardman Digital has produced to date and I’m very proud to say that I’ve been involved in its creation! The site is an interactive film studio, to encourage kids to create pictures, drawings and words for an animated film that will be screened at cinemas - a film for kids, by kids! I had the pleasure of helping to come up with the overall website style, then art directing the wonderful Sarah Matthews & David Gillet work their magic on it!

If you’ve got kids then be sure to get them involved, their work could be in the film! Check it out at www.tatemovie.co.uk

Sorry its been a while since I last posted here, things have been a bit hectic (which I’ll explain more in it’s own blog post). I’ve got a real thirst for learning new things, and I want to expand my horizons even more. I bought my brother a Lino cutting kit for his birthday a few months ago and after seeing what he’d done I took a shine to it, so I got myself some kit too! This is obviously very basic, my first attempt but it’s really satisfying (if not quite painful after stabbing yourself in the hand for the umpteenth time!). Im hoping to play a lot more with lino in the coming months!

The Droplet microsite finally had an update this weekend! I’ve added a list of known stockists from around the world as well as embedding Makinov’s launch video too. I’ve also added the Droplets for sale on my own online store too (each one comes with the box signed & stickers!). If you’d like to stock Series 2 then just drop me a line!

Last weekend I was elected as ‘Official Photographer’ at my cousin Jamie’s wedding, purely because I had the biggest camera! The wave of panic soon washed away as I set everything to manuel and tried my hardest to capture the day as best I could, from a candid point of view.

Luckily the gods were smiling down on me, as everything went swell and I was real happy with the pictures I took. This one here is one of my favourites, their family dog Dexter decided to jump in the pool and cool off!

You can see my favourites on Flickr here or have a look at all of them online here! Congratulations to Jamie & Steph on their wonderful day!

Very proud to say that the custom Droplets that were created by a huge group of talented cats for the launch of Series 2, are now on display in the atrium of the beautiful Aardman Animations HQ here in Bristol! We get a lot of visitors to the building as well as the huge amount of talented folk in the building so it’s great to show them off to so many pairs of eyes, so a big thank you to the talented customizers, your work is being appreciated by everyone!

Finally got round to sorting out my blog! I’ve stripped it right back, with nothing more than a header and a tonne of 875px wide images. Thats all I want the blog to be, just a stream of images that I’ve captured wether it by my canon or simply my iphone. Clean & simple, job’s a good un! Check it out at blog.jam-factory.com

Channel 4 have put up a 360° panorama image of the main set of The IT Crowd! You can have peek all around and spot all the bits and bobs, so keep your eyes peeled for 4 Droplets! (I’ll give you a clue, they’re in the left-hand side of the set). Also, check out this alternative angle panorama where you can see a very old canvas of mine directly behind Jens desk!

The new series starts next Friday the 25th June, or you can watch the 1st episode right now online here!

Had a great filming session tonight with a group of the Bristol fixed heads, riding out along under the suspension bridge in the glistening setting sun! I filmed from the car, with a magic arm rig secured to the passenger door, with my 550D mounted on top equipped with the fisheye & kit lens. This is one of my favourite split-second grabs from the footage, capturing Chris as he mashes his way onwards.

Be sure to come to the NO GEARS 3 film night tommorow at the Arnolfini, Bristol to see some sneak peak bits of footage before the films start! Films show at 8pm, tickets cost £6 from the Arnolfini ticket office (you can pay on the door)

Check out the BOIKZMOIND facebook group for more screenshots and to hear the latest!

Very honoured to say that I was interviewed recently by the smashing chap Mr Dave Hughes for his cracking magazine ‘AMMO’, which is packed full of top-notch artist submissions as well as other interviews with the likes of the lovely duo Peskimo! The mag itself really is ace, so why not support an independent venture and grab yourself a copy here! Big thanks again to Dave for the opportunity!

Costa Rica is a place I never imagined my work would reach, but a few weeks ago I received an email from a man named Danny Barrantes, telling me otherwise! You see, Danny is a fine arts teacher at the University of Costa Rica, and he set his 3rd year students a challenge to learn to use Illustrator & Photoshop. In his own words “If you don’t have fun, you don’t learn, therefore I decided on organizing my final Illustrator project around PillBoy”.

I’m honoured indeed, Pillboy was a project I started back in 2005 where i offered up the original vector files for people to customise and send back to me. I had a lovely response and it’s fantastic to see Danny’s students using them again! Click here to see the gallery of students work

Sprocket Rocket is the latest game to come out of the Aardman Digital camp, and I’m very proud to say that I had the pleasure of designing it! Wallace & Gromit’s rocket needs fixing, so you have to navigate your way around the huge test bay collecting all the cogs along the way! Your remote-controlled ship can enter the edit bay on each level, allowing you to change the shape of your ship so you can solve the puzzles however you like!

So what are you waiting for? Go design & conquer!

One of my life ambitions is to have a piece of work featured in a book, it’s something I’ve always held in high regard… Well, I’m very pleased to say that it has happened! My ‘Death Before Derailleur’ graphic I created last year (which is a parody of facist propaganda, a wee dig at how facistic sub-cultures can be!) has been used in the new fixed gear bike book ‘42x12’ by Patrick Potter. I am over the moon I can tells you, thanks Patrick!