OK, so this is a few years old now, so many of you may have seen it, but now we finally have a platform to share our favourite things, so we’re going to start here!
This amazing animation, based on hand-drawn sketches, created keyframe by keyframe, (no auto-tweening!) was created by Laith Bahrani, of monkeehub animation. He is the creator of the great video for ‘JCB Song’ by Nizlopi, as well as the low morale series of animations, from which this ‘Creep’ character is taken. The low morale series is a must for any office based worker! Laith talks about his inspirations for low morale & the ‘Creep’ video in this post here.
This makes me wish I could pursue more projects like this, so anyone who needs a bit of character flash animation done, just get in touch! Or I suppose if you had the budget, you should probably ask monkeehub!
added Monday, September 7th, 2009 by mat | categories: blog, distractions.
With a move to new offices on the horizon, we have decided to make the most of our Summer and relocate the offices to the Midi-Pyrenee region of the South of France for a month. Sounds very glamorous, but in reality we’re just going to stay with my mum for a bit!
It’ll be business as usual, as we will be working from her home offices & will be fully available for anything you need. On our return mid-August, we will be posting full details of our new office, still based in Woolacombe, North Devon.
Oh, and for any scallywags thinking of burgling us now that I’ve announced our absence – don’t bother, the whole place is empty. Sorry.
added Thursday, July 9th, 2009 by mat | categories: blog, distractions.
After many years of admiring legendary rock band Spinal Tap from afar, I finally got to meet them backstage at Glastonbury this year, where Nicky & I take a little jolly each year working backstage production on the Other Stage dressing rooms. Not only does that get us a nice private camping spot behind the stage, with oak-panelled loos & showers, all-you-can-eat gourmet food & free booze, but also access-all-areas passes to the Pyramid stage. Result! I was more excited than normal this year when I realised that my heroes Spinal Tap were playing the Pyramid Stage on Saturday afternooon.
After their cracking set, I went to meet them, hopefully for a chat & a bit of a stalk on the way back to their rooms. Eagerly clutching my 1982 soundtrack album, I lost my cool and for the first time ever, approached a band to get autographs. Bass -master Derek Smalls was excited at the site of some vinyl for a change & was amazing, inviting David St Hubbins back for a chat, who then invited me to come through to their dressing room to meet Nigel Tufnel, the man with whom goto11 would have to be called something else!
The guys were amazingly nice & I was struggling not to crack up, as they stayed fantastically in character the whole time (me too, calling him Mr St Hubbins at one point).
The whole weekend was a blast, & we got to see dozens of bands, with a healthy dose of stalking backstage & in the dressing rooms. My highlights this year were, Fleet Foxes, The Whip, Spinal Tap (of course), VV Brown, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Franz Ferdinand & best of all, The Prodigy, closing up Sunday night on our stage with a belter. The guys went mental on stage & look completely alarming, but were as sweet as anyone you could hope to meet & while their entourage got through 3 cases of Veuve in the after party, Keith, Liam & Maxim went back to their room for a nice roast dinner then went to bed. Rock & Roll!!
After years of not having sufficient time to devote to the goto11 site, I have finally found the spare evenings required to eleate the site to a level I am happy to shout about!
Enjoy!
added Sunday, June 7th, 2009 by stillo | categories: blog.
Saw this today on the BBC news page. These guys are strapping a Typhoon jet engine from a EuroFighter onto a ‘car’, which should see them get up to speeds over 1000mph, well over the speed of sound at ground level.
They won’t be ready to give it a go until 2011 & I have no idea if they will make it, but the CGi animation here sure makes the whole project look cool…
added Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 by admin | categories: distractions.
I’m not usually around to see these, but on this day it was nice to be woken up by the kids so early, for once. I still hadn’t managed to find the adapter for my tripod, so I was pretty pleased … read more »
added Sunday, November 16th, 2008 by admin | categories: blog.
OK, so this is a few years old now, so many of you may have seen it, but now we finally have a platform to share our favourite things, so we’re going to start here!
This amazing animation, based on hand-drawn sketches, created keyframe by keyframe, (no auto-tweening!) was created by Laith Bahrani, of monkeehub animation. [...]
Quite exciting, this computer magic! — Viv Savage, Keyboards, Spinal Tap
nasa image of the day
Heads of Agency International Space Station The heads of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States met in Tokyo, Japan, on March 11, 2010, to review ISS cooperation. From the left are Dr. Keiji Tachikawa, President of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator; Jean-Jacques Dordain, Director General of the European Space Agency; Anatoly N. Permirov, Head of the Russian Space Agency; and, Dr. Steve MacLean, President of the Canadian Space Agency. With the assembly of the ISS nearing completion and the capability to support a full-time crew of six established, they noted the outstanding opportunities now offered by the ISS for on-orbit research and for discovery including the operation and management of the world's largest international space complex. The heads of agency reaffirmed the importance of full exploitation of the station's scientific, engineering, utilization, and education potential. They noted that there are no identified technical constraints to continuing ISS operations beyond the current planning horizon, and that the partnership is currently working to certify on-orbit elements through 2028. They emphasized their common intent to undertake the necessary procedures within their respective governments to reach consensus later this year on the continuation of the ISS to the next decade. Image Credit: JAXA Read More
With a move to new offices on the horizon, we have decided to make the most of our Summer and relocate the offices to the Midi-Pyrenee region of the South of France for a month. Sounds very glamorous, but in reality we’re just going to stay with my mum for a bit!
