A small update to introduce 2026

Hello everyone!

I hope you've all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Today is going to be a short and sweet update to announce some developments behind the scenes. I won't go into too much detail at present but this year has started with an unexpected twist - I am buzzing to say that I will be creating another ANIMATION!

As previously mentioned, I have become consumed by illustration work lately and because of the nature of animation projects, they are often few and far between. This project will be nowhere near as time consuming as my last animation contract, which took a considerable amount of time last year. At some point I do plan to discuss last years work, of which I am incredibly proud, but I will leave this for another day.

Presently, I don't want to say too much about the new animation but I think this is going to be a really fun project. Pre-production is going to start after the weekend and the excitement of a fresh project has kicked in before the inevitable chaos as production is underway.

As mentioned in the previous post, I was working on a customised Ibrox piece for a family member. This was for my dad - it depicts him and his wife Lorraine, who sadly passed away in early 2025, at the stadium wearing Rangers shirts. When working on this I also made adjustments to the colour in several areas and tidied up a few sections I wasn't happy with.

While this project is ongoing I will (for now) continue illustration work. This may change as the animation ramps up and I become fully consumed by it but for now I will still be doing my own bits and bobs.

I will soon begin work creating another football stadium print that has been ordered by a customer (an English stadium this time) and also another design in the Highland Coo range is planned. I will post another update once I’ve made development on one of these projects.

Happy New Year!

As I start off every new year, I do like to reflect on the work that I've done in animation over that period. 2018 has been a particularly successful and busy year for me, having completed a total of six animations (though Meatballs was started in 2017.) This year was very taxing, however I am determined more than ever to keep working hard so that one day I will be able to do it full-time. I am very proud of how I did in 2018.

The first animation that was completed in late Jan 18 was done in collaboration with Jon Campbell and was a particularly fun project for us to work on, using less limited animation than we have on any other project. The final project looked great and showed some of our finest work.

From Meatballs, I moved onto my first collaboration with The Hashtag Show where I created "Animal Testing" showing the boys take on the subject of animal testing itself with a funny Scottish twist. Although I moved onto this off the back of another animation, I was very hyped to create this one as I knew it would get me a lot of exposure.

After that I worked on the Hashtag Live 6 animation, which was shown in front of a sold out crowd at Classic Grand in Glasgow alongside Animal Testing.

After this, I worked on some freelance work for a gaming Youtube channel called "Wheezing Cow." This consisted of a large cow character in a walk cycle merging into a production logo. This project broke things up for me as I had worked on two Hashtag productions in a row and was feeling fatigued. 

After a break, I bounced back with Hashtag 2: Shite. This animation was shorter but I felt was a lot better than the first one, with a lot better gags.  This project was quite difficult to get of the ground for me, as I was unable to visualise anything from the voiceover given. This may have been a touch of creative block since I had been working myself pretty hard.

 I then focused on creating character designs for a few months after this before finally finishing off the year with the animated intro to Live 7 which was again in Classic Grand.

As mentioned in other posts, I have started pre-production on an animation that may be getting sold to the BBC. I am still unable to give any information on the project just yet but rest assured as soon as I can I will. My point of contact on the production is estimating the project to be completed by April 2019.

Below I have included my most recent character design and also a tribute I created to legendary comic creator Stan Lee.

I am currently working on a character design for the BBC project and creating a production intro for Campbell Animation, which should be completed within a week or so.