Author Archives: Katie Steed
Wreck It Ralph
I feel as though I’ve been waiting for Wreck it Ralph for ages – I saw a ‘work in progress’ talk back in June, it came out in America in November, and it has already opened around most of the … Read more ⇒
Terakeet – when character animation and motion graphics combine
With the web allowing people to connect and influence one another like never before, how do brands reach and influence the people that matter to their business? This is a problem faced by many online businesses, and it’s a problem … Read more ⇒
M1 Event at University of Bedford
We seem to spend most of our spare time and holidays travelling around the world to various animation festivals and events, so it’s awfully considerate when people decide to organise things right on our doorstep for a change! Mark Collington, … Read more ⇒
New Year’s Blues
Feeling a bit under the weather are we? Why not spend the day relaxing and taking it easy by reading your way through all the new articles on the wonderful Skwigly Animation Website? They aim to bring you the latest … Read more ⇒
Merry Christmas Everyone
As a studio comprised entirely of people who basically spends at least 11 months of the year looking forward to Christmas, it’s no surprise that we rather enjoy making Christmas cards. Every year around September we start making animated ecards … Read more ⇒
Ecard season again!
Christmas is coming, and that means it’s ecards season again! We make ecards for all sorts of people, from individual families to big corporations. Animated ecards are a wonderful solution to the traditional yuletide scramble of trying desperately to acknowledge … Read more ⇒
Don’t let the eco-warriors ruin your fun
Every creative person – be they animator, illustrator, painter or musician, occasionally comes up with a personal project that they plan to do in those hours when the Clients are all happy and the bills are all paid. Those projects, … Read more ⇒
Hire the Barman – a whiteboard animation
Whiteboard animations seem to be having a bit of a resurgence at the moment, mostly thanks to the RSA Animate scheme. This style of animation, which features a hand illustrating the narrator’s words, is a fantastic way of livening up a soliloque and … Read more ⇒
Moving offices – the animated way
Proving that animation truly is the ultimate tool for communicating all sorts of messages and ideas, today we finished a short animation announcing that a company (Tarisio; sellers of beautiful stringed instruments) is moving offices. We had previously created a … Read more ⇒
Cozio – a journey through time
Tarisio and Cozio both deal with the pricing and selling of rare and vintage violins; from genuine handcrafted Stradivarius’ to Lord Byron’s own instrument. On September 26th, Tarisio announced the acquisition of Cozio, and they decided to celebrate and share … Read more ⇒