Author: Niel
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Labels are always tricky things. As soon as you give something a label you run the risk of pigeon-holing it and limiting its potential This is true with books as much as anything. When Sorrowline was published in January it was recommended for 9-11 year old readers – a label which I feared might put off older readers.…
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Last week I went back to my old school to talk to some of their Year 7 pupils about writing Sorrowline and my career in animation. I’ll admit I was pretty nervous as I pulled into the car park and went into the reception, dodging groups of lunch-time pupils looking at me suspiciously. It’s changed…
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I’m thrilled to reveal a project that has been keeping me busy for some time now: the animation studio I founded, Qurios, is animating two lost episodes of classic Doctor Who, and I’m co-producing them. Here’s the official announcement from DoctorWho.tv. Lost episodes of Second Doctor adventure The Ice Warriors are being animated for DVD…
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Every year Teesside University hold a week long animation festival called Animex. I’ve been going along for about 11 years and it just keeps getting better and better. It now has speakers and workshops covering games, comics, animation and VFX. In previous years I’ve helped out chairing events but this time I could relax and…
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The day I’d been looking forward to and dreading in equal measure had finally arrived: the launch of my very first book, Sorrowline. I’ve done my fair share of public speaking before – mostly as part of my day job as an animation director and producer – but this was different, this was my…