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The Fear
Just lately, in the few hours between going to bed and actually falling asleep, I’ve been reading a series of books by Charlie Higson, a well-known UK writer and comedian (The Fast Show and others). This particular series starts with the first instalment “The Enemy”, the premise for which is basically that everyone on earth ►►
The Buzzing of BiteyCastle Activity
Dashkin Progress Last month, Dashkin was put on hold in an effort to continue getting those Kickstarter rewards out. Earlier this week however, we made some more progress on the game itself. I know I’m being too hard on poor old Bitey, but for some time I’ve been concerned that it feels somewhat repetitive. So ►►
Season’s Greetings
oh look, here’s 2012! First I wanna say thank you for the outpouring of support and encouragement since my heart surgery. The past couple of months of recovery has not been difficult. Sure there’s been the pain of a split sternum, but I actually feel like I’ve got off very lightly, as if escaping some kind ►►
Mechanical bits
My heart surgery’s over. It was just 19 days ago that I was on a table with my chest opened up to the eyes and fingers of surgeons but here I am, back at the computer with a mechanical part ticking away inside. I feel surprisingly normal, though it will take a while for my ►►
Effects and Shirts
The BiteyCastle Academy 2D FX animation course is now open! The place is all warmed up with almost 140 members (update: 300), throwing back tankards of piping hot secret knowledge nectar and churning out their effects assignments. It’s $24/month for a course that animators would elsewhere pay through the nose. In fact, if you’re a passionate animator, you may ►►

The Fear Just lately, in the few hours between going to bed and actually falling asleep, I’ve been reading a series of books by Charlie Higson, a well-known UK writer and comedian (The Fast Show and others). This particular series starts with the first instalment “The Enemy”, the premise for which is basically that everyone on earth ►► Full Story	A Legend is Born The intro cinematic I made for EA2D’s Dragon Age: Legends, now owned by Bioware. Full Story	DnD Webcomic I was recently given an opportunity by Wizards of the Coast to come up with my own ideas for a DnD-themed webcomic. I’m not sure exactly what their plans are for this new section but it appears they’re simply getting a bunch of artists together and gauging which makes an impact. Here is the full ►► Full Story	Dashkin Intro The Dashkin intro cinematic is finally here! Music by Lee Miller. Narration by Raymond Coyle. Full Story
Into the Woods My second music video, which I wrote and animated for Cilla Jane’s song “Into the Woods”. Full Story	RedBox Ninjas D&D Cartoon #7 – RedBox Ninjas. Full Story	The Last of the Dashkin This is the story of the last of the Dashkin. Full Story	Lady of Pain D&D Cartoon #6 – DMG2: The Lady of Pain Full Story
Demogorgon D&D Cartoon #5 – The Demogorgon and the Gnome. Full Story	Want of a Nail A short project for a client’s corporate video. Full Story	Bad Drawing This was another attempt to make something from start to finish in a single day, but it ended up taking two. It’s also the first time I used ToonBoom instead of Flash for a personal work. I used Animate Pro 2 which, back then (early 2009), was known as Digital Pro. The response to this ►► Full Story	BiteyCastle Christmas ssssh, children.. Listen very, very carefully and you may just hear Santa when he visits your house. Full Story
Red Dragon D&D Cartoon #4 – The Red Dragon Interview Full Story	The Mindflayer’s Interview D&D Cartoon #3 – The Mindflayer’s Interview Full Story	The Tiefling & the Gnome D&D Cartoon #2 – The Tiefling and the Gnome. Full Story	Waterlollies By his own actions, the fastest creature in the world is brought to a slow, painful crawl. Full Story