Writing Course Finished!

These past few weeks I have been trying to focus on completing a writing course I bought years and years ago, and now with the spare time I've had, I've managed to finally complete it!

The course in question is https://www.writestorybooksforchildren.com/

I was interested in this course as I really want to get into children's publishing. I used to always write stories growing up, but also with my animation and illustration background, and seeing how kids interact with books and stories now, I thought I could write and draw my own picture books.

The course wasn't just about picture books for young children, but more importantly about writing in general. It gave me a lot of tips and ideas on how to approach writing for the future. Before taking the course, I never really thought much about writing a novel for children, but after completing the course, I had a few ideas that I may explore.

The course was eighteen modules with a test at the end of each one, which were all fairly simple multiple choice questions, as long as you paid attention and read properly (I passed with a 92.96% result).

The course really helped in getting me excited for writing and getting those creative juices flowing.

So watch this space.

Blows dust off blog...

It's been one and a half years since I updated this blog. ... wow. I don't know where to begin. What's happened since my last post? What have I been up to? Can I even remember all that!? Ummm...I've worked on some great projects over these years. As a colourist on the Feature Film based on Raymond Briggs graphic novel, 'Ethel & Ernest' which was in cinemas and on BBC over Christmas.

I've worked on a quirky and delightful 52 x 5 minute series called Olobob Top. I really loved that show. The characters were fun to animate, and I hope it does well enough to get a second series as I would love to spend time in that world again.

And finally I've been working on this epic series called Luo Bao Bei. Fantastic characters, art design, scripts and the animation team at Cloth Cat have really knocked it out of the park with this one. I think it's probably my most proud piece of work to date because it really does look fantastic.

So I've finished work for a bit until May and have decided to update all things social media and web presence. I've been slowly working on a new website using wix.com. I fairly excited making it as I haven't made a website before.

I'll try to keep up to date with my progress and anything else that is going on, even if it's just random ramblings. I miss being quite active online, so I hope to get back into a rhythm in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned!