Behind the scenes art blog- drawing tips and techniques

In this final post on creating simple stop motion animation, I'm going to give a few pointers on choosing video effects and working with sound to enhance you...

This week I'm going to show you the basic steps in putting your photos together to create an animated sequence. I normally use Videopad which offers a pro pa...

This week we're looking at how to actually shoot your stop motion animation. There's a few things you'll need and some general tips to keep in mind when sett...

Following up from last week's post, I thought I'd start our stop motion tutorials with a look at the things I use to create my models, props and backdrops. M...

For the last few years I've been making silly, low budget, low tech animations using the desk models of my monsters to tell stories for our collective amusem...

Last week, I posted the work in progress videos of this drawing. I thought it would be interesting to share another part of the process - work on the source ...

I've just finished a biannual art exhibition here in Whitby, Art D'Morte and one of the pieces I decided to take was my most recent - finished only last week...

Two lots of very exciting news here this week (in case you couldn't hear us yelling it from our rooftops). First up, we are proud to announce that the Tales ...

On Thursday 4th of May I'm hosting a one night only exhibition at Dillon's of Whitby. Funded initially by a successful mini Kickstarter, it's all about the n...

Like most artists, I am fascinated by light. This is one of the reasons the beautiful Saltwick Bay is one of my favourite landscapes. Just around the corner ...

A murder of crows has landed at monster hq this week, with pocket mirrors, prints and stationery added to the range. Featuring some of my most popular drawin...

One of my favourite places is Saltwick Bay - black rocks, golden fossils and the remains of the Admiral Von Tromp which ran aground in 1976. Every time I go,...