This is one of my favourite Adrenalini episodes – partly because I got to sing El Boca’s song, but also because there’s so much going on in the story, and it all leads to a satisfying conclusion.
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The Adrenalini Brothers is coming to POP UK – Sky channel 616 or Freesat 603. Tune in from this Saturday 9-11am and every Saturday from now until the end of time! Or until the end of the licence. Or until your eyes wither into little raisins… whichever happens first
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In this episode of The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers, they get lost in the forest and find a lovely little house with three steaming bowls of porridge on the table…
Trivia: Daddy Bear (who I voiced) was inspired by deceased cockney comedian Mike Reid and had a much lower, thicker accent. He originally said “We just needed an ‘oliday” but this was considered confusing for a non-UK audience. He also originally said “Ow, me bonce!” when he hit his head on the bus roof, but this was changed because the studio in Canada thought he was saying “Ow, me balls!”
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Usually when I see a sheet of paper tacked to a wall I expect to see the heading “Polite Notice” and for the note to actually be a fully-justified (in the printing sense) passive-aggressive diktat. But this note, on the wall near my girlfriend’s house in London, is the very opposite – cheerful, admiring, heartwarming. I miss the horse too. It was life-sized and gentle, with an expression that told of some horsey inner wisdom. Another one appeared very briefly, up the road a-ways… this one had gold wings. I think it’s gone now.
I just realised I used the word “diktat” in that paragraph purely because I saw it on the back cover of my copy of “Porpoises Rescue Dick Van Dyke”, which arrived fresh from Lulu’s printers today.
I highly recommend it! You can buy it here.
Furthermore, having seen the video of lovely old Dick Van Dyke telling the story of his rescue to Craig Ferguson, I now can’t help but picture Jon and George from numbers 41 + 13 as porpoises!
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I did a voice for a new preschool pilot made by Pesky, the same guys who co-produced The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers all those moons ago. It’s called Boj, and I play a Scottish horse, as you can hear if you play this video.
Boj & buddies – ‘Boj-elicious!’ (HD) from Pesky on Vimeo.
They’re taking the show to Cartoon Forum in a week’s time… good luck everyone!
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I’ve just finished some animations for Espresso For Schools – the UK’s leading online digital education company.
If you are from the target market of people who are “implementing a multi-disciplinary approach to teaching in your school in support of the new Common Core standards”, you may get more out of the site. Otherwise, just enjoy little characters twitching and waving.
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If you’re looking for a fun, gripping, and slightly spooky book for an 8-12 year-old, look no further than The Mummy Of Mulberry Avenue – this is a picture of my copy – I’m very pleased with the way the cover design turned out! Click on the picture to enlarge, or click here to see the original artwork.
Order it from the link above, or click here to download Chapter One for free!
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We’re nearing the end of the series… this current show is about games, and features Angry Birds (which is about literally Angry Birds), Words With Friends (which is literally about Words) and more games-related puns than you can withstand without your blood-pressure increasing slightly.
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I’ve changed my showreel to incorporate the animation I did for Cartoon Network on a few Pink Panther promos for their Boomerang Channel.
Dan Chambers Animation Reel 2010 from Dan Chambers on Vimeo.
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Mummy Book Cover
I did this book cover for The Mummy Of Mulberry Avenue by Susan Kassabian, using Flash, Photoshop (mainly), and an Open-source 3D program called Blender for the amulet in the middle. Overall, I’m very pleased with how it turned out! Click the pic for the full-sized cover.
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