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Early Abney & Teal development drawings

Some of the earliest development drawings, ranging from three to four years ago before the show went into production (and before some of the characters were finalised). Plus a few early storyboard panels from before I learned that it's better just to scribble away on the computer (or let brilliant Steve Roberts or Matilda Tristram draw them).

An era out the window

New episodes of Abney & Teal go out every day this week, with twenty or so more to follow not long after (though I don't know exactly when). I'm very very proud of the episodes in this second batch -even if one of this week's features some of the earliest animation we ever did (the rest are all brand spanking new and of a quality only hinted at in the first batch).

I'm still hanging around at the tv-studio for another couple of weeks to oversee compositing and sound on the last four episodes. A last chance to watch spring be amazing not only from my window in London but from the window of the train going through the Chilterns. I did have to pipe up and stop some passengers from giving the plot of The Bridge away on this morning's journey though.

I've been painting some things seen through the aforementioned windows:

From desk to desk

Ricocheting from Ragdoll studios to my home studio during the week at the moment. Working concurrently on the last few episodes of series two and on new pictures for Abney and Teal books. Hence no update here since Christmas….

Last week we handed over the fifty-second episode(!) to the blocking animation stage (first one of the two final animation stages).



Strange to think this was the view from the same spot at home just a couple of weeks ago...



Whatever the weather, the squirrels are distracting. Really death-defying leaping goes on out there.