THE NOSEBLUNT SAGA – VOL 2

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RIGHT!

A few years ago I was skateboarding with some of my friends. It was a hot day and after hitting St George’s park we though it was good enough weather to warrant a visit to Filton Skatepark in north Bristol.

I was having a fun day and was enjoying skating the ‘block to drop off’ on this I sessioned my way up to harder tricks and eventually got stuck… on a noseblunt. A trick that I would usually do quite comfortably if I was to apply myself. The problem at Filton was that the day was sooo hot that the ground was abnormally slippery. This slippery ground seems to be a common occurrence at Filton and it proved to be the bane of my life for about 3 hours as I attempted the same noseblunt over 234 times only to slip-out and slam over and over again. On this day the light was failing and I was so exhausted I had to give up but, I volved to return and slay the beast that made me look like a new born gazelle.

Well recently… I returned. Needless to say the slippery floor was happily making a nuisance of its self again… But I, undeterred struggled on and eventually got my reward after a mere 158 attempts… here’s VOL 2 of ‘The NoseBlunt Saga’.

Proving that persistance and determination will prevail!!!!

I Hope you enjoy!

Rex

ANIMATE IT

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I while back I did some work for our Animate-It kit here at aardman. This involved a little tutorial for how to get started with the great ‘I can Animate’ animation package from Kudlian Software.

Well time has flown and now finally it is available to buy! What you get in the box is some clay, a Morph mold and the Software. All you need after that is a webcam… (which you get pick up for about £5 from wilko’s or something) and then you can rock!

Its a really simple package and great for animation fans that want to have a go at creating their own films.

Go on treat yourself!!! i look forward to seeing your creations littered over youtube!

Theres a free 14 day trial at our animate it website!!! Try before you buy!!! http://www.animate-it.com/

Rex

RICKY’S RADICAL REINVENTIONS

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I’ve been absent from the world of blogging for a very long time due to that fact that all those meetings at the BBC paid off and we finally got to make a pilot for my CBBC show. The title of which is ‘Ricky’s Radical Reinventions’.

The aim of the show is to encourage kids to be creative and inspire them into wanting to make things… but this isn’t an ordinary arts and crafts show… no it certainly isn’t. In the pilot the children involved help me make loud speakers, actual loudspeakers that work… we then take the same principle add a little expert advise and make a big PA system that an X factor finalist comes and plays through to their school.

The whole project was a massive ridiculous mission but we managed to pull off!!! The kids loved it and hopefully the viewers loved it too.

Not to brag… but also this show saw the return of a very much love Aardman Animation character that lots of you would associate (quiet rightly) with the late, great Tony Hart. The character of course is Morph. He and his crafty companion ‘Chas’ get up to some mischief with magnets in the back of the ‘R3 roadster’ to comical results.

I’ve made a couple of behind the scenes videos so you guys can see how a couple of parts of the show were made and also theres a great pdf you can print off, if you want to have ago at building your own loudspeaker. You can find these clips and downloadable bits on the Ricky’s Radical Reinventions CBBC site

I hope you enjoy!

Hopefully the BBC loved the show too and we will get a series… But if they don’t… This isn’t the last you will see of Morph or your TV, He’ll get back there again some how… He’s unstoppable.

Rex

#GIVEBLOOD

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So I made myself a couple of new years resolutions this year, One was to learn to read music/play piano the other was to give blood.

Giving blood is a big deal for me as, for some reason I seem to be bloody scared of needles. I’m not a sissy, I’ve had tattoo’s and injections but the idea of being ‘harvested’ really puts me off.

Anyway regardless of this I decided to register and do my bit to save lifes. Apparently giving blood can save up to 12 lives a year so its pretty import especially if you’ve got one of those rare bloods. This gets me on to my next reason for donating… Basically I really want to know what blood type I am. My mother is B+ and my father is A+ so I could be AB+ like my sister which is quite rare…. 3rd rarest… this would make me feel a bit special, so I’m hoping for it but chances are I’ll be boring old A+. I have started a little bloodpoll with close friends to guess what Blood type I’m going to be, here’s how its looking (I guessed before asking my parents what they were so I haven’t cheated) something like £8 on the line here now.

Ryan made up a new blood type just for me… Thanks Ryan.

Any way heres my blood… I asked to take a picture and argued ‘Come on, it is my blood’ to which the nurse replied ‘Not any more!’ and flashed me the form I had just signed… she let me take a snap any way.

My Blood, Yes it is still warm!

Thanks very much to the Nurses and Blood service volunteers for being really nice to me and making my experience so positive that (so long as theres nothing wrong with my blood) I will keep going back and donating.

REX OUT

COOKS

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I’ve been packing in the animations recently but I’m nearing a time where I wont be able to keep them up for a while (about to get super busy) so heres another one to keep you going until work eases up again.

Rex

MOVEMBER

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Remember remember the fifth of Movember… Because we will all be extremely itchy and moody at this point (we started with a clean shave you see).

Movember lasts all november so get over to Movember.com​ to show your support!

Our team at Aardman are called ‘Dead Squirrels Regrown‘, we were​ recently featured in Bristol’s ‘Evening Post’ Newspaper receiving a special wetshave from the lovely Guys at Bespoke Male Grooming.

Read the full article here

LETS CHANGE THE FACE OF MENS HEALTH (not the magazine)