Season's Greetings!

A huge thanks to everyone who's helped make it a great 12 months for me in one way or another, be it friends, clients, clients who are also friends, musicians, film-makers or videogame developers! Have a great Christmas and New Year, and see you in 2007...

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

While I've heard many criticize Bryan Singer's Superman Returns, I don't mind admitting that I'm extremely fond of it, even if it is relatively short on action. Seeing Brandon Routh take over so confidently from Christopher Reeve has been both exciting and moving for me. I love the reverential nature of the movie, which pays homage to Donner's original vision for Superman 1 and II. That vision was so definitive that a new movie (if it really wanted to connect in the same way) had to try and continue the same path, instead of furrowing a new one just for the sake of it.

Of course, Donner never got to finish Superman II back in 1980 because he was fired by the producers (surely one of the craziest ever decisions in Hollywood history). But thanks to the persistence of the fan community, Warner Bros. have finally let him go back to (and restore) the footage he originally shot. So 26 years later we finally get to see (most of) his incredibly different version, which most enjoyably sees Marlon Brando resprising the role of Superman's Father, Jor-El.

To find out more, you can read my final review of 2006 over at Pixelsurgeon.

Happy Feet Microsite for Weetabix

I recently designed an appropriately icy microsite/web page for Weetabix to accompany their Happy Feet on-pack promotion for Weetos and Ready brek. The flash animation that you'll find on the Weetabix homepage is also my handiwork. Thanks to Fivesite for the commission.

Design Events Article for Computer Arts

In the January 2007 issue of Computer Arts you'll find a double page article I contributed on the subject of design events to look forward to next year, including RESFEST, onedotzero, Siggraph and more. Thanks to everyone who supplied me with the event details!

Winter Girl

Well here's the piece I contributed to Thunder Chunky's Xmas Project, which was revealed on December 2nd.



Thanks to Jon (Raffe) for inviting me to participate, who described my piece as Christmas meets Close Encounters. Pretty apt I think! And of course be sure to keep checking the calendar to see the other contributions roll in...

Thunder Chunky Xmas Project

Thunder Chunky makes a welcome return, kicking things off with an advent calendar. Artists from around the world were asked to throw together a seasonal message. A new doodle will be revealed every day in December, leading up to Christmas. Artists featured include The Boy Fitz Hammond, Jon Burgerman, Jeremyville, Ben The Illustrator, Maria Slovakova and myself, with Pascal Campion first up to the starting grid. Keep visiting the site each day, and of course I'll be revealing my piece here soon too!