{"id":21830,"date":"2015-08-04T08:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T08:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/?p=21830"},"modified":"2017-03-06T10:55:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:55:31","slug":"meet-the-biggest-ego-in-the-business-mr-director-released-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/meet-the-biggest-ego-in-the-business-mr-director-released-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the biggest ego in the business! Mr Director released online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The life of an animation director is not a glamorous one. To create the worlds viewers can indulge in often means late nights, months at a time in S.A.D inducing dark rooms and an unending battle with both hardware and software. With such a lonely process dictating the process\u00a0its no wonder that animation directors are, for the most part, shy, polite and generally good company when they are finally let out into the fresh air and sunlight.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21866\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MakingMrDirector01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21866\" class=\"wp-image-21866 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MakingMrDirector01-620x349.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Martin\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Martin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Imagining the flip side to that coin,\u00a0Andy Martin, the director best known for his monthly series of films\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/the-planets-interview-with-andy-martin\/\">The Planets<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/plasticine-rhythm-andy-martin\/\">Plasticine Rhythm<\/a><\/em>\u00a0who has brought to life <em>Mr Director,\u00a0<\/em>a Hollywood hot shot with a\u00a0career that is as bloated as his ego. The mockumentary film takes us for a ride through the prolific career of the pioneer behind films\u00a0such as <em>Robots v<\/em>\u00a0Bananas with access to the entire history\u00a0of films this visionary has created, all brought to life with superb comic detail.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can watch <em>Mr Director<\/em> below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mr Director\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/122625153?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The fast paced film captures the imaginary career of the nameless director so those\u00a0comic details shouldn&#8217;t be taken for granted, as you&#8217;ll see from the galleries below stills and posters from Mr Director&#8217;s back catalogue were created for the film with some funny parallels to other\u00a0classics from the silver screen\u00a0by actual\u00a0directors. The posters accompany\u00a0the film clips and behind the scenes action that the film is crammed with. To add to the illusion, Mr Director even has his own <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrDirectorFilms\">T<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrDirectorFilms\">witter account<\/a>\u00a0where you can see his ego in action.<\/p>\n<p>The film has been shown in festivals worldwide including Edinburgh International Film Festival,\u00a0Anima Mundi and\u00a0Animanima International Animation Festival.\u00a0We spoke to a director with a much smaller ego than the films star, Andy Martin, about the making of his film\u00a0<em>Mr Director<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirector_FilmPoster01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21887 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirector_FilmPoster01-380x537.jpg\" alt=\"MrDirector_FilmPoster01\" width=\"380\" height=\"537\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is Mr Director?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He\u2019s a self proclaimed \u2018genius\u2019, film maker and a one man ego machine. In the animated short he tells us all about his long career with clips from some of his films, archive interviews and exclusive behind the scenes footage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_21867\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21867\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill01-380x214.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Director\" width=\"380\" height=\"214\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr Director<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>He\u2019s a larger than life character, thats for sure, are there any other folk you\u2019d like to parody in this way?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I had thought of creating a few fake arts documentaries with the same presenter introducing them featuring a 60\u2019s rock act, an abstract painter and a novelist but this one has taken me so long to make I think it\u2019s time to move onto something new.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The film is mixed media, stop motion with 2D over it, what software do you use to achieve this look?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I use Dragon Stop Motion and then a mix of Photoshop and After Effects for the 2D stuff and compositing it all together. I\u2019ve always liked the look of having 2D elements on top of stop motion animation, it was something I explored first on a series of idents I did for E4 Music quite a few years ago and I wanted to explore that look further in this short.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"E4 Music Idents\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/3450852?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Also, it has a lot if lip sync and doing that in 2D really speeds up the animation process. When you take do all the animation yourself it\u2019s good to find ways of speeding things up (I could be making it for another 6 years otherwise!!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>You often animate with both 2D and Stop Motion, do you have a favourite or does it depend on the project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I really depends on the project. For Mr Director I felt that being able to build real sets would give the fake film scenes a fullness and richness that they needed to feel like small sections of feature films. Also Mr Director is the kind of guy who would appreciate a more traditional technique. I think telling a story about someone like him in a slick 3D style or a minimalist 2D vector approach wouldn\u2019t have fit well with the character.<\/p>\n<p>I tend to switch between the two techniques to keep things interesting for me. While making Mr Director I found that most of my commercial work that was paying the bills was in a 2D style so it was fun to keep coming back to the film, making models and animating with plasticine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A few stills from Mr Directors life in film<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21830 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill06.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill06-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21868\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21868'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Great Experimental Adventure\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill07.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill07-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21869\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21869'>\n\t\t\t\tSinging at the Stars\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill05.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill05-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21870\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21870'>\n\t\t\t\tApocalypse Man\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21871\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21871'>\n\t\t\t\tStuck on the Moon\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/MrDirectorStill03-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21872\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21872'>\n\t\t\t\tLost in the Woods\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019re a musician too, how important is music in your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s massively important. I find they go hand in hand, both in the process of making the animation and in the way it informs peoples experience when they watch it. For all my short films I make my own music and sound design, I think it helps give the work a continuity and a particular tone that I\u2019m not sure could be achieved otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>I love making the music, whenever there is the opportunity I try to get involved in that side of the process. I\u2019ve always written and recorded songs and its great that I can use some of them in the visual stuff I make.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planet Twelve\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/84204709?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With The Planets I ended the series with a song that I\u2019d written years before but I repurposed the lyrics to fit the narrative of the animation and more recently I wrote a whole bunch of very short, very stupid songs that became an animation called Tiny Tunes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tiny Tunes\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/130068750?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On Mr Director it was fun writing music for particular genres of film. From the sinister strings for a horror film to the ridiculously overblown, saccharine musical number for his film Singing At The Stars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Do you feel like an animator who makes music or a musician who animates?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Probably the cooler thing to say would be a musician who animates so I&#8217;m definitely an animator who makes music. I&#8217;ve always done both things but I&#8217;ve always felt that my profession is animation and that rings true by the fact that it&#8217;s very rare for people to pay me to make music but I can make a living animating.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Posters from Mr Directors films<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-21830 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLLH6hxXAAAL9IV.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLLH6hxXAAAL9IV-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21876\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21876'>\n\t\t\t\tStuck on the Moon\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLOT3nTWIAQXG0s.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLOT3nTWIAQXG0s-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21877\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21877'>\n\t\t\t\tLife and Death in a Skip\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLPqMSWWgAA1fzf.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLPqMSWWgAA1fzf-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21878\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21878'>\n\t\t\t\tApocalypse Man\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLT7pfbWUAA6Ptv.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLT7pfbWUAA6Ptv-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21879\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21879'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Great Experimental Adventure\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLVjlFVWsAABhxO.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLVjlFVWsAABhxO-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21880\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21880'>\n\t\t\t\tSinging with the Stars\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLaIuJ0WsAAmYwC.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLaIuJ0WsAAmYwC-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21881\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21881'>\n\t\t\t\tHigh Octane\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLeFD0oWUAAc8D9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLeFD0oWUAAc8D9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21882\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21882'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Growth\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLfTS7gWEAEhHNg.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLfTS7gWEAEhHNg-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21884\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21884'>\n\t\t\t\tRobots v Bananas\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLY3tDNWsAQh9TZ.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLY3tDNWsAQh9TZ-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21885\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21885'>\n\t\t\t\tA Bride in Waiting\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLKZ9KaWoAAXtN6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.skwigly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/CLKZ9KaWoAAXtN6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21886\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21886'>\n\t\t\t\tLost in the Woods\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>You incorporate comedy into your work, do animation and comedy naturally work well together?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Definitely. There\u2019s a long history of comedic animations, both for kids and for adults. As well as the usual routes of slapstick or absurd comedy which is ideally suited to animation I\u2019m a fan of comedy that can be more subtle and dry. I want to bring a British sensibility to my stuff and inject the type of thing you would normally see in sitcoms like <em>The Royle Family<\/em>\u00a0or <em>Spaced<\/em>\u00a0into my animations. These are things that I find funny and hopefully brings a fresh angle to comedy in animation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What is next for Andy Martin?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m trying to develop a couple of ideas for animated TV series at the moment. I\u2019d love to move into more long form formats where I can take a gang of characters and set them off on various adventures. I\u2019ve got a couple of ideas for new shorts too so maybe I\u2019ll start writing one of those up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Discover more of Andy Martin&#8217;s work through his online channels such as his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andymartin.info\">website<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/handymartian\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/handymartian.tumblr.com\">Tumblr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vine.co\/Handymartian\">Vine\u00a0<\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/handymartian\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The life of an animation director is not a glamorous one. To create the worlds viewers can indulge in often means late nights, months at a time in S.A.D inducing dark rooms and an unending battle with both hardware and software. 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