Cloth Cat
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A dynamic, independent and award winning animation and games studio proudly based in Cardiff, UK. https://linktr.ee/clothcatstudio https://clothcat.com
We’re back on set this week, supervising the filming of Annibendod Season 2! If you’d like to see Bochau the hamster perform, be sure to head over to the Cyw YouTube Channel where you’ll find a playlist of all his favourite songs! bit.ly/bochau @s4c.cymru #twtproductions #annibendod #bochau
Check out our new Character Design For Animation Production course! If you want to stand out from the crowd and make a lasting mark on the animation industry, apply now for in-person training at Cloth Cat Academy! clothcat.com/academy @ryanjneal.bsky.social #characterdesign #clipstudiopaint
Unlock your full potential as an animator! Dani Abram will be back in October to teach her Moho: Mechanics of Motion course. Apply today! Full information on all of our upcoming courses and potential funding opportunities is available on our website: clothcat.com/academy @daniabram.bsky.social
Unlock your full potential as an animator! Take the next big step in your animation career with in-person training at Cloth Cat Academy! Full information on all of our upcoming courses and potential funding opportunities is available on our website: clothcat.com/academy @daniabram.bsky.social
We asked our Moho trainees to tell us about the Production Traineeship experience and to share with us the impact that it’s had on their animation careers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDv1... @daniabram.bsky.social @mohoanimation.bsky.social #TheGhostOfMidwinter #ClothCat #ClothCatAcademy
Production Traineeship | Cloth Cat Academy
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Do you want to produce industry-ready storyboards that really make an impact? Benedict Tomczyk-Bowen will be back with us in September to teach his Storyboarding: A Professional Toolkit course. Apply now for in-person training at Cloth Cat Academy! clothcat.com/academy @bowendesign.bsky.social
Do you want to produce industry-ready storyboards that really make an impact? Benedict Tomczyk-Bowen will be back with us in September to teach his Storyboarding: A Professional Toolkit course. Apply now for in-person training at Cloth Cat Academy! clothcat.com/academy @bowendesign.bsky.social
Jon attended the Get Animated Conference last week and sat on the Studio Owners panel with Emlyn Davies, Tom Bryant, Kev McCrae and Drew Roper. They discussed how things are changing for production companies and the support that's currently available in Wales and Scotland. #GetAnimatedUK #ClothCat
We don’t mean to sound corny but we’ve already had so much interest in the playtest for our game and are so grateful for your support! 🌽 Still plenty of time to register your interest in Planted! Head over to Steam and sign up store.steampowered.com/app/3448000/... #indiedev #indiegame #playtest
Time to po-tat-own your friends as the Planted limited playtest is coming to Steam this month and sign ups are NOW OPEN! Check out our announcement trailer and head over to our Steam page to get involved. It’s going to be a-maize-ing! #indiedev #playtest #gametesting
Planted! Playtest Announcement Trailer
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CAF26 Industry Day was such a success! ✨ Jon shared a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Ghost of Midwinter. It was fantastic to see such a vibrant mix of creators, studios, students, graduates, and industry voices come together in Chapter! @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social #CAF26 #ClothCat
Planted is now available to WISHLIST on Steam! Check out some of the chaos you can get up to! https://bit.ly/4c93pIh #Steam #Planted #Wishlist #Gaming
Howie is a young hippo finding his way in his new city. He’s been adopted by Hilda and now he wants to share the happiness he’s found with all of his new friends! Watch all episodes now on the Cloth Cat YouTube Channel! bit.ly/howieshorts #howie #hippo #preschool #animation #moho #ClothCat
In Planted, the garden is your battleground! Grow crops for more points, steal other players' produce or find powerups to propel yourself to victory! Whatever it takes. You're going to have sow much fun in Planted so it's about thyme you WISHLISTED on Steam! https://bit.ly/4c93pIh
Incredibly excited to be taking Planted! on the road NEXT WEEK @londongamesfest.bsky.social If you come see us, we'll be handing out these eco-friendly cards made of seed paper that can actually be RE-PLANTED when you're done with them! Or framed on the wall.. Can't wait to see you there.🪴
We're absolutely thrilled, delighted & a little bit nervous to share what we've been working on! Introducing Planted, a horticultural multiplayer battle game where the garden is your arena & you'll sow, grow, and throw your way to victory. Check out our announcement trailer!
We’ve been back on set this week, supervising the filming of Annibendod Season 2! If you’d like to see Bochau the hamster perform, be sure to head over to the Cyw YouTube Channel where you’ll find a playlist of all his favourite songs! bit.ly/bochau @s4c.cymru #twtproductions #annibendod #bochau
This week, Jonathan Edwards hosted his Animation Production Skills course, teaching our trainees how to establish a strong creative workflow, matched with a resourceful production structure to anticipate and build a process that syncs project, crew and client. #production #2Danimation #cardiff
Here’s a striking snapshot of the dramatic wolf chase in our animated short film, The Ghost of Midwinter. The frosty winter background was created by our Head of Animation Development, Tom Lucas and the wolves were skilfully animated by Senior Animator Gregg Willis. #TheGhostOfMidwinter #wolfchase
The Ghost of Midwinter is featured in Brad Colbow's latest YouTube video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVZT... @bradsartschool.com @daniabram.bsky.social @mohoanimation.bsky.social #TheGhostOfMidwinter #ClothCat
This week our talented trainees have been getting to grips with Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, learning about the tools and responsibilities involved in creating fantastic, industry standard storyboards for production! @bowendesign.bsky.social #storyboarding #StoryboardPro #ClothCat #ClothCatAcademy
Released in 2018, Shane the Chef is a CG animated preschool series, which Cloth Cat co-produced with Hoho Entertainment. The series follows the foody adventures of an energetic chef, Shane, who is voiced by British actor Russell Tovey! #ShaneTheChef #Hoho #CG #RussellTovey #Maya #Redshift #ClothCat
This week, Dani Abram has been hosting her Moho: Mechanics of Motion course, teaching our terrific Academy trainees how to squeeze the maximum juice out of production rigs, creating high-calibre, approvable character animations using Moho Animation Software! @daniabram.bsky.social #moho #ClothCat
Here’s a closer look at some of the vivid backgrounds that set the stage for our haunting winter special, The Ghost of Midwinter. Nia’s fantasy world was built one brushstroke at a time by Cloth Cat’s Head of Animation Development, Tom Lucas. #TheGhostOfMidwinter #background #farmhouse #forest
It’s been a brilliant week here at Cloth Cat Academy! Dani Abram has been hosting her Toon Boom course, teaching our fantastic Academy trainees how to utilise the drawing tools, deformers and node based compositing features in Toon Boom Harmony! @daniabram.bsky.social #toonboom #animation #ClothCat
We have some great news! Serious Kids are now the official global distributor of The Ghost of Midwinter! The film has had such a great response so far and we look forward to sharing it with the world! tinyurl.com/ghostofmidwi... @animationmagazine.bsky.social @s4c.cymru #TheGhostOfMidwinter
Cloth Cat Academy’s new series of courses began this week, kicking off with Sean Francis’ Toon Boom: Rigging for Production course! Our Academy trainees have had a wonderful week, creating controllers and applying deformers to craft high-quality rigs in Toon Boom Harmony! @drawnsean.bsky.social
In 2021, Cloth Cat Games teamed up with Transport for Wales to create The Magnificent Train Journey Game: Route Wrangler. Customise your train and complete the track to get it to the next station! tfw.games.clothcat.com @transportforwales.bsky.social #RouteWrangler #TfW #Unity #ClothCatGames
Beat the dreary, wet winter blues with a generous, hurly helping of The Rubbish World of Dave Spud! All episodes are available to watch on ITVX. www.itv.com/watch/the-ru... @illuminatedfilms.bsky.social @itvx.com #DaveSpud #ITVX #ClothCat
