Paul Harrison Talks about Getting a New TV Series off the Ground

Dolly

Paul Harrison and Evgenia Golubeva are two very talented animation artists who are developing a new animated TV series for kids. FLIP asked them some questions about how an independent artist gets a new TV series off the ground.

Dolly's Doodles

Dolly's Doodles from Motherlode Studios on Vimeo.

One of my ex-students from Escape Studios has created a gorgeous pilot for an animated TV Series - Dolly's doodles, which you can see on her Facebook page here. It's aimed at pre-school kids and the execution is faultless. Evgenia (known to most of us Brits as Jane) was an exceptionally dedicated animation student and she is not just a skilled animator - but a talented writer and director too. I love Dolly's Doodles!
---Alex

How Long Does It Take to Produce a Great Piece of Animation?

Animation takes too long. Animators spend days or weeks (months even?) polishing our work. If I look back on the shots I am most proud of, they are usually scenes that took forever to get right. I have a sense of achievement looking back on them - but I've mostly edited out the pain that went into them.

So it's a pleasure to come across work which didn't take weeks of graft to perfect. Evgenia Golubeva is one of my super-talented ex students from the character animation course at Escape Studios. Evgenia animated a short film titled "Hold Me Clothes", a stop-motion film written by her, and animated in just one day at a film festival in Italy.

Hold Me Clothes is sweet and funny and completely charming. Her work is a reminder that good animation is as much about storytelling and an eye for comic timing as it is about polished technique. Congratulations to her on a delightful film. - Alex