Monkey Boy Animations

About Me

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I was born in Hartlepool (England), growing up i was into cartoons, skateboarding, slight of hand magic, comics, drawing and films.

Most recently i worked on a Virgin Media Short with Arcus Studios where i did the coloring, lighting and shading for main character in several scenes, this helped me to improve my skills in 2D and gain a stronger understanding of working in a professional environment.

On the 12th May 2010 I was featured in the Hartlepool Mail as part of there Mail 2 Lifestyle Supplement, from this I have gained a lot of interest in my animation from people asking how they to can get into the field of animation and where they should start. You can read all about it HERE.

My passion for animation stems from being a child an watching my favourite cartoons on a saturday morning, i loved how something that was drawn could have such character and emotion to it and knew that it was something that i wanted to do in life.

I moved to Middlesbrough to study Digital Character at Teesside University where i was taught everything from 2D & 3D animation to Lighting and Rendering Effects but my passion was still for animation so i joined an animation program called The Guardian Training Program that was ran by industry animator DJ Nicke.

In my spare time I find myself working on my skills and finding new techniques to enhance my own work by studying the likes of Gobelins, Animation Mentor, CalArts, Vancouver Film School, Jason Ryan, Pixar, Dreamworks and Blue Sky as well as as that I also create tutorials ranging from rigging to illustration to help others.

I am also a avid follower of many animation and illustration forums on the net and submit large content to help other animators that may be struggling.

Monkey Boy
(Ashley Stringer)

Download My Résumé: HERE.

ShowReel - July 2011

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This is my current showreel of work.
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Background music by - "Park Bench" by Apple Inc.

Cerebus rig property of What Comics Entertainment.
www.whatcomix.com

Bee-Boy rig by Rodrigo Ribeiro

E4 Esting Sound Editing by Georgie Smith

Software used - ToonBoom Animate Pro 7.9, Maya 2011.

E4 ESting - Curiosity

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July 13th, 2011 - Animation project for the E4 ESting competition, took between 200-250 hours of work from start to completion.

Software Used: ToonBoom Animate Pro.
Credit: Georgie Smith for Sound Effects and Sound Editing.

Designs

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Designs for T-Shirts, Mouse Mats, Posters and other print media.

Hartlepool Mail

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As many of you will know my work was featured in the Hartlepool Mail on the 12/05/2010 as part of a human interest piece. It was a great honer to be asked to be part of there Mail 2 Lifestyle reports and i hope that it inspires others to take an interest in animation and maybe become animators themselves.

Update:There is now a PDF version of the article for you to download if you are having problems reading the images or if you would like a copy for yourself. DOWNLOAD

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Also please check out my work throughout this site and if you are interested in the images that are featured in the article they can be found at my Final Year Project blog along with videos and information related to The Dive animation. (link below)

http://TheDive.MBAnimations.com

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Aliens!

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May 12, 2010 - Animation project for my Creative Character Animation module at University, this took between 50-60 hours of work from start to completion.

Software Used: Softimage XSi 2010, Photoshop CS4, Premiere Pro CS4.

Transcript: Well it was aliens you see...yes aliens, they came down from up there and stole all my animals, luckily i got insurance on them last week so i can claim it back. *sound of cows* Oh that noise is just my wife she's getting over a bit of a cold at the moment.

Final Year Project - Work In Progress

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April 20, 2010 - WIP of my final year project animation, this is still in production but i thought i would show some of it to you guys.

Software Used: Softimage XSi 2010, Photoshop CS4, Premiere Pro CS4.

More can be found at my Final Year Project blog along with a large collection of images and information about it.

TheDive.MBAnimations.com

Drawings

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Artwork

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This is a small selection of the artwork i have produced over the last year.

Digital Work

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This is a small selection of my Digital Work i have done for local companies.

3D Models

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Who Am I?

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December 10, 2008 - Animation project for my Creative Character Animation module at University, this took between 25-30 hours of work from start to completion.

Software Used: Softimage XSi 7.5, Photoshop CS3, Premiere Pro CS3.

Transcript: Who am I, the question is what am I. *Sound Effect* I'm a Chiwawa. *Instrumental Music* Grrrrrr .

Mop v1.3

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Mop is a simple rig made for XSI 6.5 and has simple controls. This new release uses a a chain of 2 FK Bones position constrained to each other to give a much smoother movement to the character.

To use the Twist simply rotate the PINK circles in Local Z or Global Y depending on what setup you are using.

This is a Non-Commercial rig, it is to be used for personal use only.

If you do make an animation with it please send me the link as i would love to see what you have come up with.

Box-R

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This is Box-R v1.0, it is a simple rig made for XSI 6.5 and has smooth and easy control for the animator.

This is a Non-Commercial rig, it is to be used for personal use only.

If you do make an animation with it please send me the link as i would love to see what you have come up with.

My Blogs

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My Animation Diary blog
This is all about my university work and competitions i take part in.
Animation Blog

My 2009 final year project blog
The work i am currently doing on my final year project
The Dive

My 2008 final year project blog
The work i am currently doing on my final year project (currently on hold)
The Button

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ShowReel - February 2009

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This is my current showreel of work.

Background music by - Carlos Baena
Rigs MoomXSI by - modeled by Ramtin rigged by Josef Sy
Eric by - Graeme Morris
Ball by - Unknown but this is a great rig also.

Software used - Softimage XSI 6.5, Flipbook 5, Toonboom Studio 4.