more bear squadron members!

The ace aussie Reese

and the lovely Gen Ryan

Two late editions to the Bear Squadron! Illustrator Gen Ryan and her Aussie boyfriend Reese!

Tramway

a screening at the tramway's family funday!

blogs

need to say a huge thanks to everyone who wrote a blog about the animation! Here are a few with interviews and pictures

pikaland

grafik

digital arts

amelia's magazine

uppercase

brown paper bag

the fox is black

selvedge

okaygreat

and adobe also featured it on their newsletter here

growl!

Introducing the latest and greatest 'Bear Squadron' member Nancy. Looking fearsome and magnificant bear Nancy is the perfect fanfare for the giveaway winner anouncement!

It was very difficult to choose between the entries because everyone defended their choices so well. I therefore asked my mum (a very fair lady) to pick a random number between 1 and 19.

and the winner is........ Ellie Jenkins!

The video is UP!

I Didn't See It Coming (Richard X mix) from Belle & Sebastian on Vimeo.

....and to celebrate I am giving away some posters and maybe a puppet! in order to win just watch the animation and answer this simple question in the comments below....

how many modes of transport are there in the video?

ZOLF

zolf from Lesley Barnes on Vimeo.

Introducing the Zolf! The Zolf is an unusual cross between a zebra and a lama. The zolf is the noble steed that s rides on his search for the kidnapped b...

Putting up the Window....

lovely libby walker helped me put up the dancing bear window display at offshore on saturday.

Bear Masks For All!

Download your bear masks here! cut it out and wear with pride! If you are coming along on the 15th please bring it along...don't worry there will be lots of other bears so you won't look silly.....

and if you want to be part of the bear squadron just download a mask, print, cut, roar, strike a pose, take a photo and send it to lesleytoast@googlemail.com

Bear Squadron

bruce (dancing bear boy) and rob (captain bob)

lizzy stewart

jenny macgregor

silvia sponza

E the most fearsome bear ever.......what a loud roar.....

the toads caravan gals libby and joanna

gareth a. hopkins

clare nicolson from madeintheshade

wintersmoon

matt oxborrow

we are caravan

matt saunders

rob birchall

I promised bear masks! But I needed some brave guinea pigs to try out the bear masks for size. And so the #bearsquadron was born on twitter. The first two members Matt Saunders (who was also my right hand man animating the video) and Rob Birchall (another ace animator) were the first of the bear squadron to don their masks and roar! The results....? two very handsome bears....but the masks were slightly too small!

some updates to the bear squadron have been added!

Puppet Peek

Here's a little sneek peek at a couple of the puppets from the animation....the great bear and the wolf! They will be taking part in a window display at Offshore as part of Libby Walker's ArtFusion event! Remember you can come along see the puppets, the animation and the exhibition on the 15th of June, details here

Premiere

Hello! This blog will help tell the story behind the animation created for the Richard X remix of the Belle and Sebastian track 'I Didn't See it Coming'

First things first...you are all invited to a Premiere of the video at Offshore (Gibson Street, Glasgow) on the 15th of June 2011!

I will post up a bear mask that you can print off, colour in and wear for the event in the next few days.......