1 00:00:00,050 --> 00:00:04,974 [SOUND] I've realized that I just like, as things go on and you do projects or 2 00:00:04,974 --> 00:00:08,489 you do things, or you meet people and things happen, 3 00:00:08,489 --> 00:00:13,992 you kind of get all these learnings from them, and you just understand more stuff. 4 00:00:13,992 --> 00:00:17,873 And so, I kind of like just revisiting things that I've done or new projects, and 5 00:00:17,873 --> 00:00:21,490 then kind of extracting things like lessons, that I've learnt from that. 6 00:00:21,490 --> 00:00:23,730 So, hopefully what you're gonna see today is, 7 00:00:23,730 --> 00:00:25,879 is stuff that's happened in the last year or so and just. 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,890 Things that I, hopefully are useful to take away for me and 9 00:00:30,890 --> 00:00:34,430 for you and if not, there's quite a few animated GIFs. 10 00:00:34,430 --> 00:00:37,690 So, you know, no one hopefully can be disappointed. 11 00:00:37,690 --> 00:00:40,900 So I'm gonna explain a little bit about myself, so you know who I am. 12 00:00:40,900 --> 00:00:43,000 My name is Gavin Strange, and I'm oh, 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,330 you can't see it oh, but it looks amazing I promise you. 14 00:00:46,330 --> 00:00:47,100 I'm 32 years old. 15 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:53,160 I'm a male man, and I'm from Bristol, in Southwest which is here. 16 00:00:53,160 --> 00:00:56,952 Bristol is amazing, because everybody speaks very funny. 17 00:00:56,952 --> 00:00:59,670 [UNKNOWN] when you like, you know, you move there and 18 00:00:59,670 --> 00:01:03,140 you sort of you, you, you try and fit in you're a little bit clever, 19 00:01:03,140 --> 00:01:05,880 you're like oh, right my love, you know, you do it like playfully. 20 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,712 And, you know, when you do something so long, you forget that you were doing it 21 00:01:09,712 --> 00:01:11,840 say, making the mickey in the first place, you become that thing. 22 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:14,490 So, I'm just, I'm, I'm, I'm, a proper Bristolean. 23 00:01:14,490 --> 00:01:16,726 Alright [UNKNOWN] lovely, how are we doing today? 24 00:01:16,726 --> 00:01:17,609 Fair play. Go then, 25 00:01:17,609 --> 00:01:21,690 you know, I'm fully, just got into this, fully got into this ludicrous accent, and 26 00:01:21,690 --> 00:01:23,420 I absolutely love it. 27 00:01:23,420 --> 00:01:24,220 anyway, I'm 40 minutes. 28 00:01:24,220 --> 00:01:25,390 What am I talking about Bristol for? 29 00:01:25,390 --> 00:01:26,220 Let's go. 30 00:01:26,220 --> 00:01:26,840 Anyway. 31 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:28,240 Bristol is kinda famous for two things. 32 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,720 It's famous for Massive Attack, Portishead. 33 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:34,200 Banksy, and also being the home of Wallace and Gromit. 34 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,710 And this is where, I come into it. 35 00:01:36,710 --> 00:01:38,680 So by day, my, my job is, 36 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,864 I'm the senior designer for the wonderful Aardman Animations. 37 00:01:42,864 --> 00:01:46,240 and, I just love being at this place, man. 38 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,280 It's just this place I looked up to when I was a kid. 39 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:55,490 I, I watched the things they created, and just, just was in awe of the craft. 40 00:01:55,490 --> 00:01:59,160 In awe of the, the hands on thing and the story telling, just everything. 41 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,970 I just grew up sort of like loving, loving this place. 42 00:02:01,970 --> 00:02:05,380 And then to, to cut a long story short, over the years of, of, of working for 43 00:02:05,380 --> 00:02:09,020 myself, I, I, I have, I had a job as a junior designer. 44 00:02:09,020 --> 00:02:11,870 Didn't go to University cuz wasn't for me. 45 00:02:11,870 --> 00:02:14,260 Didn't really think that I wanted to do that. 46 00:02:14,260 --> 00:02:15,360 So I got a job as a junior. 47 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,560 A young 17 year old, wet behind the ears in Glasgow where I'm originally from. 48 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:20,220 No idea what I was doing. 49 00:02:20,220 --> 00:02:22,520 Just over the years, I kinda worked there for four years. 50 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,930 And then I, handed in my notice, which I thought was a good idea, at 21 or 51 00:02:25,930 --> 00:02:26,880 whatever I was. 52 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:29,242 Just trembling, going I'm gonna work for myself now. 53 00:02:29,242 --> 00:02:32,097 [SOUND] Didn't know how it works, but I did. 54 00:02:32,097 --> 00:02:36,490 And then, so I went from [UNKNOWN] then I went to Bristol, and just basically just. 55 00:02:37,570 --> 00:02:41,080 Chris earlier in his talk was talking about, about luck and. 56 00:02:42,630 --> 00:02:44,060 Does luck exist or does it not exist? 57 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:46,460 But it really is, it's manufacturing a situation. 58 00:02:46,460 --> 00:02:49,330 So I am incredibly lucky to, to have these opportunities. 59 00:02:49,330 --> 00:02:51,710 But you, you do orchestrate them yourself. 60 00:02:51,710 --> 00:02:53,910 And that's just from Graft and 61 00:02:53,910 --> 00:02:56,570 Craft, that's the, the title of this talk on being deft. 62 00:02:56,570 --> 00:03:01,630 It's, it's, it's trying to do your best to make the situation work for you, but 63 00:03:01,630 --> 00:03:04,660 not in a like a, like a horrible trying to manipulate way, but 64 00:03:04,660 --> 00:03:08,010 just in a, I love stuff and I'd like to do more things, and 65 00:03:08,010 --> 00:03:11,170 I'm gonna try my best to make the situation work for me. 66 00:03:11,170 --> 00:03:13,410 So that's what I, I did over the years. 67 00:03:13,410 --> 00:03:15,450 Over sort of like eight, nearly ten years. 68 00:03:15,450 --> 00:03:18,670 And then I just got a lovely email one day, which was, hello from Aardmen, and 69 00:03:18,670 --> 00:03:20,030 it was just the most incredible email. 70 00:03:20,030 --> 00:03:22,508 And I've never applied to anything so quick in my life. 71 00:03:22,508 --> 00:03:23,873 H-hello, huh! 72 00:03:23,873 --> 00:03:29,680 And I went in to see them eight years ago and say hello, and I, I've never left. 73 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,370 I, I hope they never make me leave. 74 00:03:31,370 --> 00:03:33,510 I love this place. 75 00:03:33,510 --> 00:03:38,100 So being seen in design, I'm, I'm responsible for the, well technically for 76 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:39,390 the digital division, and 77 00:03:39,390 --> 00:03:43,910 that is a team that takes sort of like the, the characters and 78 00:03:43,910 --> 00:03:47,230 what else that Aardman makes, the films and, and, and, and all the properties and 79 00:03:47,230 --> 00:03:52,150 all the things they own, and we give them a digital home so it's apps or games or. 80 00:03:52,150 --> 00:03:53,920 Anything, anything interactive, digital. 81 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,120 But then that's also part of with like a third party design studio as 82 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:01,160 well that we make stuff for other people. 83 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,280 So Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, and generally lovely, 84 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:09,730 fun, wholesome things, and this is what I wanna cover in my talk. 85 00:04:09,730 --> 00:04:13,420 I love the fact that I'm at this place, that it's whole mantra, it's whole reason 86 00:04:13,420 --> 00:04:19,900 for being is to entertain people to delight them, to make them feel something. 87 00:04:19,900 --> 00:04:23,320 I feel really strongly that we're all in this world, where we're all 88 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,410 pushing pixels around and stuff, and it's get a bit stressy sometimes. 89 00:04:26,410 --> 00:04:27,645 And this works, and this doesn't work. 90 00:04:27,645 --> 00:04:31,779 And clients [SOUND], but we've all go this really rad opportunity and 91 00:04:31,779 --> 00:04:36,837 obligation, to make people feel stuff, you know, even your UX decisions are about 92 00:04:36,837 --> 00:04:41,627 people understanding what you want them to do, or direct them in the right way. 93 00:04:41,627 --> 00:04:45,869 Like that's amazing, we're affecting how people think, so I really don't take that 94 00:04:45,869 --> 00:04:48,810 decision lightly and get stoked on being able to make stuff. 95 00:04:50,060 --> 00:04:54,660 So I love doing what I do at Aardman And just, over the years, and 96 00:04:54,660 --> 00:04:57,050 this is what I'm gonna come to, I have managed to, through, sort of, 97 00:04:57,050 --> 00:04:59,510 like, excitement, and just bugging people. 98 00:04:59,510 --> 00:05:02,680 And just, showing what I do, and 99 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,940 showing what I do in my own time, personal projects. 100 00:05:05,940 --> 00:05:07,400 Just silly little experiments. 101 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,270 Just kind of gain the trust of, of people during my day job. 102 00:05:10,270 --> 00:05:13,040 And that's kinda the whole thing that I wanna, I wanna cover. 103 00:05:15,010 --> 00:05:17,750 So this is, this is just a little, a little video, just a little montage of 104 00:05:17,750 --> 00:05:20,100 just some, some of the stuff that we've worked on recently. 105 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:23,410 And it's all sorts of stuff, like did a lot of Flash games. 106 00:05:23,410 --> 00:05:24,960 Woo Flash. 107 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,460 Back in the day and now, you know, 108 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:32,580 moving into sort of native games and, and tablets and then just everything really. 109 00:05:32,580 --> 00:05:34,350 We're not exclusively any one thing, 110 00:05:34,350 --> 00:05:37,390 just really nice to have that diversity as well which is just being in an arena. 111 00:05:37,390 --> 00:05:41,230 You know, I'm not just a UX designer or a UI designer, it's, you know, 112 00:05:41,230 --> 00:05:45,460 it might be a game logo, it might be, I did all the animated motion graphics for 113 00:05:45,460 --> 00:05:47,650 all the stuff that you see sort of moving in this. 114 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:53,260 I'm not, proficient in that stuff, it's not what my job title says I am, 115 00:05:53,260 --> 00:05:56,010 but, cuz I've showed excitement and enthusiasm, and 116 00:05:56,010 --> 00:05:58,850 willing to connect all these dots, cuz that's all really all this stuff is. 117 00:05:58,850 --> 00:06:03,160 You know, all these different divisions of your y, your x, blah, blah, blah. 118 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,090 It's all the same. 119 00:06:04,090 --> 00:06:05,430 It's just making stuff, isn't it? 120 00:06:05,430 --> 00:06:07,080 I don't like that there's, these clear. 121 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:11,570 There's this clear borders between things, and I don't think there should be, 122 00:06:11,570 --> 00:06:15,480 I feel very strongly especially in education actually, that you're kind of 123 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:18,530 even just at 15, 16, you're asked what you want to be when you grow up. 124 00:06:18,530 --> 00:06:22,260 Well, I wish I had the foresight to go well, 125 00:06:22,260 --> 00:06:25,090 that's a complex situation and I really know yes, and 126 00:06:25,090 --> 00:06:28,760 I have interests in this, this, and this but you just go oh, [INAUDIBLE]. 127 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:33,340 You know, you're, you're already focused down to this pinpoint of this is who you 128 00:06:33,340 --> 00:06:35,390 are, this is what you do, and that is what you will stay, and 129 00:06:35,390 --> 00:06:39,180 I don't like that, you know, I like it to be, to be wide and open. 130 00:06:39,180 --> 00:06:41,000 But, what I'm gonna talk a little bit about, 131 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:46,120 half about is the redesign of aardman.com and, and 132 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,430 this is, so this is something that's been going off for the past couple of years. 133 00:06:50,430 --> 00:06:55,360 And we've had, we've had sites that were previously beautiful. 134 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:56,270 I didn't, I didn't design them. 135 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,500 Designed by incredible creatives. 136 00:06:59,500 --> 00:07:04,818 And they were just like these works of art, you couldn't use them. 137 00:07:04,818 --> 00:07:06,580 At all [LAUGH]. 138 00:07:06,580 --> 00:07:09,753 But that did not, that was part of the charm at the time it was like, 139 00:07:09,753 --> 00:07:13,665 to find the contact details, you had to have this pop-up head box character, and 140 00:07:13,665 --> 00:07:15,042 he'd have to pop his brain. 141 00:07:15,042 --> 00:07:16,474 It would literally unfurl, and 142 00:07:16,474 --> 00:07:19,240 then you went to follow a thread just to get the email address. 143 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,100 And stuff like that. 144 00:07:20,100 --> 00:07:24,865 And it's stuff like, I could see this UI [UNKNOWN] go, oh, my God! 145 00:07:24,865 --> 00:07:26,020 [LAUGH] But it was beautiful. 146 00:07:26,020 --> 00:07:26,710 It was incredible. 147 00:07:26,710 --> 00:07:28,570 And this was this was, you know a good ten, 148 00:07:28,570 --> 00:07:32,050 15 years ago, when there wasn't those sort of standards there. 149 00:07:32,050 --> 00:07:35,330 So, so we found beautiful sites, but then when I joined, and 150 00:07:35,330 --> 00:07:38,130 as technologies advanced, and obviously now we're at a point where, 151 00:07:39,170 --> 00:07:42,120 essentially, Aardman makes visual things that move. 152 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:44,630 And, you know, prior to the site that we have now, 153 00:07:44,630 --> 00:07:47,850 there was not really any way to watch those pieces of content, 154 00:07:47,850 --> 00:07:50,390 which is quite crazy, but that's the limitations you have. 155 00:07:50,390 --> 00:07:53,316 So going forwards, this, this, the kind of, 156 00:07:53,316 --> 00:07:58,160 the, the, the, the brief was essentially just takers forwards, you know. 157 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,230 And, and it was very much, it was an internal project so 158 00:08:00,230 --> 00:08:01,440 it was really, really small. 159 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,980 There was a correct director, there was a producer, there was a developer, there was 160 00:08:04,980 --> 00:08:08,660 a designer which was myself, and we had a few other design supports as well. 161 00:08:08,660 --> 00:08:11,270 Which was great but very, very small team. 162 00:08:11,270 --> 00:08:17,480 And it was kind of us directing it, as we went really, it was, okay. 163 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,440 You know, how do we get all of this content? 164 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,350 And they've made a lot of stuff. 165 00:08:21,350 --> 00:08:24,490 You know, Aardman was started by two schoolboy friends, Pete Lord and 166 00:08:24,490 --> 00:08:25,810 Dave Sprochston. 167 00:08:25,810 --> 00:08:30,670 In the late 70s, just by using a stop frame camera on their kitchen table, 168 00:08:30,670 --> 00:08:31,550 making animation. 169 00:08:31,550 --> 00:08:32,950 So there was never really a plan. 170 00:08:32,950 --> 00:08:35,120 It's not like, right, here's a business plan, let's go. 171 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:36,890 We're gonna do this, then this, then this. 172 00:08:36,890 --> 00:08:39,790 It was, it's been this wonderful meandering journey. 173 00:08:39,790 --> 00:08:42,710 So it's taking, you know, nearly 40 years worth of work, 174 00:08:42,710 --> 00:08:45,020 and then showing that to people. 175 00:08:45,020 --> 00:08:45,800 Organizing that. 176 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:46,930 Categorizing that. 177 00:08:46,930 --> 00:08:50,270 And then letting people find it the best way they can, 178 00:08:50,270 --> 00:08:52,980 because now people are looking at the, the site for example. 179 00:08:52,980 --> 00:08:55,760 Our commercial team used it loads, because it's a great tool for them. 180 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,490 And when they're showing off, the latest brilliant directors who are making all 181 00:08:59,490 --> 00:09:03,750 sorts of films and ads and whatever they may be making, their personal project. 182 00:09:03,750 --> 00:09:05,770 They needed a way to show this stuff. 183 00:09:05,770 --> 00:09:09,920 So it was really complicated, because it was lots of stakeholders that wanted 184 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:11,610 the site to do lots of different things, 185 00:09:11,610 --> 00:09:15,120 but I myself, as a designer, find that an amazing challenge. 186 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,940 It was terrifying, utterly terrifying. 187 00:09:17,940 --> 00:09:22,220 Take this company, and make sure it looks good. 188 00:09:22,220 --> 00:09:23,080 Make sure it works good. 189 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,410 That is, like, what an amazing honor. 190 00:09:26,410 --> 00:09:29,310 It's just, it's just this kid in [UNKNOWN], not going to university, and, 191 00:09:29,310 --> 00:09:34,030 and feeling like I would never really have any opportunities to do exciting things. 192 00:09:34,030 --> 00:09:38,400 I, I, I, I was getting to, to d-design the digital face of this, this place that I 193 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:41,800 loved, so it was a real trying to balance my play it cool Geoff yeah, 194 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,670 it's all good yeah, I know what I'm doing yeah, we're gonna do this just going oh, 195 00:09:44,670 --> 00:09:47,460 my god, you know, just getting so stoked on everything. 196 00:09:47,460 --> 00:09:49,120 So I was trying to balance all of that. 197 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,120 Trying to balance my own personal excitement for 198 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,680 the project with what's right for everyone else as well, and I really liked that, 199 00:09:55,680 --> 00:10:00,490 I really like the fact that I get to, I got to, to apply what I think I 200 00:10:00,490 --> 00:10:05,100 would like to see in a site in a list of digital experience and 201 00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:09,120 stuff, and it was, it was things like we had to have a really good. 202 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,500 Filtering system, because you come to the site and 203 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:15,420 you're presented with every piece of work, we've ever done, ever. 204 00:10:15,420 --> 00:10:18,450 That's a lot, that's of stuff. 205 00:10:18,450 --> 00:10:20,487 We didn't wanna lead with a certain, you know, 206 00:10:20,487 --> 00:10:23,530 didn't wanna just show you feature films or just show you commercials. 207 00:10:23,530 --> 00:10:26,660 It needs to be so about, this is the latest output from the studio. 208 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:27,430 But behind that, 209 00:10:27,430 --> 00:10:31,550 we needed to really let people granularly break down what we were gonna see. 210 00:10:31,550 --> 00:10:36,050 So we just did iteration upon iteration of, of tag systems. 211 00:10:36,050 --> 00:10:38,360 Of, of, of nav systems. 212 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:42,660 We have this, this lovely little, there's a little spaceship rocket from Wallace and 213 00:10:42,660 --> 00:10:44,520 Gromit, that would sort of like hover and wiggle. 214 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,210 Above, above a page when you were on it. 215 00:10:46,210 --> 00:10:47,280 And you would click it. 216 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:48,910 And then it, it would shoot off. 217 00:10:48,910 --> 00:10:51,710 And as it shot off, it would leave this trail of smoke and then the smoke covered 218 00:10:51,710 --> 00:10:54,740 it, and then you have all your choices that you would turn on. 219 00:10:54,740 --> 00:10:56,840 Okay, I wanna watch feature films with Wallace and 220 00:10:56,840 --> 00:10:59,960 Gromit, directed by Merlin Crossingham in a stop-frame. 221 00:10:59,960 --> 00:11:03,230 Like, like you could turn on all these different options, and it was wonderful 222 00:11:03,230 --> 00:11:06,860 but it just, you know, you just go through iteration upon iteration, do loads of 223 00:11:06,860 --> 00:11:10,980 user testing which I highly, highly recommend and, you know, people would be. 224 00:11:10,980 --> 00:11:13,740 Well they'd basically be clicking the rocket all the time, and 225 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:15,510 not using the system for what it was. 226 00:11:15,510 --> 00:11:18,070 So there was a lot of give and take and 227 00:11:18,070 --> 00:11:22,490 trying to work out what was gonna be best for Aardman, and for people to find their 228 00:11:22,490 --> 00:11:27,420 stuff and it was just this wicked experience of geeking out on the archives. 229 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:28,610 Oh, man. 230 00:11:28,610 --> 00:11:32,200 You can't really see them here, but you'll be able to have a look at the internet 231 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:38,230 later like the history page was my favorite because essentially I really like 232 00:11:38,230 --> 00:11:43,330 this, you know, we've all got to, you know the design pages, sort of they have to do 233 00:11:43,330 --> 00:11:47,800 lots of specific jobs in lots of specific ways, so it never really has one form. 234 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:49,244 Do you know what I mean? 235 00:11:49,244 --> 00:11:51,802 it's sort of like [INAUDIBLE] responsible device, but 236 00:11:51,802 --> 00:11:54,680 I still like that old classic graphic design approach. 237 00:11:54,680 --> 00:11:55,970 This is how it will be. 238 00:11:55,970 --> 00:12:00,430 So designing the history page was amazing, because I just got to raid the archives. 239 00:12:00,430 --> 00:12:07,430 There was this, this file server that's just got every single image from dot, 240 00:12:07,430 --> 00:12:11,290 that the guys have ever made behind the scene sketches and armatures, so you see. 241 00:12:11,290 --> 00:12:14,870 Little plasticine tests and sketches, and photographs of, 242 00:12:14,870 --> 00:12:17,170 of metal skeletons, and animated. 243 00:12:17,170 --> 00:12:20,880 And, like, all of this incredible, like, world of stuff. 244 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:21,750 And I just got to rate it. 245 00:12:21,750 --> 00:12:26,420 This is what was so lovely, because of, of having, working with people, and 246 00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:28,080 sort of building up a bit of a trust. 247 00:12:29,750 --> 00:12:33,160 They were just kind of like off you go. 248 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,420 Show us some stuff when you're ready to show us some stuff, and 249 00:12:35,420 --> 00:12:36,250 that was wonderful. 250 00:12:36,250 --> 00:12:40,370 So, ready in the archives and finding old pictures and characters, and 251 00:12:40,370 --> 00:12:44,470 telling the story of the history of [UNKNOWN] sort of graphical means and 252 00:12:44,470 --> 00:12:47,480 then it's, it's sort of lovely response and all that jazz. 253 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,436 But that was really, really nice to apply some graphic design sensibilities, and 254 00:12:51,436 --> 00:12:54,276 emotion as well and just kind of using big imagery and just- 255 00:12:54,276 --> 00:12:56,796 [BLANK_AUDIO] 256 00:12:56,796 --> 00:12:58,680 Not really caring about the technical. 257 00:12:58,680 --> 00:12:59,980 That was, that was what was lovely. 258 00:12:59,980 --> 00:13:02,460 I like to push [LAUGH] the people that you work with. 259 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:05,100 And we had this fantastic set of developers that, 260 00:13:05,100 --> 00:13:06,070 that they looked at, as well. 261 00:13:06,070 --> 00:13:09,160 They brought their creative magic to it. 262 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:13,180 And I purposely, you know, just throw in a few awkward drop shadows. 263 00:13:13,180 --> 00:13:13,710 Why not, you know? 264 00:13:13,710 --> 00:13:16,890 You're not really alive until you've experienced an awkward CSS drop 265 00:13:16,890 --> 00:13:17,900 shadow, right? 266 00:13:17,900 --> 00:13:20,340 So, it's nice just to throw that stuff in there and just, you know, 267 00:13:20,340 --> 00:13:21,040 it should be fun. 268 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,790 It should be, it should be silly. 269 00:13:22,790 --> 00:13:23,440 It should be bold. 270 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,050 So that was really really nice. 271 00:13:25,050 --> 00:13:29,799 And so, for all this whole process, I would just like, I would love, 272 00:13:29,799 --> 00:13:35,030 I would love, love, love to redesign all the print work, you know, I'm a, 273 00:13:35,030 --> 00:13:40,850 a, a it seems a digital designer very much screen based designer when I first joined. 274 00:13:40,850 --> 00:13:44,929 But I secretly harbored the dream of, of doing all the print design cuz that's what 275 00:13:44,929 --> 00:13:48,810 the, the little bit of education I had, was graphic design so I kind of. 276 00:13:48,810 --> 00:13:51,430 That's where my, where everything lies for me. 277 00:13:51,430 --> 00:13:54,980 And I was like I'd love to, to redesign everything, but saying that word was 278 00:13:56,230 --> 00:14:00,950 terrifying, because the powers that be, you know, that costs money, that costs 279 00:14:00,950 --> 00:14:04,930 time, that's, that's not just, here's your website, let's make something new. 280 00:14:04,930 --> 00:14:07,230 It was a big, you know, it was a big undertaking for 281 00:14:07,230 --> 00:14:10,030 everyone in the whole company to get used to this stuff and. 282 00:14:10,030 --> 00:14:11,940 Just thought that this never, is never gonna happen. 283 00:14:11,940 --> 00:14:15,910 But what did happen, which was lovely, was we did you know, we redesigned the website 284 00:14:15,910 --> 00:14:19,140 and that's we designed some, some digital template things for, you know, 285 00:14:19,140 --> 00:14:21,790 Akina, PowerPoint and, and all the digital stuff. 286 00:14:21,790 --> 00:14:25,540 But then that meant that sort of like the guys would be, you know, well, we've given 287 00:14:25,540 --> 00:14:29,150 these talks and we got this digital stuff and then our business cards don't match. 288 00:14:29,150 --> 00:14:31,820 Do you not thing our business cards should match? 289 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:36,090 This, I, yes, I do think the business card should match this. 290 00:14:36,090 --> 00:14:37,260 I have just the idea. 291 00:14:37,260 --> 00:14:40,090 And then that was a, a, I just joined this amazing oh, 292 00:14:40,090 --> 00:14:45,330 maybe oh, my Mac's gonna go to sleep soon unless plugged into a power outlet, so 293 00:14:45,330 --> 00:14:47,240 You know, that's just totes profresh isn't it? 294 00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,090 So you know, don't worry, talk amongst yourselves a sec, 295 00:14:50,090 --> 00:14:51,325 hang on, hold your horses. 296 00:14:51,325 --> 00:14:52,920 [LAUGH]. 297 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:53,800 >> Tote profesh, right? 298 00:14:55,190 --> 00:14:56,558 I'm glad this talk's being filmed as well. 299 00:14:56,558 --> 00:14:57,675 [LAUGH]. 300 00:14:57,675 --> 00:14:59,640 Its all right. 301 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,090 Gotta live. 302 00:15:01,090 --> 00:15:02,552 Live on the edge. 303 00:15:02,552 --> 00:15:03,629 2%, wow. 304 00:15:03,629 --> 00:15:05,680 Anyway, back in business. 305 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:06,950 Anyway what was that? 306 00:15:06,950 --> 00:15:08,500 Rebrand, that's it. 307 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:11,360 So I was looking at actually it, it, it happened. 308 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:13,160 It was okay then, do it. 309 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,730 You've, you've not messed up doing the, doing the website. 310 00:15:16,730 --> 00:15:19,080 You know, I luckily, luckily got a chance to do that. 311 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,020 So that was another fantastic opportunity. 312 00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:23,100 That was an massive thing in itself as well. 313 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:25,420 How do you take much like the website? 314 00:15:25,420 --> 00:15:28,000 How do you take 40 years worth of imagery? 315 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:33,290 And convey that this is what you do, but not over powering everyone, but 316 00:15:33,290 --> 00:15:36,395 not relying just on the one set of characters, for example Wallace and 317 00:15:36,395 --> 00:15:39,890 Gromit, but then not just using new characters that may be not everyone knows. 318 00:15:39,890 --> 00:15:43,080 Because you do still want wanna reference the the things you created in the past 319 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,860 that maybe you're known for but you also don't want to be stuck knowing for that. 320 00:15:46,860 --> 00:15:47,760 Like where'd you sit? 321 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:49,440 Where'd you sit in this confusing thing? 322 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:51,550 And, and that went back and forth a lot, and 323 00:15:51,550 --> 00:15:54,490 that was an awful lot of trying to understand what would be right for 324 00:15:54,490 --> 00:15:58,060 everyone, because the people that give out these cards, it's like what and it's, 325 00:15:58,060 --> 00:16:00,580 it's, it's like [INAUDIBLE] what is the reason for you giving out? 326 00:16:00,580 --> 00:16:02,870 What emotion do you wanna elicit and all that stuff, so 327 00:16:02,870 --> 00:16:07,490 it was it in the end what happened was, the classic, right, this isn't gonna work. 328 00:16:07,490 --> 00:16:11,020 I'm just gonna do this idea just to get it out of my head, just to prove to everyone. 329 00:16:11,020 --> 00:16:15,889 Putting every single character we've ever made on a pattern does not work, so 330 00:16:15,889 --> 00:16:20,343 I few, threw a few on there you know, yeah, it's gonna be a mess. 331 00:16:20,343 --> 00:16:23,312 I put ten on there. 332 00:16:23,312 --> 00:16:25,160 That's actually quite nice oh, flipping heck. 333 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:26,510 I can guarantee on that. 334 00:16:26,510 --> 00:16:29,660 And it did so, so in the end with the decision that the only way we 335 00:16:29,660 --> 00:16:32,230 could get round with hopefully showing this, this love and warmth and 336 00:16:32,230 --> 00:16:36,026 this stuff that everyone makes that they love making, let's just show everything. 337 00:16:36,026 --> 00:16:41,200 But, with the ad, advent of wonderfully digital printing, is we could 338 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:46,140 have every single person has 18 variations of card in their business card pack. 339 00:16:46,140 --> 00:16:48,710 They have six fronts with all their details, and 340 00:16:48,710 --> 00:16:52,210 each six has a different character on then, and then on the back they have 341 00:16:52,210 --> 00:16:56,968 three different sets of character patterns all formed around the arm and star. 342 00:16:56,968 --> 00:17:01,050 It did mean that our lovely princess [UNKNOWN] shout out to Rick, 343 00:17:01,050 --> 00:17:03,899 just sent him about four zillion files, and 344 00:17:03,899 --> 00:17:07,749 then in return, he sort of went dog for a couple of days, and 345 00:17:07,749 --> 00:17:13,168 then he just sent me a picture back of a huge pallet of 40,780 business cards. 346 00:17:13,168 --> 00:17:17,182 You know, when you just go yeah, this is pretty, so did I spell check everything? 347 00:17:17,182 --> 00:17:19,130 Luckily he didn't get anything wrong. 348 00:17:19,130 --> 00:17:20,900 This is fantastic. 349 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:23,050 so, you know, that was amazing to carry through. 350 00:17:23,050 --> 00:17:25,410 To start with the digital stuff and then we went, you can't see it, 351 00:17:25,410 --> 00:17:27,850 but this compliment on the compliment slip says, you look great. 352 00:17:27,850 --> 00:17:29,670 Why not? You might as well compliment people. 353 00:17:29,670 --> 00:17:30,410 [INAUDIBLE] concept or not. 354 00:17:30,410 --> 00:17:31,840 Compliment, right. 355 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,026 Is that why they're called compliments [INAUDIBLE]. 356 00:17:33,026 --> 00:17:33,812 Anyway and 357 00:17:33,812 --> 00:17:37,750 then I just try to make some people feel something that's really important. 358 00:17:37,750 --> 00:17:41,767 So, any letter that goes out we've got this kit of sticker sheets basically that 359 00:17:41,767 --> 00:17:45,607 you can just take any, any of the little assemblies of the mouths and faces and 360 00:17:45,607 --> 00:17:46,808 stick them on letters. 361 00:17:46,808 --> 00:17:49,508 So, suddenly they're not a letter, they're not a package anymore they, 362 00:17:49,508 --> 00:17:52,124 you've given them something and then it's a character, it's a think, 363 00:17:52,124 --> 00:17:54,950 they've been give, you know, if you've got this, this thing in the post from 364 00:17:54,950 --> 00:17:58,040 Aardman then hopefully you will smile and you will feel something. 365 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,530 So it was really nice to, to do that stuff and, you know, they are really simple. 366 00:18:01,530 --> 00:18:03,530 Easy thing, that's literally just a sticker sheet. 367 00:18:03,530 --> 00:18:06,640 But it's just those little details I find really, really helping. 368 00:18:06,640 --> 00:18:08,790 And help you make a connection with people. 369 00:18:08,790 --> 00:18:13,660 And because I sort of had show my excitement for 370 00:18:13,660 --> 00:18:15,210 these differ, different levels of stuff. 371 00:18:15,210 --> 00:18:18,400 So it was nice to start just designing, you know, do print. 372 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:21,440 Over the years, I have managed to do with the things like been involved in 373 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:23,360 photography, just helping out where I can. 374 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:26,590 If, if, if, if, if and if it's useful to anyone, I love just saying hey, 375 00:18:26,590 --> 00:18:29,530 I could snap some behind the scenes pics, or, or be useful. 376 00:18:29,530 --> 00:18:32,720 And it's, it's so surprising when people know that you do, or 377 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:35,740 know you're interested, and know you love something. 378 00:18:35,740 --> 00:18:37,740 They'll want to share that. 379 00:18:37,740 --> 00:18:39,650 They'll want you to, to do that. 380 00:18:39,650 --> 00:18:40,256 So they might ask, 381 00:18:40,256 --> 00:18:43,700 [UNKNOWN] could you shoot a few pictures, could you shoot some film, and? 382 00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:46,890 You know, it's fantastic not, not, not having an education, so 383 00:18:46,890 --> 00:18:50,010 for not having it being my profession you can learn because you 384 00:18:50,010 --> 00:18:52,810 learn in your own time in your personal projects. 385 00:18:52,810 --> 00:18:54,310 They also take you forward and 386 00:18:54,310 --> 00:18:58,240 it just, you're in this wonderful circular world where your, your, your day job or, 387 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:01,420 or, or what you get paid to do so if feeds what you do in your personal time. 388 00:19:01,420 --> 00:19:03,840 And then it's just this, this ongoing spiral and it's fantastic. 389 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,210 This is a little, a little film I made about [UNKNOWN], 390 00:19:06,210 --> 00:19:07,930 who's, a no nonsense northerner. 391 00:19:07,930 --> 00:19:09,250 He's the best bloke in the world. 392 00:19:09,250 --> 00:19:10,300 That, he's our head model maker. 393 00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:14,370 And he made a morph morph homage to Tony Hart. 394 00:19:14,370 --> 00:19:14,940 He's amazing. 395 00:19:14,940 --> 00:19:16,260 He whipped this up in, like, half a day. 396 00:19:16,260 --> 00:19:18,001 Just, [SOUND] here we go. 397 00:19:18,001 --> 00:19:19,380 We'll make a little bit of silver hair. 398 00:19:19,380 --> 00:19:21,320 We'll make a little tiny paintbrush, incredible. 399 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:21,990 You know? 400 00:19:21,990 --> 00:19:24,250 So, to be surrounded by that. 401 00:19:24,250 --> 00:19:25,600 That talent and that craft. 402 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:26,610 I think that's the thing, 403 00:19:26,610 --> 00:19:29,260 I think we all, you know, we're pushing pictures around all the time, and 404 00:19:29,260 --> 00:19:33,472 it's so refreshing to have a bit of tactility and get that where we can. 405 00:19:33,472 --> 00:19:36,820 I think, we obviously have this massive boom, in sort of like the early 2000s, 406 00:19:36,820 --> 00:19:40,870 everything's digital, everything's all really sort of futuristic, and 407 00:19:40,870 --> 00:19:44,130 then we have like the craft resurgences of the late 2000s, 408 00:19:44,130 --> 00:19:46,630 because we're all sick to death of computers. 409 00:19:46,630 --> 00:19:50,520 But not I feel like we're just, it just together, do you know, 410 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,220 I mean it all just sits on a level playing field. 411 00:19:52,220 --> 00:19:55,816 There's no sort of dying need to do this, dying need to do that. 412 00:19:55,816 --> 00:19:59,437 It's just craft and digital and physical and digital, can just sit together and I, 413 00:19:59,437 --> 00:20:02,560 I think that's really awesome, and I'm glad we've got to that point. 414 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,648 We're talking about personal projects. 415 00:20:04,648 --> 00:20:07,140 This is, this is what I wanna sort of stress. 416 00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:09,810 I do loads on my own time, because I'm just excited by it. 417 00:20:09,810 --> 00:20:11,320 I go under the name of Jamfactory. 418 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:12,420 God, I've got 20 minutes left. 419 00:20:12,420 --> 00:20:14,690 Look at that. I go under the name of Jamfactory cause I, 420 00:20:14,690 --> 00:20:17,420 I, well, I've got to call it a name. 421 00:20:17,420 --> 00:20:18,650 It's as simple as that. 422 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:19,930 I couldn't think of a cool name at the time. 423 00:20:19,930 --> 00:20:23,520 I just needed a domain name and went Jamfactory, okay. 424 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,900 But I like to try my hand at a bit of everything from graphic design to 425 00:20:26,900 --> 00:20:29,490 characters to products to teach anything. 426 00:20:29,490 --> 00:20:32,220 Because it's just all pictures and stuff isn't it? 427 00:20:32,220 --> 00:20:35,170 Again I don't like those divides, just sort of smash the walls down. 428 00:20:35,170 --> 00:20:36,970 Why not? Because they're just, 429 00:20:36,970 --> 00:20:41,710 they're only self imposed rules, there are only, we as humans just invented them. 430 00:20:41,710 --> 00:20:44,610 Well this is this discipline, this is this discipline. 431 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:47,990 But that's not in nature, that's, you know what I mean, that's not any movable force. 432 00:20:47,990 --> 00:20:49,460 Just go no, well I'm gonna take it, 433 00:20:49,460 --> 00:20:52,820 skateboard and merge it with a book and make it a digital thing. 434 00:20:52,820 --> 00:20:54,530 You know, you can do that stuff, and that's fantastic. 435 00:20:54,530 --> 00:20:59,340 So, I like trying my hands at, at stuff and, from, I love toys and 436 00:20:59,340 --> 00:21:02,890 characters, and I've been fortunate enough to make my own vinyl toy range simply 437 00:21:02,890 --> 00:21:06,470 because I emailed a toy company, and hello! 438 00:21:06,470 --> 00:21:09,880 I like toys, can I make a toy? 439 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,700 And luckily or not luck, you manufacture the situation, 440 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:15,550 they were looking to work with someone at the same time. 441 00:21:17,090 --> 00:21:19,830 And they said yes, and so, I got a toy, which is fantastic! 442 00:21:19,830 --> 00:21:22,188 Actually, I brought a couple with me, just to give out. 443 00:21:22,188 --> 00:21:24,902 Just for free. You, sir, look like a nice man, 444 00:21:24,902 --> 00:21:28,204 you can have one [SOUND] Bosh, there we go. 445 00:21:28,204 --> 00:21:32,548 Just cuz I like, you know, it really fun making this stuff, like I like channeling 446 00:21:32,548 --> 00:21:36,860 that inner child, and just bright colors and silliness, because why not, you know? 447 00:21:36,860 --> 00:21:39,920 I've got no grander reasoning behind that. 448 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,500 And I still do a lot of photography. 449 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,200 And this is what's, what's feeding what I'm doing in my day job and 450 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,258 night job, and I just love merging it all together. 451 00:21:46,258 --> 00:21:48,144 [SOUND] Oh, hello. 452 00:21:48,144 --> 00:21:50,112 Sorry yeah. 453 00:21:50,112 --> 00:21:52,100 You know how I said there's no sound in that video. 454 00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:54,151 Sorry, there was sound in the video. 455 00:21:54,151 --> 00:21:55,290 But I just, I don't. 456 00:21:55,290 --> 00:21:58,700 This is very much a learning curve, very much all the time. 457 00:21:58,700 --> 00:21:59,990 I don't really know what's happening. 458 00:21:59,990 --> 00:22:03,640 But I love that process, I love figuring it out. 459 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:06,590 You know, it's, it's generally it's just. 460 00:22:06,590 --> 00:22:11,060 If you don't understand it, it's a setting or it's a, it's a method, it's a, 461 00:22:11,060 --> 00:22:12,660 you can learn this stuff. 462 00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:14,520 It's all learnable, you know? 463 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,460 We're not professing that you can just try open heart surgery, you know? 464 00:22:17,460 --> 00:22:20,970 I won't just pop into a hospital, go, reckon I'll figure this out. 465 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:22,900 Oh, sorry. 466 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:23,587 I got that wrong. 467 00:22:23,587 --> 00:22:25,449 [LAUGH] You know, you're not professing to do that stuff. 468 00:22:26,900 --> 00:22:29,370 And I forget that I am a jack of all, I usually slide a lot. 469 00:22:29,370 --> 00:22:33,670 Cuz I, I, I've never found anything that, that replicates it better. 470 00:22:33,670 --> 00:22:36,570 This is how I like to see all creative endeavors. 471 00:22:36,570 --> 00:22:39,740 I like to run straight ahead at the thing I don't understand. 472 00:22:39,740 --> 00:22:41,650 It looks awesome, 'cuz it's pink. 473 00:22:41,650 --> 00:22:44,320 And then you smash into it at 400 miles an hour. 474 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,270 You're [UNKNOWN] it, you're upside down, 475 00:22:46,270 --> 00:22:49,120 you don't know what's happening and then you do it all over again. 476 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:51,270 I hope I do this for the rest of my life. 477 00:22:51,270 --> 00:22:51,920 I really do. 478 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,650 This doesn't look like repetitive hell to me. 479 00:22:53,650 --> 00:22:56,530 This looks like just pure enjoyment and I like that. 480 00:22:56,530 --> 00:22:59,319 I like being a jack of all trades and not knowing what's going on. 481 00:22:59,319 --> 00:23:03,380 But I have since discovered that there's a better way of describing it, 482 00:23:03,380 --> 00:23:04,920 it's a polymath. 483 00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,950 I think this is, it's an olde fashioned term, polymath, 484 00:23:07,950 --> 00:23:12,240 of being sort of not multidisciplinary, its more like literally you are just 485 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:15,540 from all these different worlds and you bring them all together and I love that. 486 00:23:15,540 --> 00:23:17,270 I kind of feel like that's frowned upon now. 487 00:23:17,270 --> 00:23:21,070 You're educated or instructed down a path and that is what you are. 488 00:23:21,070 --> 00:23:22,610 I think it can be more than that. 489 00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:24,510 I think it can be all these things together. 490 00:23:24,510 --> 00:23:27,495 Like da Vinci, painter, sculptor, artist, you know mathematician. 491 00:23:27,495 --> 00:23:30,620 [INAUDIBLE] he's everything, he's all these different things. 492 00:23:30,620 --> 00:23:34,200 It's a lot, a lot of these people, but they seem to stop at a certain time point 493 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,080 in history and I would love us to bring that back. 494 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:37,410 I would love, you know, I'm a, 495 00:23:37,410 --> 00:23:40,440 I'm a essentially a poor man's polymath, that's what I am. 496 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:41,800 That's what a jack of all trades is. 497 00:23:41,800 --> 00:23:42,540 But I heard, you know, 498 00:23:42,540 --> 00:23:45,330 you guys are the people that could be the polymaths; you're the smart ones. 499 00:23:45,330 --> 00:23:48,379 So I really love that, I really love that resurgence to come back. 500 00:23:49,650 --> 00:23:53,460 Yeah just a shout out to Albert Camus who's an existentialist philosopher, 501 00:23:53,460 --> 00:23:56,980 novelist, playwright and international goalkeeper for Algeria. 502 00:23:56,980 --> 00:23:57,830 Not making that up. 503 00:23:57,830 --> 00:23:58,780 That's totally true. 504 00:23:58,780 --> 00:23:59,500 How rad is that? 505 00:23:59,500 --> 00:24:01,900 Oh and he's a member of the French Resistance. 506 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:03,240 He's your inspiration, right? 507 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,030 That's amazing. 508 00:24:05,030 --> 00:24:07,980 So I'm gonna rocket through this cause I've got 15 minutes left, oh God. 509 00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:12,980 Right so these are things I really wanna, I feel very strongly about and say yes. 510 00:24:12,980 --> 00:24:14,820 Cuz look what can happen when you say yes. 511 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:16,120 The Turtles meet the Power Rangers, hello. 512 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,040 And don't wait to be asked. 513 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,800 I feel very, very, very strongly about pursuing opportunities and, and 514 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:23,970 just putting yourself in a yes position. 515 00:24:23,970 --> 00:24:27,980 Being open to opportunities and or, if that opportunity isn't there, 516 00:24:27,980 --> 00:24:30,040 you can make it yourself. 517 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:32,290 And the thing I want to illustrate about this is, 518 00:24:32,290 --> 00:24:35,790 I was involved in Grommet [INAUDIBLE] I spoke about it last year a little bit. 519 00:24:35,790 --> 00:24:37,190 It's essentially a project in Bristol. 520 00:24:37,190 --> 00:24:39,460 80 5 foot tall dogs. 521 00:24:39,460 --> 00:24:40,610 Gromit dogs. 522 00:24:40,610 --> 00:24:44,750 They are all painted by artists on a 10 week trial for the public to enjoy then 523 00:24:44,750 --> 00:24:47,940 they were auctioned off for charity for the Bristol Children's Hospital. 524 00:24:47,940 --> 00:24:48,940 Wonderful cause. 525 00:24:48,940 --> 00:24:49,720 Wonderful project. 526 00:24:49,720 --> 00:24:51,610 I did anything I could to be involved and 527 00:24:51,610 --> 00:24:53,660 I was lucky enough to be chosen as an artist. 528 00:24:53,660 --> 00:24:56,990 I submitted like everyone else, it was just bowled over to, 529 00:24:56,990 --> 00:24:58,240 to be, to be involved in. 530 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:03,840 What happened over the, the period of that I just was so excited to be involved. 531 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:08,520 I would do anything to, to, to be involved at any point, to help, to be in it because 532 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,320 the power that we have as digital creators in any form is we can help people. 533 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,660 This is the stuff that not everyone knows. 534 00:25:14,660 --> 00:25:17,050 And having, being a bit of a jack-of-all-trades, and 535 00:25:17,050 --> 00:25:18,770 we've all got lots of diverse interests. 536 00:25:18,770 --> 00:25:20,530 Like, you can just use them to help people. 537 00:25:20,530 --> 00:25:23,360 We're in a really like, fortunate privileged position to sort of 538 00:25:23,360 --> 00:25:28,310 have this literacy, almost, of, of, [INAUDIBLE] of doing things. 539 00:25:28,310 --> 00:25:30,640 And also, getting access to figuring out how to do things. 540 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:31,610 And, therefore, to help people. 541 00:25:31,610 --> 00:25:33,817 So it's lovely to be involved in Gromit Leash. 542 00:25:33,817 --> 00:25:37,540 And I've only shown this video once before at John's conference, last, 543 00:25:37,540 --> 00:25:38,260 a couple of weeks ago. 544 00:25:39,810 --> 00:25:43,030 And it's, it's, it's a video of what happened after at the auction. 545 00:25:43,030 --> 00:25:44,940 So all 80 of these dogs went for auction. 546 00:25:44,940 --> 00:25:49,020 No one knew what was going to happen at all. 547 00:25:49,020 --> 00:25:49,840 Are they gonna sell? 548 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,640 Will they make any money for charity? 549 00:25:53,450 --> 00:25:57,450 You know, especially myself and others were not famous, big name artists. 550 00:25:57,450 --> 00:26:00,160 We're just people who love doing it, what's gonna happen? 551 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,850 And I've got this little excerpt from, from the auction. 552 00:26:03,850 --> 00:26:06,810 And I kinda wanna show it cuz I wanna show how therefore, how important, 553 00:26:07,830 --> 00:26:12,080 it really hammered home that going the extra mile and 554 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,420 just being involved in helping and, and what it matters. 555 00:26:14,420 --> 00:26:15,270 Let me show you the video. 556 00:26:15,270 --> 00:26:16,631 I'll probably have a little cry in there. 557 00:26:16,631 --> 00:26:18,680 And we'll, we'll have a look, then. 558 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,058 >> It won't last long down in that place. 559 00:26:21,058 --> 00:26:24,478 Anyway, super dooper, 10,000 times 26, somebody. 560 00:26:24,478 --> 00:26:25,548 10,000 pounds, yes? 561 00:26:25,548 --> 00:26:30,603 All right, 10,000, 11,000, 14,000, 16,000, 17 internet, thank you. 562 00:26:30,603 --> 00:26:32,270 Crack on at 19,000. 563 00:26:32,270 --> 00:26:35,078 We've got a 20,000, 21,000 on the internet. 564 00:26:35,078 --> 00:26:37,704 Now 21,000, 22,000. 565 00:26:37,704 --> 00:26:39,379 Now, 22 thousand. 566 00:26:39,379 --> 00:26:40,859 Internet bid 22. 567 00:26:40,859 --> 00:26:44,343 [UNKNOWN] at 22,000 pounds. 568 00:26:44,343 --> 00:26:44,981 Yes? 569 00:26:44,981 --> 00:26:46,914 Any more? At 22 thousand then. 570 00:26:46,914 --> 00:26:49,914 At 22 thousand [UNKNOWN] 23 thousand internet. 571 00:26:49,914 --> 00:26:52,034 Any more in Bristol at 23,000? 572 00:26:52,034 --> 00:26:59,238 Gabby will be pleased at 23,000, at 23,000, 23,000, 24,000 now. 573 00:26:59,238 --> 00:27:03,836 On the internet at 24,000 just back up at 24,000 more for 574 00:27:03,836 --> 00:27:05,988 the first time on the internet. 575 00:27:05,988 --> 00:27:09,610 24,000, 25,000 come again at 25,000. 576 00:27:09,610 --> 00:27:13,116 First time on the internet at 25,000, 577 00:27:13,116 --> 00:27:17,477 second time on the internet at 25,000 pounds. 578 00:27:17,477 --> 00:27:21,360 And for the third and last time, I'll need to, hovering, somebody's hovering. 579 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:25,131 And the third and last time on the internet is 25,000. 580 00:27:25,131 --> 00:27:26,302 25,000. 581 00:27:26,302 --> 00:27:30,378 I'll give you just an opportunity, you lovely generous Internet figures, 582 00:27:30,378 --> 00:27:31,600 wherever you are. 583 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,134 With all the, 26,000. 584 00:27:33,134 --> 00:27:34,380 He has come again. 585 00:27:34,380 --> 00:27:39,690 Waiting a second or two makes another thousand pounds to add to the grand total. 586 00:27:39,690 --> 00:27:43,830 For the unleashed 27,000 pounds just a bit of a [UNKNOWN] bit 587 00:27:43,830 --> 00:27:49,400 of a pause and 27,000 is a bit more hovering. 588 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,650 You know you don't want to miss it on the internet for 589 00:27:51,650 --> 00:27:55,840 a bid and you seem to be hovering some more. 590 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:57,202 God this is like watching paint dry. 591 00:27:57,202 --> 00:28:02,720 [LAUGH] [INAUDIBLE] we got a lot of paint dry around here too at 27,000 pounds. 592 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,594 But it's 27,000 pounds and what do you buy with 27,000 pounds? 593 00:28:06,594 --> 00:28:09,590 27,000 pounds and he's still hovering. 594 00:28:09,590 --> 00:28:10,790 He might bid 28,000. 595 00:28:10,790 --> 00:28:13,730 Do I wait or do I cut him off? 596 00:28:13,730 --> 00:28:14,772 I don't cut him off. 597 00:28:14,772 --> 00:28:17,749 [CROSSTALK] I can't cut him off. 598 00:28:17,749 --> 00:28:19,716 He wants to bid I think. 599 00:28:19,716 --> 00:28:21,096 He's a long way away. 600 00:28:21,096 --> 00:28:22,029 He wants to bid. 601 00:28:22,029 --> 00:28:23,949 Are you going on to 28,000 or not? 602 00:28:23,949 --> 00:28:25,560 But if you're not, I'm gonna sell it. 603 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:26,320 Okay? If you're seeing me 604 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,930 you've gone 28,000 you see? 605 00:28:27,930 --> 00:28:28,992 Another thousand pounds. 606 00:28:28,992 --> 00:28:31,430 [LAUGH] So back to that original internet meme. 607 00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:32,120 You gotta bid 30,000. 608 00:28:32,120 --> 00:28:33,070 Come on, internet friends. 609 00:28:33,070 --> 00:28:34,000 Just buck up. 610 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:36,346 This is a lot of people sitting in this room and they want to go home and 611 00:28:36,346 --> 00:28:36,975 have a cup of tea. 612 00:28:36,975 --> 00:28:38,623 >> [LAUGH]. >> Or bid for another lot. 613 00:28:38,623 --> 00:28:40,058 We have 29,000. 614 00:28:40,058 --> 00:28:43,498 Stop this hovering business and just bid 30,000 or not. 615 00:28:43,498 --> 00:28:48,290 Yes, you got to bid 30,000 on the internet but for the first time then at 29,000, for 616 00:28:48,290 --> 00:28:52,324 the second time, 29,000 pounds, you either bid up or not on the internet or 617 00:28:52,324 --> 00:28:55,033 I'm selling it at 29,000 [NOISE] and it's sold. 618 00:28:55,033 --> 00:28:58,664 [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE]. 619 00:28:58,664 --> 00:29:04,450 >> Oh my God, I, yeah, I, yeah, [LAUGH] I kind of feel str, strange when I do, watch 620 00:29:04,450 --> 00:29:10,089 that, and, it's just, and the reason I show it, it's just, oh my god, like, that, 621 00:29:10,089 --> 00:29:15,356 the only reason that that makes that much money is because this, this, this lovely 622 00:29:15,356 --> 00:29:20,398 man called Nick Park created a character when he was young because he believed in 623 00:29:20,398 --> 00:29:26,300 it, cause he wanted to, and the power of this animated animal that doesn't exist. 624 00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:27,110 Sorry. 625 00:29:27,110 --> 00:29:28,070 Doesn't exist. 626 00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:32,820 Doesn't speak, has inspired this, this, connection with people so much so 627 00:29:32,820 --> 00:29:36,040 that, that then you assemble this group of hundreds of artists and 628 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,870 hundreds of people wanting to organize and then share. 629 00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:43,260 And then it can make that money for a children's hospital with a birk like me 630 00:29:43,260 --> 00:29:45,786 and paints it pink and gold, why would you do that? 631 00:29:45,786 --> 00:29:49,940 [LAUGH] Why would you ruin a perfectly lovely good dog and make it pink and gold. 632 00:29:49,940 --> 00:29:53,830 But that was just incredible for me, to be a part of that and. 633 00:29:53,830 --> 00:29:56,610 That I'll never ever, ever forget that. 634 00:29:56,610 --> 00:29:58,960 And it just, it just was, like, this is incredible. 635 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:00,530 This is incredible to be a part of this. 636 00:30:00,530 --> 00:30:03,370 And it just reaffirms just how important it is that we kind of 637 00:30:03,370 --> 00:30:05,580 do stuff that matters, do stuff that matters. 638 00:30:05,580 --> 00:30:07,110 And then it's just gone mad. 639 00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:10,420 And just, anything I could do to help out with people would be. 640 00:30:10,420 --> 00:30:12,800 They were gonna make miniature toy versions of them all, the dogs. 641 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:13,590 Oh my God. Anything I 642 00:30:13,590 --> 00:30:17,140 could do to help make that a possibility to, to go for it, I will. 643 00:30:17,140 --> 00:30:22,870 Can I do a special packaging version with a gold illustrated and, 644 00:30:22,870 --> 00:30:25,090 digital number thing, got a little gold. 645 00:30:25,090 --> 00:30:27,400 You know, can I do that, and then we'll do a special version, and 646 00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,760 then I'll, I'll pop upstairs and ask Nick Park if I can collaborate with him. 647 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:32,560 Luckily enough he's the nicest man in the world and 648 00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,390 said yes, which was incredible, I think he's just too polite to say no. 649 00:30:35,390 --> 00:30:37,200 He's just lovely, he's so nice. 650 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:39,376 But that was like a live dream for me. 651 00:30:39,376 --> 00:30:42,030 So that went mental, and then, drawing a Nick Park character on 652 00:30:42,030 --> 00:30:44,830 a Nick Park character and Nick Park watching is ultimately terrifying but 653 00:30:44,830 --> 00:30:46,600 wonderful at the same time, and oh my God. 654 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:49,550 And then that just followed through that I would, in my own time of, so 655 00:30:49,550 --> 00:30:52,030 I took up the designing and the branding and packaging for Gromit and Lee. 656 00:30:52,030 --> 00:30:54,010 So doing all the box art stuff because I want to. 657 00:30:54,010 --> 00:30:57,330 And then that's, it sort of flowed into my day job and 658 00:30:57,330 --> 00:30:59,638 now we're doing all the digital website stuff. 659 00:30:59,638 --> 00:31:03,025 So I'm now doing the digital design for, for all of Gromit and 660 00:31:03,025 --> 00:31:07,210 Lee stuff going forward, but I've already done, sort of, the art side of it and 661 00:31:07,210 --> 00:31:09,220 then the production side, and that sort of flows through. 662 00:31:09,220 --> 00:31:11,300 So it's kind of gone the other way before and 663 00:31:11,300 --> 00:31:14,680 that's just fantastic to again have this excitement with. 664 00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,680 Because I'm so into the project, I care what people think, I want them to like it, 665 00:31:17,680 --> 00:31:18,610 want them to enjoy it. 666 00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:20,550 Having a webpage full of 80 massive, 667 00:31:20,550 --> 00:31:23,890 colorful squares of dogs, best bit of design I feel like I've ever done. 668 00:31:23,890 --> 00:31:26,320 I feel like I haven't done anything else, but look at the squares behind you. 669 00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,070 But it's just so joyous, so, so nice. 670 00:31:29,070 --> 00:31:31,716 I've, it's really nice that all this stuff sort of flows in and 671 00:31:31,716 --> 00:31:34,901 then I've got a chance at another Gromit because we wanted to celebrate a year 672 00:31:34,901 --> 00:31:37,212 since Gromit happened and it was such a positive thing. 673 00:31:37,212 --> 00:31:38,654 So I did a reverse gold and 674 00:31:38,654 --> 00:31:43,420 pink that was covered in Illustrative Stastics about how well that auction went. 675 00:31:43,420 --> 00:31:46,240 So I just any opportunity and I do all this stuff on me own time. 676 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,380 I don't want any money I don't want, 677 00:31:48,380 --> 00:31:51,970 I just want to do it there's just no other motive than I. 678 00:31:51,970 --> 00:31:53,640 What an incredible thing to be involved in. 679 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,530 I wanna look back when I'm older and say, I, I did that. 680 00:31:57,530 --> 00:31:58,460 I was a part of that. 681 00:31:58,460 --> 00:32:02,530 I was a part of this brilliant thing that, that someone has, has created. 682 00:32:02,530 --> 00:32:04,740 And it's just gone mental, and then we needed other stuff. 683 00:32:04,740 --> 00:32:06,230 We were doing an exhibition night in Hong Kong. 684 00:32:06,230 --> 00:32:08,497 And so I was, [INAUDIBLE] I'd love to do a design. 685 00:32:08,497 --> 00:32:09,770 Can I help? And, and 686 00:32:09,770 --> 00:32:11,660 cuz they were painting it out there in Hong Kong. 687 00:32:11,660 --> 00:32:13,590 So I had to do something quite simple that they could replicate or 688 00:32:13,590 --> 00:32:16,970 design some silly little stickers it would put on a metal roadblock. 689 00:32:16,970 --> 00:32:19,470 And then they made a robot version for me which is fantastic. 690 00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:21,805 And then, then this happened. 691 00:32:21,805 --> 00:32:23,330 So, that's a normal size. 692 00:32:24,390 --> 00:32:28,164 [LAUGH] Oh my God. 693 00:32:28,164 --> 00:32:30,100 I could die happy right now. 694 00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:33,980 It's a giant 4 meter tall Gromit and that was just look again again at it. 695 00:32:33,980 --> 00:32:37,452 This wasn't, this wasn't manufacturing a situation, this was 696 00:32:37,452 --> 00:32:41,420 look because basically they wanted us to make a 4 meter version of Nick's, 697 00:32:41,420 --> 00:32:45,110 as you would because he [UNKNOWN], the incredible man. 698 00:32:45,110 --> 00:32:49,320 Oscar winning, brilliant, genius, but basically cuz Nick's head's here which is 699 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:51,650 like a blue, it's covered in the Gromit wallpaper. 700 00:32:51,650 --> 00:32:52,890 Cuz he, this dude is so 701 00:32:52,890 --> 00:32:56,830 big they needed to make it parts and that would mean unsightly join-lines. 702 00:32:56,830 --> 00:32:59,150 And kind of they thought, well Nick's is gonna be spoiled, this, 703 00:32:59,150 --> 00:33:00,710 this seamless pattern. 704 00:33:00,710 --> 00:33:04,500 And then I happened to send them a, a design based around join-lines. 705 00:33:04,500 --> 00:33:07,227 And, and they were like would you mind if we made yours big and 706 00:33:07,227 --> 00:33:08,309 Nick, would you mind? 707 00:33:08,309 --> 00:33:09,730 Cuz Nick's the loveliest dude in the world. 708 00:33:09,730 --> 00:33:11,410 And he's like, "Yeah, sure." 709 00:33:11,410 --> 00:33:11,971 And so aah! 710 00:33:11,971 --> 00:33:15,243 [UNKNOWN] It's coming back to [UNKNOWN] as well. 711 00:33:15,243 --> 00:33:17,532 Hopefully they're going say well, just weaponize it and 712 00:33:17,532 --> 00:33:20,275 it will just ship itself back which I think will be quite incredible. 713 00:33:20,275 --> 00:33:21,710 Would feel like Pacific Rim. 714 00:33:21,710 --> 00:33:22,680 Be amazing. 715 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,310 So it's just you never know where it's gonna lead and 716 00:33:24,310 --> 00:33:26,610 then that's fed into shorten the, shorten the city, so, 717 00:33:26,610 --> 00:33:30,320 which is happening next year, with, in London and Bristol, actually, 718 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:36,350 with giant painted animals and it's just, that, that spreads me out. 719 00:33:36,350 --> 00:33:39,160 And the reason I think is, and I think all this matters and 720 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:43,000 I think this cares because personal projects are personal. 721 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,710 And the love and heart and 722 00:33:44,710 --> 00:33:47,540 soul just shines through, and that's why they have heart. 723 00:33:47,540 --> 00:33:49,330 Because they are personal to you. 724 00:33:49,330 --> 00:33:52,030 You do them in your own time, because you care about it. 725 00:33:52,030 --> 00:33:53,540 And then that feeds into your day job. 726 00:33:53,540 --> 00:33:55,730 And you just don't know where these connections and 727 00:33:55,730 --> 00:33:57,410 avenues are gonna, are gonna be. 728 00:33:57,410 --> 00:33:59,710 But I just love that it all just smushes together. 729 00:33:59,710 --> 00:34:01,459 That's why I'm stoked to be able to [UNKNOWN]. 730 00:34:01,459 --> 00:34:05,430 You know, stand here today and talk to you about Auburn, about my own stuff. 731 00:34:05,430 --> 00:34:08,180 But just, that's why this talk doesn't make any sense. 732 00:34:08,180 --> 00:34:11,810 Because everything is just in all these different, disparate directions, and 733 00:34:11,810 --> 00:34:13,130 I love that, and I'm proud of that. 734 00:34:13,130 --> 00:34:14,170 I think that works. 735 00:34:14,170 --> 00:34:17,400 We don't get pigeon holed into these little, little rules. 736 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:18,130 And I haven't got time for 737 00:34:18,130 --> 00:34:22,210 that stuff, but basically I like to not surpass this stuff, no money, of fun, and 738 00:34:22,210 --> 00:34:26,060 sometimes it works out and you get to connect with people, which is fantastic. 739 00:34:26,060 --> 00:34:28,180 But then, I think it's really important. 740 00:34:28,180 --> 00:34:28,930 I wouldn't explain that. 741 00:34:28,930 --> 00:34:31,240 But, that it doesn't work out. 742 00:34:31,240 --> 00:34:34,190 It doesn't work out because I love this quote by Steve Furtick. 743 00:34:34,190 --> 00:34:37,025 The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our 744 00:34:37,025 --> 00:34:39,210 behind-the-scenes with everyone else's highlight reel. 745 00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:42,310 And I totally, totally understand that. 746 00:34:42,310 --> 00:34:43,874 In this Instagram age. 747 00:34:43,874 --> 00:34:45,982 Just going oh gosh you're cool. 748 00:34:45,982 --> 00:34:46,861 Oh you're cool. 749 00:34:46,861 --> 00:34:50,500 Look at what you're doing, like that's so easy to do that. 750 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:52,050 That's not, you don't see the struggle. 751 00:34:52,050 --> 00:34:56,170 You don't see the 90% where they're just crying on their own in a room which I'm 752 00:34:56,170 --> 00:34:57,400 sure happens. 753 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:58,550 You know you don't see that. 754 00:34:58,550 --> 00:34:59,940 You don't share that. 755 00:34:59,940 --> 00:35:02,960 So when you do you know it's this self comparison with people just 756 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:04,620 remember that I remember that. 757 00:35:04,620 --> 00:35:07,272 See when I'm going [NOISE] you know. 758 00:35:07,272 --> 00:35:10,937 [LAUGH] [INAUDIBLE] Topping that? 759 00:35:10,937 --> 00:35:12,561 Cryin' over it. 760 00:35:12,561 --> 00:35:15,769 Anyway, I'm gonna, I'm gonna [INAUDIBLE] because I wanna wrap it up neatly. 761 00:35:15,769 --> 00:35:16,410 I don't wanna rush. 762 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,510 Basically, actually, I got four minutes. 763 00:35:22,510 --> 00:35:23,010 I wanna talk. 764 00:35:24,530 --> 00:35:28,395 Basically yeah, don't worry about having strengths, or no, 765 00:35:28,395 --> 00:35:29,820 dont' worry about not having a style. 766 00:35:29,820 --> 00:35:30,370 I'd love a style. 767 00:35:30,370 --> 00:35:32,470 We'd all love a style that we're known for and influential for. 768 00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:36,910 No, man, have strength, have strength in all different disciplines, because 769 00:35:36,910 --> 00:35:39,980 you don't get called on for that one job that you're particularly suited for. 770 00:35:39,980 --> 00:35:41,290 You get called on this, and this, and 771 00:35:41,290 --> 00:35:44,630 this because you're strong at different things, so. 772 00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:46,510 I probably only say that cuz I don't have a style. 773 00:35:46,510 --> 00:35:48,800 If I was a style I'd be like, guys it's all about style. 774 00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:49,966 Find your style. 775 00:35:49,966 --> 00:35:54,560 [LAUGH] [INAUDIBLE] Anyway so I'm rushing through this. 776 00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:59,227 It's just that I really wanna, oh my god, I just wanna, I wanna illustrate a point. 777 00:35:59,227 --> 00:36:03,317 Oh yeah, and as well, like, I was talking about making films and stuff like that. 778 00:36:03,317 --> 00:36:07,080 I made a film quite a few years ago about bikes and stuff and that was great. 779 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:08,200 That was lovely and I learnt loads and 780 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:12,360 loads, but that has come full circle again, because I'm now, I've worked on 781 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,930 a small section of Shaun the Sheep movie that, that we're making at work. 782 00:36:15,930 --> 00:36:19,220 And that only kind of came about because I've made friends with the director over 783 00:36:19,220 --> 00:36:22,290 the years and he's like, you, you make films, right? 784 00:36:22,290 --> 00:36:25,365 He'd, he'd seen the, the little film that I'd shared at work, 785 00:36:25,365 --> 00:36:27,540 goin' I made this on my own time. 786 00:36:27,540 --> 00:36:31,010 That's incredible to me, like my, I've got this list of you know, 787 00:36:31,010 --> 00:36:33,300 things you wanna achieve in your life and definitely, 788 00:36:33,300 --> 00:36:39,190 have my name in a feature film credit is the top, and it's, this happened, this, 789 00:36:39,190 --> 00:36:42,560 it's coming out next year and, and, and I still can't get my tiny brain around that. 790 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:46,440 And it's a really small involvement, obviously part of a huge crew, but. 791 00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:50,970 Be around these people to be involved and stuff just because personal projects, 792 00:36:50,970 --> 00:36:53,550 you know, make you work with new people, make you make new friends and 793 00:36:53,550 --> 00:36:56,570 forge new friendships and forge new understandings of stuff. 794 00:36:56,570 --> 00:36:59,380 That's kind of come full circle so. 795 00:36:59,380 --> 00:37:01,634 [NOISE] Be childlike no childish. 796 00:37:01,634 --> 00:37:04,070 It's rubbish being childish you know we gotta be adults but. 797 00:37:04,070 --> 00:37:07,260 Don't forget that inner naivety, that excitement to want to do things and 798 00:37:07,260 --> 00:37:11,150 to just explore things and not be, you know, not be afraid about making mistakes. 799 00:37:11,150 --> 00:37:14,680 Make it perfect, make it now, no excuses. 800 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:15,600 It's never gonna be perfect. 801 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:18,640 The stars will never align unless you force the planets to 802 00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,670 align like Chris says but don't wait for that. 803 00:37:20,670 --> 00:37:22,310 Just go and make it now. 804 00:37:22,310 --> 00:37:22,870 Finish it. 805 00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,830 Just finish it, like it's that easy to keep projects hanging on isn't it? 806 00:37:27,830 --> 00:37:30,320 Just make sure you finish it even if you hate it, because you then, 807 00:37:30,320 --> 00:37:33,610 you'll have mentally closed it off and we've done something new. 808 00:37:33,610 --> 00:37:38,800 Get these books, Spot for the Fire by Ian Wharton, and Do Purpose by David Hieatt. 809 00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:39,370 Both incredible. 810 00:37:39,370 --> 00:37:42,000 Basically they say everything I'm trying to say now, but 811 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,048 in a much better eloquent, brilliant way. 812 00:37:44,048 --> 00:37:45,344 So [UNKNOWN]. 813 00:37:45,344 --> 00:37:47,650 So if you go his guy was an idiot just after lunch, 814 00:37:47,650 --> 00:37:49,590 but I, I've read about a good book. 815 00:37:49,590 --> 00:37:51,150 These guys are fantastic. 816 00:37:51,150 --> 00:37:53,430 And what I wanna, I've got 1 minute and 34. 817 00:37:53,430 --> 00:37:58,450 And I throw these in this morning because I want to talk about them. 818 00:37:58,450 --> 00:38:02,280 Because, well they're incredible. 819 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:03,590 Simply put, you know. 820 00:38:04,820 --> 00:38:06,580 God bless Dicky Altenburg and 821 00:38:06,580 --> 00:38:12,200 David Altenburg, two incredible men who have done incredible things. 822 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:17,290 David is the only man in the world to win a BAFTA in black and 823 00:38:17,290 --> 00:38:21,200 white, color, HD, and 3D. 824 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,960 That's incredible, right. 825 00:38:24,700 --> 00:38:27,610 I was lucky enough to go to the BAFTAs a few years ago and 826 00:38:27,610 --> 00:38:29,410 he was the guest of honor. 827 00:38:29,410 --> 00:38:32,180 And I was sitting at the back obviously as far away from all 828 00:38:32,180 --> 00:38:35,520 the famous amazing people, just stuck in the corner but it was amazing. 829 00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:40,530 He had a standing ovation when he simply walked to the stage. 830 00:38:40,530 --> 00:38:44,210 I can't tell you that feeling. 831 00:38:44,210 --> 00:38:45,690 That is incredible. 832 00:38:45,690 --> 00:38:50,990 That is simply mind [UNKNOWN] the amount of respect that this guy commands. 833 00:38:50,990 --> 00:38:52,850 And then God bless, God bless Dickie. 834 00:38:52,850 --> 00:38:55,470 There was a program about him, obviously he passed away just a few weeks ago. 835 00:38:55,470 --> 00:38:59,480 There was a program about him on channel 4 maybe a couple of weeks ago and 836 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:01,680 the amount of stuff he has done. 837 00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,620 Not only did he start Jurassic Park which is incredible. 838 00:39:04,620 --> 00:39:05,780 He brought dinosaurs back to life. 839 00:39:05,780 --> 00:39:07,450 That's pretty rad right? 840 00:39:07,450 --> 00:39:10,630 You know, he was an actor first and foremost, then he was a director. 841 00:39:10,630 --> 00:39:13,898 And then the films that he directed, Gandy, 842 00:39:13,898 --> 00:39:17,258 one of his most famous films won eight Oscars. 843 00:39:17,258 --> 00:39:21,944 That's why I'm [UNKNOWN] eight Oscars, eight, yeah. 844 00:39:21,944 --> 00:39:25,361 Eight Oscars in one night, and he apparently, so, this is, 845 00:39:25,361 --> 00:39:29,988 this, the, the scene where Gandy passes away and there's a funeral precession. 846 00:39:29,988 --> 00:39:33,883 And because there was no CG at those times, the, 847 00:39:33,883 --> 00:39:38,262 the crowd scene of 300,000 people, was real. 848 00:39:38,262 --> 00:39:41,823 And apparently he was calm as anything. 849 00:39:41,823 --> 00:39:44,271 And he would just be heard talking to the extras going, so 850 00:39:44,271 --> 00:39:46,872 listen darling, if I could ask you just to walk along there, 851 00:39:46,872 --> 00:39:48,974 just not look a the camera, that's fantastic. 852 00:39:48,974 --> 00:39:51,750 Hello darling, he would greet everyone by the word darling. 853 00:39:51,750 --> 00:39:52,910 How amazing is that? 854 00:39:52,910 --> 00:39:55,450 He was patron of like 15 charities. 855 00:39:55,450 --> 00:39:57,140 He was made an honoree this, honoree that. 856 00:39:57,140 --> 00:40:03,010 Basically, what I'm talking about, about those guys is something that, 857 00:40:03,010 --> 00:40:08,050 I would love for you, for me, for all of us to create a legacy. 858 00:40:08,050 --> 00:40:12,630 We all have the capacity to make things, and we all have the capacity to, 859 00:40:12,630 --> 00:40:15,370 to forge a legacy for ourselves and I would love, I would love, 860 00:40:15,370 --> 00:40:18,880 love, love to even come close to at least having [INAUDIBLE] or 861 00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,550 even just be honored to have, had a legacy when I grow old. 862 00:40:22,550 --> 00:40:25,970 You know I wanna be old, I wanna go, I loved doing that, that was fun. 863 00:40:25,970 --> 00:40:27,040 I hope that made people smile. 864 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,040 I would love to make things that matter, and 865 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:31,980 I hope that you're gonna make things that matter, too. 866 00:40:31,980 --> 00:40:34,280 Sorry I've had to skip stuff, I'm so excited. 867 00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:38,620 I'm going to be doing the little speaker thing after lunch. 868 00:40:38,620 --> 00:40:39,920 No not after. It's after lunch. 869 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,225 The speaker thing where, where you can come and speak to speakers. 870 00:40:42,225 --> 00:40:43,740 Just come and, you know, hit me. 871 00:40:43,740 --> 00:40:44,714 We'll do whatever and stuff. 872 00:40:44,714 --> 00:40:45,487 Anyways thanks for listening. 873 00:40:45,487 --> 00:40:46,075 Bye. I love you. 874 00:40:46,075 --> 00:40:51,580 Bye. >> [APPLAUSE]