One more Hairy Phonics animatic and animation

Here's another animatic that I made up as a guide to the animator for timing, sound and poses:

And here's the final animation. Drawings by me, animation by Oli Knowles and music by Paul Taylor:

Dyslexia Quest App

I work about half time for a company called Nessy producing many different kinds of drawings for print and for software. Our latest creation is an iPhone/iPad app called Dyslexia Quest. The app tests for various signs of dyslexia using a series of games and then gives you feedback on your strengths and weaknesses and tells you whether on not you show any signs of dyslexia. The app then allows you to go back and improve your score.

I drew backgrounds and characters on this one. I even had a go at recording some voices for it but I was pretty awful at that.

The mountain to the left is the main game map that you climb as the game progresses. This the mountain in it's stating state: it changes a lot as the game progresses. You don't see it all at once like this in the game so I thought it might be nice to plonk it all in.

Dyslexia Quest can be found here

Am I dyslexic? Yes, I am as it happens.

On friday I got to have a little look at a beta version of an App that I contributed backgrounds and characters to (as well as some really terrible voice 'acting').

It looks really great: I was surprised how lively the animation was and how much the games drew you in. The app, to be called "Am I Dyslexic" (please suggest a better name if you think of one) will be a series of games designed test for Dyslexia.

With each game the player climbs a little bit further up a mountain, meeting various yetis as they go. At the summit you meet a wise old yeti who will reveal your strengths and weakness's and tell you if you show any signs of being dyslexic.

The app should be out in a matter of weeks. I'll post more as and when.

Hairy Letters wins ERA award

Last night Nessy's new program Hairy Letters won the ERA award for best early years resource. I worked on many of the characters and backgrounds on this one with Sun and Moon and Complete Control also providing visuals. Congratulations to everyone involved.

Hairy Letters can be bought for the iPad and iPhone from here.

New Apps for 2011

In 2011 Nessy have got a couple of Apps coming out for iPad and iPhone which I worked on. The first one, Hairy Letters will be released in January. It contains very funny animation and games by Complete Control and Sun and Moon and was programed by Complete Control.

The second App that we will release will be the interactive picture book, Naughty Pony. I will post more info about release dates soon.

You can see more pics of Hairy Letters on Nessy's Facebook page. Nessy's official website is www.nessy.com