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Flash Character Animator and Designer

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Intrested in animating for children television programsand to work as a freelance animator.Also to design alongside for a brand of quirky yet cute merchandise such as toys, t-shirtsandmore.t-shirtsandmore. Henry is a 2D hand drawn and Flash character animator currently based in Bristol.Studied at the University of the West of England on theBA (hons)Animation course for three years. Have designed illustrations for flyers for a local music festival Spiderswebfest(2010),and currently animating a music video for a poppunk band called The Splash (2012).

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Henry is a 2D hand drawn and Flash character animator currently based in Bristol. Studied at the University of the West of England on the BA (hons) Animation course for three years.

Specialising in quirky character animation and Specialising in quirky character animation and childrens animation using a hand drawn style.

Intrested in animating for children television programs and to work as a freelance animator. Also to design along side for a brand of quirky yet cute merchandise such as toys, t-shirts and more.t-shirts and more.

Have designed illustrations for flyers for a local music festival Spiders web fest (2010), and currentlyanimating a music video for a pop punkband called The Splash (2012).

To see more work and what I’ve been up to please visit my blog: henry-kennett.tumblr.comYou can also contact me by emailing me:[email protected]

Many thanks,

. Adobe Flash CS4

. Adobe After Effects

. Adobe Photoshop

. Adobe Premiere

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. Stitch Kids (2012) Director, Producter, Art Director and Animator.(2 minutes)(2 minutes)First episode in a 2D hand drawn Flash animated series. A creeply yet cute bunch of misfits enjoying their fun, average childhood...Episode one - A little girl’s jouney to Episode one - A little girl’s jouney to find the thing she loves most...

Stitch Kids is a 2D hand drawn Flash animated series, aimed at a late teenage audience. The show uses black humour and childish humour comedy, by having the children play with dangerous and harmful item such as knifes and cigarettes. story. Each episode is about three minutes long including opening and closing credits.

The episode sees the adventure of Stitch Eyes, whose morning is not off to the best of starts, after discovering that she is out of her favorite breakfast, cigarettes she makes her way out of her house to the shop in search of more. But only one pack of cigarettesis left right on top of the highest shelf. Can her morning get any worse? Can she get what every eight year old wants most?

A walk cycle from Stitch Kids Episode one. Here are the eight main keyframes used for the walk. There is a lot of walking within the first episode and this walk cycle is key to help plan where and how the character is going to go and move. She is a very small character and has to take bigger steps to be able to walk faster.