drawings and paintings of old men

Recently my computer life was on a ship, furiously dodging pirates to get to New Zealand where I was waiting, beer in hand. One of the benefits of having no computers around is generally getting out more. That and drawing old men. 
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Tama, a Bona Fide freak of nature.

This is my son Tama in Fiji. Tania and I took him out to the reef snorkeling and it was a beautiful thing. When i took this snap he was two + 3/4 and so good in the water. Putting his head under, holding his breath for a decent chop of time and pointing at the fishes.

Tower.

Director : Pete Circuitt @ Bitstate
Agency : JWT NYC.
Produced : Kallan Kagan / TEG
Design : Pete Circuitt
Post : Pete Circuitt
Animation : Starz

Created with JWT New York for Macy's and revisits the characters from my film, Yes Virginia, created with the same team minus Wayne Best who was then ECD at JWT , now at COG. 

floating Virginia in the Macy's Day Parade

Here is the character Virginia from my film - Yes, Virginia, made into a 100 foot plastic blimp and manoeuvred down the streets of New York for the Macy's Day Parade.  The film is screening again on December the 17th on CBS at 8 pm, and is sure to become a lasting, and well loved classic. I was not able to get to New York myself so thanks to Bill for the photo. 

Fiji timelapse

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 I usually loath sunset time-lapses but when I shot this while on a Fiji Island last week, I was testing out a new remote timer i brought before leaving London. At the time I was punching in different intervals testing how flexible the unit was, but ultimately I regret not setting it up properly because of the sweet way the night sky pushed thru the blue. Also how the stars are quite sharp - the 1080 image is really great. I roughly re-timed it in After effects to smooth it out but its still a bit steppy. Fiji is all sorts of great times.

grandpop

When I was in New York last November my Grandpop died of a sudden heart attack. He was my favourite fella in all the world and we had a heap of good times together. He built his house with his bare hands, and so for me, the light moving through the almost unoccupied halls and rooms, is an emotional cornerstone for what he was about. A huge influence to my life and work and I will miss him hugely.

some snaps of my mates