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Tapocketa

Tapocketa - Hertfordshire, England based animator

Based in Hertford, UK, MiniTonic brings together the artistry and technical wizardry of founders Eleanor Long and Trevor Young. With distinguished backgrounds in film, television and the arts – including silver screen blockbusters – they’ve turned their hands to crafting unique, handmade animation and illustration work.
Each character moves with verve through gorgeously tactile scenery, for an instantly captivating effect. One of their first creations is the ‘boovie’ Galdo’s Gift – a combination of a children’s book and a movie. It won an incredible six gongs at the Digital Book World Awards 2018, including in the overall Best Book category. Inspiration comes from Terry Gilliam, Oliver Postgate, Victorian paper theatres and British folk art. Eleanor studied at Canterbury College and has an MA from the Royal College of Art. Trevor has a BA (Hons) from Camberwell College.

Approach

Everything is sketched with pencil on paper as Trevor and Eleanor plan out the scenes and refine the story. Then simple models are created of sets and characters, and they work out the parts needed and how they’ll move. These are scanned in and reassembled in the 3D animation program Blender.

Style

MiniTonic’s enhanced paper cut style is characterised by rich colours and textures, along with depth and volume that makes viewers want to step into the scenes and interact with the funny characters.

Awards

Best Book (Overall) – Digital Book World Awards – 2018 Best Book (Fiction) – Digital Book World Awards - 2018 Best Book (Children’s) – Digital Book World Awards - 2018 Best Book (Interactive Fiction) – Digital Book World Awards – 2018 Gold – Enhanced Picture Books – Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards - 2018

Client list

Tapocketa's clients include Faber Music, ATC Management, Circular Software, Beate Woehrle Design, Colibrio Publishing, Head of Zeus, The Integer Group and Profile Books.
Strompoff animation
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fun animated commercial for NTTA
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An animated illustration from an interactive children's book called 'Galdo's Gift: The Boovie'.
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an animated Book cover for 'Galdo's Gift The Boovie'
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The Locksmith: Animation
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animated sea scene of Thought of the day with Master Mustafo
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Slimy slugs slurping animated illustration by MiniTonic
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Skippy Hound ponder's exercise
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Great green blood-sucking bat animation video
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Animated gif of Lizard spotted gecko
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Animation art of squirrel rocks
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Mr Whimcycle illustration by MniTonic
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Animated clip of Mariner Mates March
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knight returns from his travels animation clip
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A dangerous quest for four heroes
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Behold Brendara battling bats graphic motion
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Brendara on stage animation
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3D animated of Sir Strompoff falls forever
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the house in the woods cover artwork animation
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Devil's Horn Book Cover Animation
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Melmoth: Book Cover Animation
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Reef Life Animation Book Cover
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Animation clip of MiniTonic's work
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