Mouse & Mole at Christmas Time ,was an animation for the BBC shown in December 2013
This animation was based on the original Mouse & Mole short stories written by Joyce Dunbar in the early nineties.
For me as an illustrator It was great to be involved in this project, with such a talented team and a pleasant distraction from the work I do normally in advertising and design.
Developed by Laughing Gravy Media & Studio Liddell. This festive film is voiced by three of the countries best loved actors Richard Briars, Alan Bennet & Imelda Staunton. The voice recording was made a couple of years ago before Richard Briers sadly passed away.
The following images are some of the original backgrounds I created during my time on this animation as lead background artist. They were created digitally in Photoshop.
www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/cbeebiesgrownups/posts/Mouse-and-Mole-at-Christmas-Time
The line up of characters from Mouse and Mole
lead up to Mouse & Mole's House
winter landscape day time
iced over pond & reeds resembling penguins
what Mole sees!
panoramic of living room
"upscuttled" Mouse & Mole's living room mess created by Shrew
House entrance
Rat's House
Rat's kitchen
Rabbit's House
Frog's House
Hedgehog's house
evening shot
winter landscape sunset
sleigh ride entrance to ice tunnel dream scene
ice tunnel dream scene
exit from tunnel to dream world
dream sequence party scene
characters truned to icing in dream sequence
Moles' bedroom
mole's bed & side table ( head loves super hero comics)
mouse waking mole
Mouse & Mole's living room window
final view of snow Mouse & Mole before they go.
end sequence.
To view a small sequence of this animation go to www.studioliddell.com/broardcast_mouse_and_mole
