Gavin Strange [Jamfactory]
@jamfactory.bsky.social
🎥 Director & Designer for Aardman💥 Passion project indulger 📣 Keynote Speaker 📖 Author of ‘Do Fly’🥁 Noise maker under the alias of Project Toy
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I am SO proud & honoured to say that I’ve been the Director of Wallace & Gromit - Shot on iPhone. A festive stop frame animation for Apple, shot entirely on iPhone 16 Pro Max’s, projected 101 metres tall onto the iconic Battersea Power Station! Projecting every night in December from 5-10pm!
Man, this beauty hasn’t aged a day! I LOVE the pomposity and indulgence of Godspeed so much. 20 minute songs, unsearchable album names, album artwork with zero information on it, no press or interviews. I love it all. ❤️
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Man, this beauty hasn’t aged a day! I LOVE the pomposity and indulgence of Godspeed so much. 20 minute songs, unsearchable album names, album artwork with zero information on it, no press or interviews. I love it all. ❤️
Core memory unlocked!!
It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Core memory unlocked!!
I am STOKED on my latest progress with ‘GNARLYBOT’ - my reskin of the 1990 pinball table ‘Radical!’. The past 3 nights I’ve put in a tonne of work to make the playfield and plastics all custom (with still a lot more to do!) but I am really thrilled with how it’s looking!!
October 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am STOKED on my latest progress with ‘GNARLYBOT’ - my reskin of the 1990 pinball table ‘Radical!’. The past 3 nights I’ve put in a tonne of work to make the playfield and plastics all custom (with still a lot more to do!) but I am really thrilled with how it’s looking!!
It’s alive! Well, a very rough first-pass at ‘Gnarlybot’ - my reskin of the 1990 Bally pinball table ‘Radical!’. Lots and lots and lots still left to do, but it feels rad to replace a few big images and see what needs attention (all of it!). Feels rad though!
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It’s alive! Well, a very rough first-pass at ‘Gnarlybot’ - my reskin of the 1990 Bally pinball table ‘Radical!’. Lots and lots and lots still left to do, but it feels rad to replace a few big images and see what needs attention (all of it!). Feels rad though!
Man, I love shooting on my X100V! I don't ever shoot RAW, I just dial in a recipe I like and go for it!
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Man, I love shooting on my X100V! I don't ever shoot RAW, I just dial in a recipe I like and go for it!
This. Forever this.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This. Forever this.
I printed my ‘BroBot’ character in translucent purple filament for that 2000’s aesthetic! 💜
October 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I printed my ‘BroBot’ character in translucent purple filament for that 2000’s aesthetic! 💜
@jamiesmart.bsky.social Spotted quickly at Charing Cross station mate!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
@jamiesmart.bsky.social Spotted quickly at Charing Cross station mate!!
We watched ‘Space Jam A New Legacy’ for family movie night this weekend and, erm… yeeeesh. 😬
a poster for space jam a new legacy shows a basketball player
ALT: a poster for space jam a new legacy shows a basketball player
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October 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We watched ‘Space Jam A New Legacy’ for family movie night this weekend and, erm… yeeeesh. 😬
How I made a virtual pinball machine! This is just *part* of the story though, the software side is even more in-depth! Have a read of the full story over in my blog: blog.jam-factory.com/making-a-vir...
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
How I made a virtual pinball machine! This is just *part* of the story though, the software side is even more in-depth! Have a read of the full story over in my blog: blog.jam-factory.com/making-a-vir...
I'm a bit swamped recently, so I haven't had time to write a new blog, but why not head over there and have a read through my mega-big-blog all about how I designed and played the title sequence for my friends at Beyond Tellerrand conference earlier this year: blog.jam-factory.com/behind-the-s...
Behind the scenes: Beyond Tellerrand 2025 Title sequence
How I made and 'played' the title sequence for the creative festival 'Beyond Tellerrand' in Düsseldorf
blog.jam-factory.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I'm a bit swamped recently, so I haven't had time to write a new blog, but why not head over there and have a read through my mega-big-blog all about how I designed and played the title sequence for my friends at Beyond Tellerrand conference earlier this year: blog.jam-factory.com/behind-the-s...
Reposted by Gavin Strange [Jamfactory]
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024), directed by Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham; written by Mark Burton boxd.it/z14C
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengefu...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024), directed by Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham; written by Mark Burton boxd.it/z14C
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October 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Is a jpeg ok?
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Is a jpeg ok?
Fix it in post.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fix it in post.
Heading to the big smoke today for Playgrounds festival!
October 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Heading to the big smoke today for Playgrounds festival!
Reposted by Gavin Strange [Jamfactory]
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
Reposted by Gavin Strange [Jamfactory]
Slipknot Travels To India To Begin Psychedelic, Free-Love Phase Of Career https://theonion.com/slipknot-travels-to-india-to-begin-psychedelic-free-love-phase-of-career/
October 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Slipknot Travels To India To Begin Psychedelic, Free-Love Phase Of Career https://theonion.com/slipknot-travels-to-india-to-begin-psychedelic-free-love-phase-of-career/
Woohoo! Addressable LED strips now mounted underneath my playfield TB via some trunking I designed & 3D printed which sync directly with what’s happening in the game! (After much support and help from the visual pinball chat discord! 👏)
October 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Woohoo! Addressable LED strips now mounted underneath my playfield TB via some trunking I designed & 3D printed which sync directly with what’s happening in the game! (After much support and help from the visual pinball chat discord! 👏)
It’s taken a while, and I’ve made a million rookie mistakes along the way, but I’ve now got addressable LED strips that react based on whatever is happening inside the VPX pinball software!
October 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It’s taken a while, and I’ve made a million rookie mistakes along the way, but I’ve now got addressable LED strips that react based on whatever is happening inside the VPX pinball software!
This pink berk (the sculpture) just sold for £19,000 at the Gromit Unleashed 3 auction, all raising money for the incredible Grand Appeal charity - raising money for sick children and their facilities. 💖💖💖
October 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This pink berk (the sculpture) just sold for £19,000 at the Gromit Unleashed 3 auction, all raising money for the incredible Grand Appeal charity - raising money for sick children and their facilities. 💖💖💖
F U C K OpenAI 🖕
All artists need to know: OpenAI’s new Sora video generator will use copyrighted work by default unless rights holders opt out. Artists and studios may need to act to protect their creations.
www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/openai-...
OpenAI Unveils Opt-Out Policy For Its Sora Video Generator
OpenAI has revealed it will freely incorporate copyrighted material into its Sora model unless rights holders formally opt out.
www.cartoonbrew.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
F U C K OpenAI 🖕
THIS!!!
Give folks their flowers
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier
"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
September 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
THIS!!!