The story of Simon’s Cat

November 13, 2013 • 10:12 am

Animator Simon Tofield has produced a brand-new biographical cartoon telling the story of how he got into animation, how the “Simon’s Cat” series came about, and how he makes those adorable videos. He reveals, for instance, that he has four cats, whose antics are all amalgamated into the unnamed cartoon moggie, and that it takes two to three months to do a single three-minute animation.

If you appreciate Tofield’s efforts (and I know you do), you might drop by Tofield’s website or even purchase a Simon’s Cat-themed product. You’ll see a new “Simon’s kitten,” too!

h/t: Michael

12 thoughts on “The story of Simon’s Cat”

    1. For better or worse, the US is a damned big country, and the closest he’ll be getting to me is Chicago.

      I do know one or two people who just happen to spend the great majority of their time in Chicago, though….

      b&

  2. Someone e-mailed me some cat emoticon art just today. This will probably not paste here exactly the same way, but in my in-box it looks great. Here goes…

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    /o o\
    =\_T_/=
    / \
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    1. Wouldn’t surrounding it with the (left angle bracket)code(right angle bracket) HTML element do the job you’re looking for?


      (\__/)
      /o o\
      =\_T_/=
      / \
      \| _ |/
      / | | | \
      ( )_|_( )
      “””“””<^( )~~

      I think you’re missing some spaces. I’ll replace with dots, because IIRC wordPress does things to multiple spaces and leading spaces.

      ......................
      ..... (\__/) .........
      ..... /o o\ ..........
      .... =\_T_/= .........
      ...... / \ ...........
      .... \| _ |/ .........
      ... / | | | \ ........
      ... ( )_|_( ) ........
      ..... “””“””<^( )~~ ..
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      I had to slap a load of BR tags in there too.
      It’ll probably come out like a dog’s breakfast.

  4. Internet link is faster today, so I can actually see the video.
    How did that character in “Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence@ (Or was it “Bridge Over the River Kwai”) put it?
    “Be happy in your work!”

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