Production Traineeship

Production Traineeship: The Interview

We asked our trainees to tell us about the Production Traineeship experience and to share with us the impact that it’s had on their animation careers.

Production Traineeship

Production Traineeship in Association with Creative Wales and S4C

The Cloth Cat Academy Production Traineeship took place here at our studio in central-Cardiff from 29th September – 21st November…

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Annibendod

Annibendod: How We Brought Bochau to Life in Blender

Bochau is the name of the cheeky little animated hamster in Siwan Jobbins and Twt Productions’ live action Welsh series…

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Crybaby

Crybaby: Celebrating the Success of Eleri Edwards

Eleri Edwards is an animator from Caerphilly in South Wales. She studied animation at the University of South Wales and…

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Free Animation Software - A Cloth Cat Guide

Free Animation Software: A Cloth Cat Guide

To an absolute beginner, even dipping your toes into the world of animation can seem like a very daunting prospect….

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Cloth Cat is Featured by Nation.Cymru!

We’re thrilled to share that our recent project, Help Save Our Upland Water Voles has been featured by the Welsh…

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My Journey of Character Creation as a CG Artist at Cloth Cat 

By Senior Artist Kim McCarthy I am the resident CG Artist here at Cloth Cat and I first joined 8…

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Top 10 Animated Cats

Cloth Cat’s Top 10 Animated Cats of All Time

We have compiled a list of our very favourite animated cats! It was a tough challenge to whittle the list…

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Bringing Unity to Cloth Cat – Games Development in Action!

Hello! I’m Shane Skuse, the Senior Developer at Cloth Cat Games, where I develop everything games and interactive, mainly using…

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How We Use Blender’s Unique Rigging Features at Cloth Cat

By Lead Tech Artist Josh Doyle Rigging can be a complex process. Whether it’s a simple prop rig or a…

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Jon Rennie

Why Live Training at Cloth Cat Academy?

By Managing Director Jon Rennie When I think back to my first years in games and animation, my training came…

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Toon Boom: Rigging for Production Course

Toon Boom: Rigging for Production with Sean Francis

Cloth Cat Academy hosted a 5 day course in Toon Boom here at our studio in Cardiff city centre. The…

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How To Get The Best From Your Animation Software!

By Head of Animation Development Tom Lucas At Cloth Cat, choosing the right software for the job is an important…

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Eating Out In Cardiff

Here at Cloth Cat we have been busy collating all of our favourite eateries based in and around Cardiff City…

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