Cloth Cat

24/04/2026

Cardiff Animation Festival’s Industry Day was such a success! ✨

Jon presented his case study, 'From Script to Screen in Moho', sharing with us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Ghost of Midwinter using Moho Animation Software.

It was fantastic to see such a vibrant mix of creators, studios, students, graduates, and industry voices come together at . The day’s programme offered rich insight, from evolving digital-first strategies to feature development, crossover opportunities with the games industry and valuable guidance for freelancers!

Thank you for such a rewarding Industry Day! We’re excited to see where these conversations lead next!

16/04/2026

Howie is a young hippo finding his way in his new city. He’s been adopted by Hilda and now he wants to share the happiness he’s found with all of his new friends!

This collection of Howie shorts consists of 20 x 1 minute, comedy episodes aimed at children aged 3-5. The series was developed and produced by Jon Rennie and animated in Moho at Cloth Cat. Howie was originally conceived of and created by the talented Michelle Robinson (The Goodnight Series) and the marvellously imaginative Fred Blunt (Captain Falsebeard).

The scripts for Howie were crafted by the award winning writer/show creator Dave Ingham (Dave Spud, Shaun the Sheep). The music for Howie was composed and produced by Emmy award-winning composer Brollyman. The project was commissioned by S4C and supported by Creative Wales.

Howie is currently available to watch on the Cloth Cat YouTube Channel! The full series is also available to watch in Welsh on S4C’s Cyw YouTube Channel. Follow the link below to watch all of the episodes now!

https://bit.ly/howieshorts

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14/04/2026

01/04/2026

We’ve been back on set this week, supervising the filming of Annibendod Season 2​! Siwan Jobbins and Twt Productions’ live action Welsh series is produced in collaboration with Boom Cymru for S4C’s Cyw service and is aimed towards two-to-five-year-old Welsh speakers and Key Stage 1 and 2 children who are learning the language.

Each episode of Annibendod concludes with Bochau the hamster singing and dancing with colourful props and costumes! If you’d like to see him perform, be sure to head over to the Cyw YouTube Channel where you'll find a playlist of all his favourite songs!

https://bit.ly/bochau

27/03/2026

This week, Jonathan Edwards hosted his Animation Production Skills course, teaching our trainees how to establish a strong creative workflow, matched with a resourceful production structure to anticipate and build a process that syncs project, crew and client. The programme covered the full production and post stages, whilst exploring in depth the cyclical links between each department.
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We’d like to say a huge thank you to Jonathan for sharing his knowledge with our trainees this week! Jonathan Edwards has over 30 years of industry experience in Animation, VFX and Live Action. He has worked in production and studio management roles across award winning series, features, commercials and shorts in 2D digital & traditional animation. His expertise also encompass Computer Animation, Stop Motion and Post Production, alongside 10 years of lecturing & workshop experience.

We’d also like to thank Gorilla Group TV for the tour of their Post Production House and for answering all of our trainees’ questions! Full information on all of our future courses and potential funding opportunities is available on our website:

https://clothcat.com/academy

18/03/2026

Here’s a striking snapshot of the dramatic wolf chase in our animated short film, The Ghost of Midwinter. The scene was developed gradually through a series of careful, incremental decisions, from blocking out the movement, refining timing, adjusting weight, and layering in details like breath, snow, reflections and light.

What feels quick and instinctive on screen is actually the result of many iterations, tweaks, and reworks to get the motion reading clearly and the pacing feeling right. This shot was all about balancing clarity with energy, while keeping everything grounded in the environment.

The frosty winter background was created by our Head of Animation Development, Tom Lucas and the wolves were skilfully animated by Senior Animator Gregg Willis. If you’d like to watch our animated short film, the Welsh broadcast Ysbryd yr Oerfel is currently available to watch with English subtitles on BBC iPlayer!

06/03/2026

This week our talented trainees have been getting to grips with Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, learning about the tools and responsibilities involved in creating fantastic, industry standard storyboards for production!

Benedict Tomczyk-Bowen has almost a quarter of a century’s experience in the animation industry, primarily as a storyboarder in TV Animation, but also with forays into the Film and Advertising spaces. Having worked with most of the major animation studios, Benedict has contributed to shows globally and has also developed his own work for Nickelodeon. Thank you so much for imparting your expertise here at Cloth Cat Academy this week!

05/03/2026

Released in 2018, Shane the Chef is a CG animated preschool series, which Cloth Cat co-produced with Hoho Entertainment. The series follows the foody adventures of an energetic chef, Shane, and his young daughter Izzy as they run a restaurant in the town of Munchington. Shane is voiced by British actor Russell Tovey.

Fully animated in Maya and rendered in Redshift, the series was designed to mimic the warm style of stop motion animation. To complete the series, Cloth Cat developed a whole new pipeline and invested in GPU rendering to bring a high quality finish to the lighting and effects.

Full episodes are available to watch on Channel 5’s Milkshake! and on the Shane the Chef YouTube channel. Shane also has his own book, which is available to purchase via Amazon!

27/02/2026

This week, Dani Abram has been hosting her Moho: Mechanics of Motion course, teaching our terrific Academy trainees how to squeeze the maximum juice out of production rigs, creating high-calibre, approvable character animations using Moho Animation Software!

Dani Abram has 15+ years experience in the animation industry, working across games, film and TV, for some of the worlds best loved studios! Thank you so much for inspiring all of our talented trainees over the past two weeks!

Benedict Tomczyk-Bowen will be here at the studio next week to teach his Storyboarding: A Professional Toolkit course. We're looking forward to a deep dive into the art and working practice of storyboarding for production! Full information on all of our upcoming courses and potential funding opportunities is available on our website:

https://clothcat.com/academy