Don’t be sad though. We’ve got a soundtrack to this post that may only make sense at the end of this tale.

We want to say thank you to all the talented people that have made this company the success it has over the years; those that have been in for the long haul, those who were there at the start, those that became part of the extended family and those who contributed so much to make Littleloud the place it was.

You were all brilliant. Except you. Only kidding. You were wonderful too.

While we really don’t want to name names, as it’s a long list, a special shout goes to Head of Production, Anna Morris, who over this last year has done a stunning job of looking after all of us. Thanks dear.

We also want to say thank you to all the people we’ve worked with over the years, especially those that kept coming back to us with money to make different exciting things, those that took a chance on us and and our ideas, and those that enabled us to make some of our best work.

You also were brilliant.

However, we are still aiming to get our last game, Sticks and Stones, out in the next few months. Keep an eye on @littleloud or @mrdarrengarrett for news, and you can still catch David, Simon and me on our Littleloud emails for the immediate future as we forge our way into a bright new shiny future.

Finally, we’d like to say good bye to our dear friend Nik Faulkner who died after a long illness in June. Nik was our Head of Animation, 3D, Video, & whatever else the job required, and without him we would not have been able to realise some of our ridiculously over-ambitious ideas. He made the impossible possible.

His attitude, positivity and creativity brought an incalculable amount to the studio. Even when ill he still kept plugging away, unable to let his mind rest, making short films in the moments he felt up to it. And despite that illness, the quality of his ‘tinkering’  meant that Lightwave asked him to show his work as part of their main reel at SIGGRAPH 2013. You can see that work here…vimeo.com/nikfaulkner/videos. We will greatly miss him, the creative bounce and banter, the grounding he brought with his ‘dreams & reality’ board, and let’s not forget the ‘nut’ incident.

So why that tune? Well Nik chose that to make his last exit knowing that it would make us smirk when at our lowest point, and I thought I’d borrow his last idea to sign out on, in tribute to him and all the other people over the years that made Littleloud such a great place.

Adios Amigos.

OKLOVEYOUTHANKSBYE x

Darren Garrett, July 2013

Over the years we’ve created a huge body of work and earned some rather prestigious awards. We’ve also been very lucky to work with some really amazing people along the way; writers, actors, developers, designers, illustrators, animators, producers, clients and commissioners.

And on turning ten, and being so very grown up, you want to change a few things, define your character, maybe jazz yourself up with a new outfit to express your newly matured persona.

Which brings us to where we’re at as we go into our twelfth year. We felt that it was time for a change, more than a surface re-design, but something substantial to reflect how we’ve evolved, to define who we are and where we’re going.

Animation, design and film are part of our DNA. It brings our projects and stories to life in beautiful 2D and 3D.

How’s that sound?