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Make It Anyway: Live with Gavin Strange on Creativity, Courage & Making For the Joy of it

Director at Aardman Animations. 25 years of personal projects. One life-sized DIY pinball machine. In this special (my first ever) live podcast recording, I’m joined by Gavin Strange; director and designer at Aardman (the studio behind Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run); to talk about creativity, longevity, and why you don’t need permission to start. We dive into: -Working in stop-frame animation -Balancing a full-time creative career with passion projects -Public speaking and learning in public -Raising creative kids -Building a virtual pinball machine from scratch -And his honest thoughts on generative AI If you're a designer, animator, illustrator, creative entrepreneur, or someone trying to build a sustainable creative career — this conversation is for you. Why This Episode Matters If you: Feel stuck waiting for “the big opportunity” Struggle to stay creatively motivated Want to balance family life and ambition Are worried about AI replacing creative jobs Or need permission to make something just because you love it… This episode will remind you: make it anyway. Key Themes: Stop-frame animation & directing at Aardman Creative discipline & repetition Side projects that build real skills Creativity and parenthood Building community instead of doomscrolling The future of creative work in the age of AI 🔗 Links & Resources Mentioned 🎬 Aardman Animations https://www.aardman.com 🎥 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit https://www.aardman.com/film-tv-games... 🐔 Chicken Run https://www.aardman.com/film-tv-games... 🎨 Jam Factory (Gavin’s personal creative projects) https://www.jam-factory.com 🧸 Strange Kids Toys (creative project with his son) https://www.strangekidstoys.com 🎤 OFFF Festival (creative conference mentioned) https://www.offf.barcelona 💻 Signalnoise (James White) https://www.signalnoise.com About the Guest Gavin Strange is an award-winning Director and Designer for the UK’s beloved creative studio Aardman. Working there for over seventeen years, Gavin’s creative output ranges from title sequences to channel idents, short films to Christmas ads and everything in-between. His work is diverse in nature but all held together of a common thread of fun and high energy. By night he goes under the alias of ‘Jamfactory’, indulging in all manner of passion projects, from filmmaking to illustration, pinball to photography. He even puts out wonky music under the (other) alias of ‘Project Toy’. Event Sponsors Matt Joyce https://matt-joyce.com/ Studio Cotton https://studiocotton.co.uk/ Adobe Express https://adobe.com/express (Aff link)