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I am Simon McClure. A computer animator currently employed in the games industry. Outside of work, I have been creating flash animation since 2001, as well as other productions, such as 3D animation, flash games and music.

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I've been employed by Travellers Tales!

Posted by mrSimon Jul. 21, 2007 @ 12:49 PM EDT

For all who dont know me, hallo there. I've been a long time fan of Newgrounds.com, and have submitted movies such as "The Portal" (2003, Matrix parody starring Strawberry Clock and Tomorrows Nobody), Bananabeard II (2005, Clock Crew epic), "For Illwill" (2005, Neurotically Yours parody), ThirtyThousandTher (2006, Movie related to NG news) and most recently, "The Mascot" (2007, CGI short).

Well I got my university degree results through, and I managed to gain a "First Class Honours", in "BSc Computer Animation and Special Effects" at the University of Bradford, England UK. After jobseeking, I managed to attend an interview with a small gaming firm recently aquired by Travellers Tales, (Creator of games like "Sonic 3D" and "LEGO Star Wars") expanding due to the new aquisition, and now working on a seires of DS and Wii games.

Well a week after the interview, I recieved a phonecall confirming that I had been accepted for a position with the company. I'm soon going to be moving north closer to Manchester, and I'll hopefully be starting work from mid-August. Everythings rather exciting.

I'd really like to thank Newgrounds viewers, particularly fans of my Clock Crew works from 2002-3, since without your kind reception, I would most likely have not considered pushing what was then a hobby, into a full time profession / career. I do hope to produce the occasional flash movie and contribute toward this brand new Newgrounds. I love the new features, particularly the extended Audio portal, and user pages, and I cant wait to see what surprises the Newgrounds team have in store for us in the future!

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Jul. 21, 2007 | 12:51 PM AbsintheClock says:

Fuckin A! Just don't forget to say hi to your friends at the CC, we love you over there. Congrats on the new job Koala.

Jul. 21, 2007 | 1:52 PM EvilRiku17 says:

Travellers Tales, huh? Thats no "Jim's Back Alley Video Game Company", thats the real deal! Well, I may not know you but hey, congratulations!

Jul. 21, 2007 | 2:41 PM RupeeClock says:

Travellers tales eh? You did good there, good luck. :)

I hope I can get into an animation career someday as well.

Jul. 21, 2007 | 3:31 PM HeRetiK says:

I don't know you, but congrats nonetheless! ;)

Jul. 21, 2007 | 3:43 PM RupeeClock says:

HeRetiK, you might know mrSimon as KoalaClock.

Jul. 22, 2007 | 6:54 AM Mr-Money says:

nice one, man! just don't let the company push shovelware down our throats just because the wii and ds have lower development costs..

Jul. 22, 2007 | 8:02 AM JPI says:

Congrats :D
I'm also from the UK, and have just finished my first year of animation at the University of Wolverhampton and got a first. I've got the two years of hard work ahead of me :P
All your academic wotk on your website is good, is that what you used as your showreal for Travellers Tales?
And the biggie, what do you think they were most impressed at?
Congrats again, I'm sure your new job will be awesome :)

Jul. 22, 2007 | 5:40 PM Reaperyami says:

Great job dude, hope everything works out.

Jul. 22, 2007 | 5:51 PM PureLionHeart says:

CONGRATS! Huge Lego Star Wars fan, and I look forward to the new one and the Batman version. You got on at a top-notch place, man!

Jul. 23, 2007 | 4:28 PM FrozenFire says:

now your like adam phillips... working in the arts industry and animating for newgrounds in your free time ;)

Good luck buddeh... give me some credit up there eh? XD

Jul. 25, 2007 | 10:57 AM TheD-LucksEdition says:

Congrats on the new job, I'm sure you'll get along just fine there.
On another note though, I'm really enjoying your Youtube work. You've got a lot of talent and some really hilarious stuff. I'm sure you'll do well in the near future.

Jul. 25, 2007 | 4:05 PM ZekeySpaceyLizard says:

congrats

Aug. 7, 2007 | 3:56 PM CrustClock says:

That's really great. Good luck with your career.

Aug. 17, 2007 | 6:41 AM BinaryClock says:

I'm guessing this conflicts with Bananabeard III being released in the next decade.

Congrats! And you know, drop us a line once in a while.