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Owning Android

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Here is a nice little article about how to get seen on the Android phone platform and some tips on how to improve the user experience of finding apps for it. The phones in the picture all feature my designs for wallpapers that are included in the ustwo™ free wallpaper app!

Go check it out HERE!

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Cannes Golden Lion Winner

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

I just found out that the Diesel SFW advert that I did with Viral Factory and Keith Schofield has wona Cannes advertising festival Golden Lion!

Its Like an oscar for the advertising world I guess. I’m chuffed to bits!

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I am credited as working for Biganimal which is the name of the studio I was working out of at the time.

Biganimal is Dom Del Torto and he composited the animation on this job. See his site HERE

MouthOff™ Signature Series GOES LIVE!!!

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

It had to happen, it HAS happened!!

The incredible MouthOff™ Signature Series is LIVE on the app store! 12 new mouths each created by a different superstar illustrator are now ready and waiting for your talking pleasure! The line up of artists is: Jon Burgerman, Jeffrey Bowman aka Mr Bowlegs, Bobby Bobson, Chent, Pete Fowler, Matthew Green, Gary J Lucken aka Army of Trolls, Linus Nyström, Pinky, PYKY, and Mikko Walamies.

AND OF COURSE ME!!

Get it NOW at the app store HERE

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AND, as if that wasn’t enough, ustwo™ are marking this beautiful occasion with the launch of the HUGE MouthOff™ competition! There are £500 worth of prizes to give away to whoever can come up with the most inventive and cool video using MouthOff™ as a prop! Find out more about how to enter the competition HERE

Twitter Bird

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Is Twitter the new Swine flu? ANYWAY check this out  HERE, You can now have a genuine Paris Hair Twitter bird icon!

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Mouth Off Creative Review - Review!

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

The heads over at Creative Review have taken a liking to the Mouth Off iPhone application I animated. Check out the great video they made as it really shows off the app in a good light: 

See BIG run!!

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Hi! As you may or not know I spent some time two years ago putting together a proposal for an animated kids TV series. It’s called ‘Pups And BIG’ and is about a little puppy dude called Pups who befriends a giant flea called BIG. You can read all about the series at the dedicated blog HERE.

Anyway I was desperate to get in some animation practice last week so I out this run cycle of BIG down and added some handmade sound effects. I now present to you the first moving images of BIG for your delight…


See BIG run! from Neil McFarland on Vimeo.

WEAR THE HAIR!!

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

WOW! Its been a long time but the new Paris Hair lifestyle MUST-HAVE  has arrived!

Now you can carry the zesty taste of Paris-Hair-goodness close to your skin as you wander the streets of your town/city/village in a haze of romantic whimsy and general state of detached bliss….

Lovingly created by my good friend ROB-L (master sneaker customizer and all-round fresh prince) at his new t shirt venture ‘FROM‘ these super super super high quality shirts have been crafted to deliver superb freshness and long life. Invest in your future, live the dream, wear Paris Hair!!

Get one HERE… http://www.fromstore.com/parishair

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Mouth Off

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Hello! It’s been a while but I’ve been busy as a bee behind so many scenes its untrue.

I’m taking a time out to let everyone know that ‘Mouth-Off ‘, a brilliant and hilarious app for the iphone has gone live on iTunes.

Its a series of voice-reactive animated mouths (that I’ve illustrated of course) which you use by simply holding the iPhone in front of your face and talking or singing or howling like a wolf etc. The mouth animates along with you, opening louder the higher the volume.

Once you get the hang of it, film yourself doing it and share the love!  Go to HERE to find out more about the Mouth-Off community.

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Click the picture below to see video of the app in ACTION!!

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Absolutely everyone in London all at once

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

The diesel viral ended up getting around 9.2 Million views. I like to freak myself out by imagining all these views happening at once, in one place. Imagine absolutely everyone in London all at once. Now stop and make sure you’re including everyone. It blows my mind.

4.1 Million hits and counting

Monday, September 29th, 2008

I recently directed the animation on a viral project to promote Diesel jeans’ 30th birthday. The piece entitled ‘Safe For Work’ was directed by Keith Schofield with myself and three animators here at my studio Biganimal working for an intense 10 day period to disguise 90 seconds of hardcore porn and make it safe-for-work!!

I drew almost all the assets, with each element drawn 5 times, a technique called ‘boiling’, which gives the animated elements more energy and life. You can see the whole animation HERE.

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