Gavin Strange [Jamfactory]
@jamfactory.bsky.social
🎥 Director & Designer for Aardman💥 Passion project indulger 📣 Keynote Speaker 📖 Author of ‘Do Fly’🥁 Noise maker under the alias of Project Toy
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I am SO proud & honoured to say that I’ve been the Director of Wallace & Gromit - Shot on iPhone. A festive stop frame animation for Apple, shot entirely on iPhone 16 Pro Max’s, projected 101 metres tall onto the iconic Battersea Power Station! Projecting every night in December from 5-10pm!
Work’s super busy and at night I’ve been juggling a few passion projects so haven’t had any time for vpinball… until tonight!
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Work’s super busy and at night I’ve been juggling a few passion projects so haven’t had any time for vpinball… until tonight!
Earlier this year I had the absolute pleasure of speaking at @marcthiele.com's BEYOND TELLERRAND festival in Düsseldorf, you can watch me whole talk right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmTN...
Gavin Strange – Less Thinkering More Tinkering – beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 2025
YouTube video by beyond tellerrand
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Earlier this year I had the absolute pleasure of speaking at @marcthiele.com's BEYOND TELLERRAND festival in Düsseldorf, you can watch me whole talk right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmTN...
Thanks to my friend Liz, who created this awesome “kickflippin’ chicken” illustration, I’ve now got a bit of Feathers action going on in my virtual pinball table. That grey skull ‘grip tape’ will actually have a flashing pinball light behind it, so it should look rad!
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Thanks to my friend Liz, who created this awesome “kickflippin’ chicken” illustration, I’ve now got a bit of Feathers action going on in my virtual pinball table. That grey skull ‘grip tape’ will actually have a flashing pinball light behind it, so it should look rad!
Ermmm…. I think something went wrong…
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Ermmm…. I think something went wrong…
Petition to insist that - in the style of DVD extras - every video game comes with a making-of included. Thank you please.
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Petition to insist that - in the style of DVD extras - every video game comes with a making-of included. Thank you please.
Man, this beauty hasn’t aged a day! I LOVE the pomposity and indulgence of Godspeed so much. 20 minute songs, unsearchable album names, album artwork with zero information on it, no press or interviews. I love it all. ❤️
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Man, this beauty hasn’t aged a day! I LOVE the pomposity and indulgence of Godspeed so much. 20 minute songs, unsearchable album names, album artwork with zero information on it, no press or interviews. I love it all. ❤️
Core memory unlocked!!
It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Core memory unlocked!!
I am STOKED on my latest progress with ‘GNARLYBOT’ - my reskin of the 1990 pinball table ‘Radical!’. The past 3 nights I’ve put in a tonne of work to make the playfield and plastics all custom (with still a lot more to do!) but I am really thrilled with how it’s looking!!
October 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am STOKED on my latest progress with ‘GNARLYBOT’ - my reskin of the 1990 pinball table ‘Radical!’. The past 3 nights I’ve put in a tonne of work to make the playfield and plastics all custom (with still a lot more to do!) but I am really thrilled with how it’s looking!!
It’s alive! Well, a very rough first-pass at ‘Gnarlybot’ - my reskin of the 1990 Bally pinball table ‘Radical!’. Lots and lots and lots still left to do, but it feels rad to replace a few big images and see what needs attention (all of it!). Feels rad though!
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It’s alive! Well, a very rough first-pass at ‘Gnarlybot’ - my reskin of the 1990 Bally pinball table ‘Radical!’. Lots and lots and lots still left to do, but it feels rad to replace a few big images and see what needs attention (all of it!). Feels rad though!
Man, I love shooting on my X100V! I don't ever shoot RAW, I just dial in a recipe I like and go for it!
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Man, I love shooting on my X100V! I don't ever shoot RAW, I just dial in a recipe I like and go for it!
This. Forever this.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This. Forever this.
I printed my ‘BroBot’ character in translucent purple filament for that 2000’s aesthetic! 💜
October 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I printed my ‘BroBot’ character in translucent purple filament for that 2000’s aesthetic! 💜
@jamiesmart.bsky.social Spotted quickly at Charing Cross station mate!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
@jamiesmart.bsky.social Spotted quickly at Charing Cross station mate!!
We watched ‘Space Jam A New Legacy’ for family movie night this weekend and, erm… yeeeesh. 😬
a poster for space jam a new legacy shows a basketball player
ALT: a poster for space jam a new legacy shows a basketball player
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October 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
We watched ‘Space Jam A New Legacy’ for family movie night this weekend and, erm… yeeeesh. 😬
How I made a virtual pinball machine! This is just *part* of the story though, the software side is even more in-depth! Have a read of the full story over in my blog: blog.jam-factory.com/making-a-vir...
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
How I made a virtual pinball machine! This is just *part* of the story though, the software side is even more in-depth! Have a read of the full story over in my blog: blog.jam-factory.com/making-a-vir...
I'm a bit swamped recently, so I haven't had time to write a new blog, but why not head over there and have a read through my mega-big-blog all about how I designed and played the title sequence for my friends at Beyond Tellerrand conference earlier this year: blog.jam-factory.com/behind-the-s...
Behind the scenes: Beyond Tellerrand 2025 Title sequence
How I made and 'played' the title sequence for the creative festival 'Beyond Tellerrand' in Düsseldorf
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October 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I'm a bit swamped recently, so I haven't had time to write a new blog, but why not head over there and have a read through my mega-big-blog all about how I designed and played the title sequence for my friends at Beyond Tellerrand conference earlier this year: blog.jam-factory.com/behind-the-s...
Reposted by Gavin Strange [Jamfactory]
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024), directed by Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham; written by Mark Burton boxd.it/z14C
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengefu...
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October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024), directed by Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham; written by Mark Burton boxd.it/z14C
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October 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Is a jpeg ok?
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Is a jpeg ok?
Fix it in post.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Fix it in post.
Heading to the big smoke today for Playgrounds festival!
October 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Heading to the big smoke today for Playgrounds festival!
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David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
Reposted by Gavin Strange [Jamfactory]
Slipknot Travels To India To Begin Psychedelic, Free-Love Phase Of Career https://theonion.com/slipknot-travels-to-india-to-begin-psychedelic-free-love-phase-of-career/
October 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Slipknot Travels To India To Begin Psychedelic, Free-Love Phase Of Career https://theonion.com/slipknot-travels-to-india-to-begin-psychedelic-free-love-phase-of-career/