Overview
Thomas Edgar is an award winning animation director whose work includes “Wussywat the Clumsy Cat”, “Hana’s Helpline”, “Rastamouse” and various commercials including “Money Supermarket - Action Man” and “John Lewis - Insurance” and pop promos for “Elastica” and “Aphex Twin”.
Over the years Tom has worked on many childrens’ series such as “Titch”, “The Koala Brothers”, “Postman Pat”, “Fireman Sam” and “The Wombles”, and also films such as “Fantastic Mr Fox”, “Flatworld” and “The Fabulous Furry Freak Bros”.
He is involved in developing a number of projects across all forms of animation and film at CSAD. He is currently conducting research into 3D sculpting with haptic devices for animation and directing stopframe animation in VR.
Research Publications
Further Stopframe adventures in VR
Edgar, T., 9 Jul 2024, CONFIA 11: Illustration and Animation conference proceedings. Tavares, P. (ed.). PORTUGAL, Vol. 11. p. 234-244 10 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
Stopframe Adventures in VR
Edgar, T., 7 Jul 2023, CONFIA 10: Animation and Illustration Conference proceedings. Tavares, P. (ed.). Portugal, Vol. 10. p. 173-187 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review