Trisha’s Short Video of the Day: Simon’s Cat in “Hop It”

I don’t know about you, but with both Sarah Jane and an Academy Award-nominated director dying in the same week plus perhaps one of the most depressing Catholic and Christian holidays being today, perhaps you might need a little pick-up. And what better way than with being introduced to a little new animation?

Simon Tofield is a British animation director who started putting up little Flash videos on the ‘net, and his success on the web lead to a book deal and a daily cartoon in the Mirror, a popular British newspaper.

What I like about this short is that it reminds me that hand-drawn animation will always have a place in the great animation lexicon and that there’s great value in the love of simple, classic silent-movies.

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2 thoughts on “Trisha’s Short Video of the Day: Simon’s Cat in “Hop It””

  1. One of my favourite things about these cartoons has always been the quirkly little cat sounds. Sounds so much like my friend’s cat.

  2. Wonderful. Thanks for posting this. I saw the one where the cat wakes him up, but didn’t know there were more!

    The Foley work is as good as the animation itself.

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