Golden Wolf Talk - Tom and Henry Purrington

We had a talk with two of Martins old pupils, twins Tom and Henry Purring ton and their work together at Golden Wolf. Their talk covered how their studio works and functions as it is small but active advertisement studio. Their view on the industry appears to be focused on keeping a close knit and fun family of a studio. With mandatory weekend work holidays to places around the globe and activities they want to keep their employees happy and for them to be enjoying life and their jobs. It was a really positive mindset looking back. Work had to be play but in turn play had to be work making sure that the jobs they took on were enjoyable. Speaking of the jobs they said that they didn't mind taking on any kind of job as long as it wasn't pornographic/sexual or cigarettes as these would push their company in a direction they didn't want it going since it would stop them from getting work for children shows and they would get more of that sort of topic and content asked of them restricting their hopes of doing more variety.

Their clients have been very varied from big brand companies like Disney XD and Nike to smaller local chains such as Wawa sandwiches. So its clear that their focus has been on products and shows, this didn't necessarily mean character animation which is my main point of interest rather than effects, products and transitions. However my other interest, hybrid animation, is incredibly prevalent within their work with the usage of base 3D models then with 2D drawn on top to create seamless 2D turn arounds and transitions was incredible i especially liked their guardians of the galaxy ident with the action and overall look. Unfortunately i did not talk with them or ask any questions because at the time there was a lot on my mind and we had a hand in the next day. So to try and reach out to them i have emailed their office with first a thank you to the Purrington Brothers, and secondly questions covering the topic of how to effectively and efficiently use hybrid animation, explains my interest in the topic and how I've used it in the past linking my attempt to the email.



I regret not talking to them but it helped me to realise how I've been feeling recently with myself and my work which i will explain in another blog post.