About me

One half of indie animation duo Tapocketa, UK. I've used my 15yrs of industry experience in visual effects (Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Hellboy, Man of Steel, Captain America etc to name drop just a few) to co-create our own peculiar method and style of animation.

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Work history

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Co-Founder & Lead AnimatorTapocketa Studio
Feb 2017Hertford, United KingdomFull Time
Tapocketa is the animation partnership of Eleanor Long and Trevor Young. Primarily offering their own unique style of animation for a wide variety of platforms, they can also animate third party artwork as well as creating multi award-winning interactive publications.
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Co-Founder & Lead DesignerCandle Key Ltd
Sep 2014 - Feb 2017Hertford, United KingdomFull Time
CandleKey.com is a small experimental design studio creating designs for home products. Designs are available for license or commission. Creating high end designed home ware from our own designs, which included printmaking and photography. CandleKey gave us the opportunity to test our partnership design skills whilst we developed the skills we need to build towards creating an animation company in the remaining hours of the day!

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Skills

• Animation
• Animation Directing
• Directing Animation
• Creative Leadership

Education

(BA hons) Graphic DesignCamberwell College of Arts (UAL)
Sep 1991London, United Kingdom
All courses at Camberwell encouraged experimentation and freedom of expression. It allowed innovation to flourish and has influenced my work to this day.
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Art Foundation DiplomaTrowbridge College
Sep 1990 - Jun 1991Trowbridge, United Kingdom
One of the best art foundation courses in the country at the time, due to the leading tutors who ran the course. Students were encouraged to find their own style and break out of any restricting creative habits.

Awards

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Independent Publishers (IPPY) AwardsIndependent Publisher, US
Awarding excellence in independent publishing, Eleanor Long and Trevor Young won an IPPY for their animated interactive digital publication for children, Galdo's Gift: The Boovie®
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Digital Book World Awards (Best Book Overall)Digital Book World
Digital Book World is the go-to event for the digital publishing industry in the US. Eleanor Long and myself created a ground-breaking animated interactive digital publication for children called Galdo's Gift: The Boovie® for which we received this award.

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