Last week HRH The Queen visited Greenwich and the National Maritime Museum's new exhibition 'Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames'. We like to think she paused and took a long, spellbound look at 4 screens above the reception desk on which looped our animation of a Canaletto painting… The painting itself 'London: The Thames [...]

Since posting about the one-off Numtum toys we made to celebrate finishing the series production, we've been inundated with emails asking how to buy them! We're thrilled to see Numtums is going down so well, but want to re-iterate that the BBC are solely responsible for making and marketing Numtum toys, so it's very much [...]

We've just found some early designs for Steve Smith's Channel 4 short 'Eating For Two' (2002) lying digitally around the studio.. Over 11 years old, but still a charmer, you can re-visit the film anytime here: http://beakus.com/blog/eating-for-two-2/, and these designs show the raw materials of paint and line, that went in to the film's seaside surrounds.

A new interview out today, with Beakus producer Steve Smith, director Matthias Hoegg and the creators of 'The Beautiful City' courtesy of Digital Arts, neatly titled 'Animated films explore the dark side of Madchester with Steve Coogan'. http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/?newsID=3354350

We've been working hard these past few weeks on a 5000 pixel-wide moving painting for the National Maritime Museum's amazing new exhibition: 'Royal River, Power, Pageantry and the Thames'. The looping animation adorns 4-screens above the museum's reception desk, and was visited by the Queen this week! We like to think she stood awhile and [...]

There's new work on our site! A superb music video aimed squarely at kids and created for top musician Alan Gregg. Called 'Elevator Up, Elevator Down' and directed by Matthias Hoegg, the video entertains a child's imagination of where a lift might take you, and who might be in it. Our hero encounters strange worlds on [...]

Matthias has curated File Magazine's online screening for April, featuring a mix of short films and promos. To watch the reel click here (involves a free sign-up): http://tv.file-magazine.com/login/

We are excited to announce a new partnership with UK-based creative consultancy Machas. Beakus will be represented for commercial and corporate animation through Machas, joining their small but perfectly formed roster of international artists, photographers and illustrators. All enquiries should be directed to: Valentina Guarneri or Rita Comi via sayhello@itsmachas.com. Machas writes: "We are very [...]

It's been a while since we summed up all the fab work going on here, so here's a few bullet points – The Beautiful City Matthias Hoegg created a cinematic teaser for 'The Beautiful City', voiced by Steve Coogan, by bringing his film 'N77' up-to-date with moody rain and a dark, oppressive ice-cream van. The [...]

Director Leigh Hodgkinson's new children's picture book, 'Goldilocks and Just the One Bear' was reviewed in the Sunday Times this weekend!