Michèle Jones

GAIN EXPERIENCE IN THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY WITH A LEARNING PLACEMENT: MY TIME AT DISTANT FUTURE ANIMASTION STUDIO

by Michèle Jones|09 May 202209 May 2022|Animation, General Interest, Production Techniques, Productivity

Scarlett has recently completed a voluntary learning placement with us here at Distant Future. Here is what she had to say about the process of finding a placement and developing her creative skills at the studio… For many of us...

3D animation of the Distant Future Rocket on a launchpad trying to blast off

Be Like Elon, Embrace Reusability…

by Michèle Jones|13 September 202108 October 2021|Animation, Production Techniques, Video Marketing

Have you seen the Distant Future animations we have been posting on social media over the last 2 weeks? If you have then you have been seeing examples of an exciting new service Distant Future now offers you – Reusable...

Be creative with a lightbulb doodle being written on some pale green paper

When It All Goes Quiet – Creativity Makes a Comeback

by Michèle Jones|19 July 202119 July 2021|Animation, General Interest

A long time ago (September 2013) in a studio far, far away (Shipley, West Yorkshire), we decided to take a break from the usual day-to-day client work and set our first ever, Creative Challenge. One person opened their head and...

Computer screenshot of the Distant Future Rocket launch reuseable content project using Blender software.

A Blender in the Mix – Our Team Has Grown

by Michèle Jones|21 June 202121 June 2021|General Interest, Graduates, Production Techniques

Our team has grown! We’re really excited that Tom Roddis has joined the Distant Future Animation Studio team as our Blender Artist. Tom has joined us directly from graduating in a Visual Communications degree which he studied at Leeds Arts...

Animation Feedback Made Easier

by Michèle Jones|22 July 202019 May 2021|Animation, Production Techniques, Productivity

At Distant Future we constantly look for new tools and tricks to improve our work, increase efficiency and make our process better for everyone we work with. A couple of years back we started to use Vimeo’s Review Tools feature...

Save Time and Money Using Animation

by Michèle Jones|30 March 202021 May 2021|Animation, Video Marketing

Over the past few years, video has taken over the marketing world with many marketers considering it to be the most effective type of content on websites and social media. Studies have found that using video increases engagement, is more...

Help for freelancers and self-employed in the creative industries

by Michèle Jones|25 March 202021 May 2021|General Interest

With so much information coming from the news media and being spread across social media about the effect the Covid-19 pandemic is having on everyone’s livelihood, we know it is a very worrying time for the self-employed and freelancers in...

Female eorker looking very happy and unstressed at her work desk

Working a Four-Day Week

by Michèle Jones|18 March 202021 May 2021|General Interest

Companies around the world have been trying out four day working weeks and say it’s made their staff happier, healthier and more productive. The whole idea has been getting a lot of coverage recently and whole countries (namely Finland and...