Jonti Picking
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Jonathan "Jonti" Picking, otherwise known by his Internet pseudonym Weebl (born May 17, 1975, Doncaster, England) is the creator of the Weebl and Bob cartoon series, as well as the "Magical Trevor", "Badger Badger Badger", "Kenya" and "Scampi" Flash movies on weebls-stuff.com.
His movies are known to repeat in constant loops and make very little sense; the majority of them also feature a catchy tune with equally silly lyrics. Most of the voices in his animations are done by himself, and several feature himself in live action, including "Haricots Verts", "Chutney", "Boogie", "CAMRA", "Stockmarket", the Weebl and Bob episodes "DJ" and "Safety", and the fourth On The Moon episode.
Jonti is a trained sound engineer and artist, and has also worked 3D visual effects on the movie Resident Evil. Weebl's Flash-animations are known to employ advanced visual effects and the latest flash-features. He does not keyframe his movies, they are all programmed using Action-script, making them very small in comparison to keyframed flash animations.
In 2003, he made several advertisements for Anchor Butter in the style of his Weebl and Bob animations, but featuring cows [1]. These were broadcast in the UK. The television program Totally Viral on UKTV G2, consisting of video clips and cartoons from the internet, has an animated title sequence and links made by Jonti. Jonti has set up his own production company called Sumo Dojo, which is used for his commercial projects.
He is also an admitted fan of Elvis, Wesley Willis, and used his music in the cartoon "Merry Christmas"[2].
Together with Rob Manuel, as Weebl and Chums, he released a mini-album Pure Yak Frenzy consisting of various tunes and earworms created by one or both of them. Most of these tracks gained popularity on the Internet (usually accompanied by a Flash animation) before being released on CD.
Picking married his wife on the 2nd of April, 2007. [3]
[edit] See also
- Weebl's Stuff (His website)
- Weebl's cartoons (discusses Magical Trevor, Kenya, Patrick Moore Plays the Xylophone, Breadfish, Chutney, Scampi, Strawberry Pancake, etc.)
- Weebl and Bob
- On The Moon
- Badger Badger Badger
- Chris Vick (Jonti's co-writer)
- Sumo Dojo
