Felix Colgrave Explained

Felix Colgrave
Birth Name:Felix Colgrave
Birth Date:1992 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Railton, Tasmania, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Occupation:Director, animator, cartoonist, filmmaker, artist, musician
Style:Animation, surrealist, absurdist humour
Years Active:2008–present
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Felix Colgrave
Channel Name:MasterAardvark
Years Active:2008–present
Subscribers:1.91 million
Views:277 million
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Silver Year:2015
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Gold Year:2019[1]
Stats Update:7 August 2024
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Years Active:2018-present
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Felix Colgrave (born 29 November[2] 1992) is an Australian director, animator, cartoonist, filmmaker, artist and musician. Distribution of Colgrave's work has, to date, been focused on YouTube where his channel has 1.91 million subscribers as of August 2024. Colgrave mainly uses After Effects for his animations.[3] As of August 7, 2024, his most popular animation is "Double King" with over 86 million views.[4]

Work

Colgrave has been involved in several commercial projects, having worked for clients such as Vice and Comedy Central,[5] as well as for Trip Tank[6] and Off the Air series.[7] He provided some in-game animations for Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 4.[8]

Colgrave's YouTube channel has twenty six of his 2D surreal, psychedelic animations,[9] half of which have over a million views each. His most popular animation, "Double King", has over 86 million views as of July 2024. Colgrave also created the music for "Double King" animation, which he released as an album known as Royal Noises from Dead Kingdoms.[10] [11]

His animation "Man Spaghetti", has been featured on the animation website known as Cartoon Brew[12] Colgrave has directed a number of music videos, including videos for DJ Mustard, Nicki Minaj & Jeremih's "Don't Hurt Me"[13] [14] [15] Fever The Ghost's "SOURCE",[16] and Shoe's "Egg".[17]

He was credited for doing the storyboards for Childish Gambino's music video for "Feels Like Summer."[18] [19]

Colgrave was interviewed at the Sydney Opera House with hosts from Comedy Central and Super Deluxe.

Colgrave and his wife, Zoë Medcraft, operate the production company Wombot Studio out of their garage.[20]

Awards and recognition

The animation "CU" has won the best of the month award on the video-sharing website Vimeo.[21] His follow-up work "Flying Bamboo" was also featured as the opening for the Melbourne International Film Festival.[22]

"The Elephant's Garden" won "Best Australian Film" at the Melbourne International Animation Festival in 2014.[23] It has also gained exposure to the public from various web sources.[24] [25] Both "Double King" and "The Elephant's Garden" are featured in the book titled Australian Animation: An International History.[26]

Personal life

Felix Colgrave has been animating since he was a child. One of his first animations, "Last Resort", was created early in 2008 when he was 15 years old.[27]

Colgrave's wife, Zoë[28] is a costume and makeup-artist, known as Trugglet on Instagram They became engaged on 31 October 2016; On 23 February 2019, Colgrave revealed that he has one child with his wife.[29] Currently he lives in Melbourne, Australia.[30]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Felix Colgraves' YouTube stats. Social Blade.
  2. Colgrave . Feliz . felixcolgrave . 935806880651272192 . 29 November 2017 . It's my birthday so I drew a baby . en . 21 November 2019 .
  3. Colgrave . Feliz . felixcolgrave . 964671895948771329 . 16 February 2018 . I use varying combinations of Flash, AE and PS. This shot here though is a work-in-progress, all Flash so far. . en . 21 November 2019 .
  4. Web site: DOUBLE KING . www.youtube.com . 2 April 2017 . en.
  5. Web site: Felix Colgrave Animator.
  6. Web site: Felix Colgrave - DSC Interview. www.youtube.com.
  7. Web site: Matos . Clinton . Felix Colgrave's new animation is now available on YouTube . htxt.africa . 21 November 2019 . en . 9 July 2018.
  8. Web site: Felix Colgrave . CBC/Radio-Canada . 21 November 2019 . en . 1 February 2016.
  9. Web site: Felix Colgrave - A Wizard, A True Star. Universalcollage.
  10. Web site: "Double King" By Felix Colgrave. Raheel. Raad. September 8, 2017. Medium.
  11. Web site: Royal Noises from Dead Kingdoms: The Music of Double King, by Felix Colgrave. Felix Colgrave.
  12. Web site: "Man Spaghetti" by Felix Colgrave. March 29, 2013. Cartoon Brew.
  13. Web site: DJ Mustard, Nicki Minaj, Jeremih 'Don't Hurt Me' by Felix Colgrave. Promonews.
  14. DJ Mustard Shares Animated 'Don't Hurt Me' Video. Billboard.
  15. Web site: Watch The Video For DJ Mustard's "Don't Hurt Me" Featuring Nicki Minaj And Jeremih. TheFader.
  16. Web site: Cartoons perform disco ritual for Fever the Ghost music video. March 28, 2015. Dezeen.
  17. Web site: Shoe Biography. Last.fm.
  18. News: Renshaw . David . Childish Gambino's "Feels Like Summer" directors break down the spectacular animated video . The FADER . 6 September 2018 . en.
  19. Web site: Childish Gambino, Feels Like Summer. 19 November 2019. 15 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615190112/http://trubaanimation.com/portfolio-item/childish-gambino-feels-like-summer/. dead.
  20. Web site: Lane . Jamie . Felix Colgrave's 'Donks' Offers A Sly Commentary On Ocean Plastics . Cartoon Brew . 10 February 2023 . 30 January 2024.
  21. Web site: Monday Short: Felix Colgrave's Double King (2017). QuickDrawAnimations. 20 November 2019. 29 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929202021/https://quickdrawanimation.ca/2018/09/17/monday-short-felix-colgraves-double-king-2017/. dead.
  22. Web site: Trippy and relaxing animated insects move to a hypnotic beat . Boing Boing . 21 November 2019 . en . 14 June 2018.
  23. Web site: Felix Colgrave: In Conversation with Greg Sharp & Alex Grigg . Sydney Opera House's "Graphic" Festival . en . 20 November 2019 . 9 April 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180409202429/https://graphic.sydneyoperahouse.com/home/felix-colgrave/ . dead . - interview with Greg Sharp and Alex Grigg
  24. Web site: "The Elephant Garden" Will Blow Your Mind. SplinterNews. 5 December 2013 .
  25. Web site: "The Elephant's Garden 2013 Directed by Felix Colgrave". Letterboxd.
  26. Book: Torre . Dan . Torre . Lienors . Australian Animation: An International History . 2018 . Springer . 978-3-319-95492-9 . 237 . 21 November 2019 . en.
  27. Web site: Last Resort (S) (2008). www.filmaffinity.com.
  28. Web site: My fiancée Zoë, on a damp day. Twitter.
  29. Web site: Hi Hungry I'm Dadpic.twitter.com/tpJWTRc7PN. Felix. Colgrave. February 23, 2019.
  30. Web site: Felix Colgrave.

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