Mollusks Animated Series by Maik Hempel
Ok, so it’s about time that I featured Maik Hempel here again on Design Montage and for no better reason than to share the love for his latest series Mollusks. This ridiculously talented guy has been in a whirlwind slash dream-come-true twilight for the past six months. And despite the insane stress and pressure of putting together your own animated series, he’s survived and still as funny as ever.Maik’s an indie film-maker and animator. He studied animation at the Queensland College of Art in Brisbane a few years ago and it was during these days that Maik devised the idea of a series of loud mouthed sea creatures, called Mollusks. Read our previous interview with Maik here.
Starting from the beginning… It was early 2011 and Maik had a breakthrough on one of his projects Mollusks. After entering countless comps over the years, Maik received some funding from Movie Network Channel to produce a series of 7 episodes. With 12 months of planning, writing, laughs, drawing, stress and animating, the series launched live on the interwebs at the end of last year.
The series celebrates Aussie animation and comedy with a whole host of comic talent from Shaun Micallef as Easty the squid, Bob Franklin as Mofo the crab, Triple J’s Dave Callan as Fergal, Roz Hammond as Big Mama Jelly and Adrian Calear as Vinnie the box jellyfish.
Read on for episode links and a hilarious interview with Maik.
