
BoodleBobs Animation & Children’s Book Series
www.boodlebobs.com
Boodlebobs are a set of 26 short stories written by children’s author Jo Kemp. Jo wrote the original scripts for Chorlton and the Wheelies and Jamie and the Magic Torch in the late 70’s where she adopted a gentle, narrative style with little regard for political correctness and both series attracted a cult following.
We wanted to develop our animation skills in motion graphics and character animation whilst developing our own brand. Created with Adobe creative cloud, the tools we typically use within the suite are Audition for the audio. Illustrator, Photoshop for the backgrounds and character designs. Character animator for the digital puppets and performances. After Effects and Premiere for putting it all together and final editing.
Each story consists of around 600 words and takes Luke 2-3 weeks to animate once the audio guide track is complete. The BoodleBobs cartoons are good examples of low budget animation.
Hours per month
- CREATIVE CLOUD
- Website Drupal 7 To WordPress
- YouTube channel management
- Cartoons, E-books, Podcasts, Music, Publishing
- Continuous brand development
- Animated using the tools in Adobe ‘s creative cloud

Project Stage 2 – Granny Annie Book Launch 2021
Research indicated that multiple story characters lead to brand confusion. To rectify this we have introduced Granny Annie into the role of story narrator. This has significant advantages for improving the pace of the cartoons as well as simplifying the animation process.

Publication: Granny Annie’s Ultimate Alphabet Book
Publisher: SEO-Hampshire/BoodleBobs
Author: Jo Kemp
Illustrator / Animator: Luke Kemp
Project Stage 1 – Content Creation
Two years ago our first few cartoons were very basic, the hardware (An 8-year-old mac) was insufficient for the task. A lack of knowledge was only overcome with boundless enthusiasm and some fantastic ‘how too’ tutorials found online. Since then our hardware has been upgraded and skills have developed exponentially.
BoodleBobs in 2020
Two key factors (COPPA & Keyword research) have influenced our decision to shift focus from creating entire cartoons, to simply focusing on creating picture books and podcasts. In doing so we hope to complete the online publication of the remaining 12 stories in 2020
A new version of the BoodleBobs website has just been put in to live (July 2020) and contains storybook downloads in English, Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin and Arabic. Podcast downloads are available in English only (so far).
Visit the new-look BoodleBobs website here. www.boodlebobs.com
COPPA Law Starts 6th Jan 2020
Coppa stands for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. And is about the collection of data from a child without adult consent.
Keyword Researh
Keyword research has shown us a far better way. Intelligent business decisions from real-world data.