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Growing out of my childhood, I remembered trying to hold onto those magical feelings I only got at Christmas time, the warm fuzziness in my stomach and the giddy excitement of knowing Santa Claus would soon be arriving.
But those feelings faded and in their place completely new ones developed. Equally as good mind you, just different.
So I wanted to create a world that captured those magical feelings I had as a child, but also include a sense of what Christmas means to me today, every time I open up that wonderful Christmas box
But those feelings faded and in their place completely new ones developed. Equally as good mind you, just different.
So I wanted to create a world that captured those magical feelings I had as a child, but also include a sense of what Christmas means to me today, every time I open up that wonderful Christmas box
Author - Steven Hornby
Copyright © 2008-2009 Steven Hornby
Steven Hornby is a multi award winning animator, bringing stories to life for over 15 years in visual effects and animated movies. Born in Preston, England, he attended Lancaster University for Design Communication for 3 years, which although had nothing to do with animation or telling wonderful stories, introduced him to the world of computer graphics.
In 2000, after working on a set of commercials in Europe and Australasia, and his own short film, “Zzz Night”, he joined the animation crew on the Academy Award winning “The Lord of the Rings” films in New Zealand, which is where he received a VES Award for his animation on J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional character, Gollum.
Since then, he has been busy as a lead animator on “I, Robot” (2004), “King Kong” (2005), Disney's “Meet the Robinson's” (2007) and “Glago's Guest” (2008), and more recently Dreamworks's “Kung Fu Panda” (2008) and “How to Train Your Dragon” (In Theaters 2010).
This brings us nicely to the present, where after 3 years of writing, he has just completed the children's fantasy novel, “Secrets of a Christmas Box” to be released in September 2009. He initially planned the book as a screenplay, after spending several years having the story running around in his head, but instead turned it into his first children's novel.
Aside from the busy hours at Dreamworks Animation, he has already begun work on the sequel to the Christmas novel, and also a new fantasy adventure, "The Mist Catchers".
He currently lives in Burbank, California, with his wonderful family.
In 2000, after working on a set of commercials in Europe and Australasia, and his own short film, “Zzz Night”, he joined the animation crew on the Academy Award winning “The Lord of the Rings” films in New Zealand, which is where he received a VES Award for his animation on J.R.R. Tolkien's fictional character, Gollum.
Since then, he has been busy as a lead animator on “I, Robot” (2004), “King Kong” (2005), Disney's “Meet the Robinson's” (2007) and “Glago's Guest” (2008), and more recently Dreamworks's “Kung Fu Panda” (2008) and “How to Train Your Dragon” (In Theaters 2010).
This brings us nicely to the present, where after 3 years of writing, he has just completed the children's fantasy novel, “Secrets of a Christmas Box” to be released in September 2009. He initially planned the book as a screenplay, after spending several years having the story running around in his head, but instead turned it into his first children's novel.
Aside from the busy hours at Dreamworks Animation, he has already begun work on the sequel to the Christmas novel, and also a new fantasy adventure, "The Mist Catchers".
He currently lives in Burbank, California, with his wonderful family.
Photo by Hans Ku