Jonti Picking
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| Born | Jonathan Picking 17 May 1975 |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Known for | Surreal comedy, Satire, Music video |
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| Spouse | Sarah Darling |
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| Website | Weebls-Stuff.com |
Jonathan "Jonti" Picking (born 17 May 1975), otherwise known as Weebl, is a British Internet personality and flash animator and is the creator of Weebl's Stuff.
His movies are known for repetitive melodies and surreal dialogue; the majority of them also feature a catchy tune with equally silly lyrics. He does most of the voices in his animations himself, and several feature himself in live action, including "Haricots Verts", "Chutney", "Boogie", "CAMRA", "Stockmarket", "We Are Mature", "Tangerine" the Weebl and Bob episodes "DJ" and "Safety", the fourth On The Moon episode, and "Jazzmas".
Picking is a trained sound engineer and artist, and has also worked on 3D visual effects for the movie Resident Evil.
In 2003, he made several advertisements for Anchor Butter in the style of his Weebl and Bob animations, but featuring cows. 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 set up his own production company called Sumo Dojo, which he has since left to set up Weebl's Stuff Limited, also known as Weebl Ltd.
In 2009, Picking produced several radio and television adverts based on the tune of the first "Magical Trevor" for the 118 24 7 service of Yell.com. It appeared on the ITV television channel,[1] amongst others. It was voted 6th Most Irritating Ad of 2009 by Marketing Magazine.[2]
He is also an admitted fan of Wesley Willis and he used his music in the cartoon "Merry Christmas".[3]
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. He has two albums on iTunes that feature extended versions of his songs: Hands Over Pastry, released on 6 April 2009, and Yesterday's Lemon, released on 26 October 2009. Both albums were released on Amazon on 26 November 2009.[4][5]
Picking married Sarah Darling (a radio presenter on the station Xfm) on 31 March 2007.[6] On 23 December 2008, Picking announced his wife's pregnancy on the official Weebl's Stuff forums. On 13 July 2009, Picking's wife gave birth to a baby girl.
Weebl's Stuff
Weebl's Stuff is Weebl's personal website. Whilst initially starting with his own creations (Weebl and Bob was previously hosted on a different site before moving to Weebl's Stuff), it has since grown to incorporate numerous series and numerous staff. As well as providing the site with animations, usually at least twice a week, Weebl's Stuff also provides animation services to companies. Clients have included E4, Yellow Pages and Anchor.
Site Staff
- Weebl (aka Jonti Picking)
- Key animator, writer, voice artist and musician. Almost all the content on the site has his involvement.
- Skoo (aka Chris Vick)
- Co-writer for the Weebl and Bob series, as well as other cartoons. Sometimes makes animations when Weebl is ill.
- Peabo (aka Peter Murray Hill)
- Animator who primarily works on the On the Moon series. He also co-writes and provides music for some toons.
- Wonchop (aka Ben Smallman)
- Another animator who has worked on animations such as Narwhals. He has co-animated episodes of Cat Face from Episode 7 onwards.
- ZekeySpaceyLizard (aka Nathan Malone)
- Additional animator. He usually works as an additional animator for the Weebl and Bob series.
- Darling (aka Sarah Darling)
- Picking's wife. She writes for Cat Face, as well as providing occasional voice-overs and articles for the site.
- Ash
- The webmaster who maintains the site.
See also
- 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)
References
- ^ "118 24 7 and Magical Trevor, what a team". Yell.com. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ^ http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/News/MostRead/977046/irritating-ads-2009/
- ^ http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Merry+Christmas/
- ^ http://weebls-stuff.com/news/925/buy-my-new-album
- ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002YLVSDG/ref=dm_dp_adp?ie=UTF8&qid=1259235487&sr=8-1
- ^ http://www.weebls-stuff.com/news/658/im-married