Andy Sykes is an award winning animator and illustrator from Leeds. He graduated from BA (Hons) Interactive Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2004.

Since graduating he has been awarded a Pocket Shorts commission, funded by Nesta, to make a one minute film for mobile phones. The commissioned film recently won a runner up prize at the Texas DCI Mobile Content Festival and has been screened at festivals in Edinburgh, Bristol, Rotterdam and San Francisco, as well as on BBC2's Homegrown Hollywood.

His graduation film, 'Andy's Life Animations' won a special mention at the Exposures Film Festival in 2004. In 2005 Andy was commissioned by the Exposures Film Festival's Music Video Challenge to make a video for Manchester band The Former Bullies.

The film has gone on to be screened as part of the festival's 'Best of the Fest', at Future Shorts in Manchester and  'fest' youth video festival in Espinho, Portugal.

'Evil Fun With Zimmy' was shortlisted for Noise Festival in November 2006. It was screened as part of the festival's exhibition at Urbis in Manchester and its film showcase at the ICA in London.

As well as animation, Andy has produced commissioned illustrations for an interactive project in Huddersfield called 'RFID Snakes and Ladders' and illustrations for a kid's trail at Victoria Baths in Manchester, winner of the BBC's 'Restoration' programme. He has exhibited both in Manchester and Rotterdam and has self-published 3 illustrated books.

Andy is currently working on a new animated short film, with funding from Screen Yorkshire in the UK.

For a GUIDE to the the work on this site click here.

If you want to contact Andy about his work, commissions, or anything else, he welcomes mail at pjboysyko@yahoo.co.uk

You can also say hello to him via Myspace HERE.

If you like Andy's work, please consider visiting his online store.