About Me

NoddyDog

My name is Paul Noddings and I was born and bred in Darlington in the north east of England. I graduated from Northumbria Univeristy, Newcastle, with a first class degree in Multimedia Design. After graduating I was soon lured by the bright lights of London to work as a web designer.

I've always been passionate about art and design and spent most of my childhood, like most designers, with lots of felt pens, crayons and pencils drawing pictures of Thundercats and He-Man. I first stumbled across computer created design when my parents gave me my first Amiga computer and I spent much of my teenage years creating various characters and animations.

Throughout my schooling I was encouraged by my art teacher Mrs Blythe and media stuides teacher Mrs Jackson at Eastbourne Comprehensive School in Darlington. It was during this time that I was given the nickname 'Noddy Dog' by my eccentric and inspiring English teacher Mrs Gray. I ended up making the front pages of the local newspaper for my A* GCSE Media Studies project and for winning various awards. This led onto studying Art & Design at Darlington College of Technology and yet again winning an award, this time the Art Shop Award GNVQ Advanced Art and Design.

During my college years I became an junior graphic and print designer which I worked alongside my studies. I was also fortunate enough to work for LWT's Gladiators television series which gave me my first valuable taste of the entertainment industry.

In 2003, I graduated from University and moved to London. My first position was working for Imagination Ltd as a designer and animator. I produced design work for the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany. Later that year I moved on to be a graphic and web site designer at Digital Marmalade in Beckenham. During my time at Digital Marmalade I won three industry awards, was a featured designer in .net magazine and worked for clients ranging from the Kinder Looney Tunes Racers, Cosmos and Stellent- to name a few.

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Favourites

Favourite Music
Siobhan Donaghy, Mute Math, PJ Harvey, Nelly Furtado, Sigur Rós, Aqualung, Deepest Blue, Paloalto, Frou Frou, Keane, Sugababes, Röyksopp, Massive Attack, Cold Play, Foo Fighters, Snow Patrol, Natalie Imbruglia, Zero 7, Renee Heartfelt, Engineers, Secret Machines, Feeder, Delays, Turin Brakes, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Van Halen, Broken Social Scene, Audioslave.

Favourite TV Shows
Heroes, Grey's Anatomy, Two Pints of Lager, Fonejacker, Pulling, Friday Night Project, Hollyoaks, Hell's Kitchen, Come Dine With Me, The Royle Family, Gladiators, Thundercats.

Favourite Movies
Lost In Translation, 28 Days Later, Thundercats Ho!