MAW Productions

01/01/2026

A very Happy New Year to my followers!
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Just to let people know whilst things have been rather quiet on the upload front here, things are running behind the scenes with some ambitious projects which for the first time will not be requiring anything using MS Paint which I've relied on with my animations and art pieces.

Details will be more clear more closer to the time with an update expected hopefully by this spring. Only thing is it involves animations as I'll be swapping MS Paint for a camera this time (with possibly some special effects somewhere down the line. All is being planned on whilst everything is being arranged and scripted.

While we wait, I hope to do some other smaller projects very soon but not sure what yet, I am definitely working on it!

30/04/2025

Lets just hope those guys don't use my drawings for posters, I will report these guys if that happens. STAY CLEAR!

'CAUTION!' ⚠️⚠️⚠️ - It was inevitable, but it looks like my content has been stolen for other's revenue, and in this case on Ebay. The seller Cool Bop Design has ZERO rights to use my work without my permission. What you see is buses made out of plush material but with stolen content printed on. This item in question seems to be using a Mercedes-Benz Citaro G I did in Travel Coventry livery judging by the interior with branding and livery done by them. But at 'NO POINT' do I allow my content to be used for sale at any point.

That livery hasn't even been done properly, for a start the City Transport livery is two-tone green not green and white, and the fact you converted a classic built Citaro and made it into a facelifted Citaro is highly laughable considering I did a few facelifted Citaro Gs from York which is where the City Transport ones come from.

I highly recommend that the seller take this down as I will be reporting this to Ebay.

(P.S. a great big thank you to Jon Houghton for pointing this out.)

05/04/2025

UPDATE: Things are a bit slow at the moment as I've been doing some other projects. Later I am wanting to do a bit of random art soon and I hope to get stuck in to some exciting new content.

Also some non-MS Paint related projects are in the pipeline to help the page grow further but with this comes a lot of time to get things ready for this big project. Also the cartoon is on hold for now but will be worked on later however a short cartoon will be jumping the queue as I just want to test some things out.

For now though, here's my first ever project done in 2014, Helen Flanagan in a dirndl dress. 😎

17/03/2025

PAGE RUN BY SCAMMERS! ⚠️⚠️⚠️
A number pages like this one are trying to con you into buying a free transport card. Normally the pages have zero followers often with bot accounts claiming they have received the card with images plus a lot of the time the bot accounts repeat this same lie on similar pages. Clearly the same scammers running all these pages covering all areas. Don't give these scammers any of your information! ❌❌❌

09/02/2025

"COMING SOON... The Perfect American Beach Holiday!"

It all begins here at home with my first scene as this is the background for the animation which has just been completed today. All that's left is the moving images in the shot, and as a bit of a homage to my Sonic sprite animations, can you see the poster through that window?

The two main characters have already been designed from the now cancelled Yorkshire Family series as some of the characters will be redesigned as they'll now appear in shorter animations which were intentionally going to appear in 15-30 minute episodes, now it'll be 7-14 minutes long I intend.

What was the reason behind the cancellation of The Yorkshire Family you might ask? - Lets just say it was an overzealoused idea which features many challenges including most obviously time but also voice acting also. The cancellation will also bring many opportunities for smaller and more enjoyable projects.

Finally, this animation will take us on a trip from Yorkshire right to the other side of the pond - the US whilst the pair enjoy their holiday which ends on a high which would bring us onto the next animation which is currently in the thinking stage at the moment so might not get the green light.

28/01/2025

"UPDATE ABOUT ANIMATIONS" - I have now found a new editing software which will help with creating MS Paint animations. Its a program called DaVinci Resolve and this video is what I did with it. This snippet will be the title screen for all my uploads as the music was done by me.

Now pros and cons, yes its going to be very useful but it has a LOT more features than CapCut which is good in a way but with more features comes having to get used to it. I am really excited to test out the generous amount of features it has to offer as it works the same way as CapCut but even better.

I have now written a script out for my next upcoming animation which I will hope to start tomorrow with drawing the slides. The narration will also be written out too possibly although I think that'll be done when the slides are complete!

26/01/2025

Hi all! Once again my animations are in the balance, sadly CapCut who claim they are free are now limiting features meaning you'll have to upgrade to export rendering all features completely useless. Whilst I considered going for an upgrade I honestly think it was a sneaky move on their part meaning I am looking for an alternative app to create animations.

'What does this mean now?' - There are a few options as MS Paint animations are in doubt.
1) Find a new software.
2) New way to animate (e.g. stop motion using Lego models)
3) Fresh new content which could mean 3D modelling, but this is a 'BIG IF'.

I will post another update within a few days about this situation but for now I am only limited to still art for now until things get resolved as animation has always been a passion for me and with Microsoft doing away with Movie Maker and their Video Editor app also things have got really difficult for me and it really stinks!

22/01/2025

Hi all, this is the project I've been working on behind the scenes for the past few months. A lot of people had actually thought this was a photo and I can say it isn't as this is purely done in MS Paint and was my most challenging project yet.

The spray can tool was put to good use in the more distant background with blurred pebbles with the grassy cliff edge. Not to mention most of the spray tool was used on the texture of the sand which worked really well I thought.

Yes all those pebbles were drawn using a mixture of the pencil tool and fill tool as well with the fur effect on Millie was done by drawing quick lines with the pencil tool (one pixel width). To say I am happy with this is an understatement even Millie saw the drawing herself and seemed to like it when I shown this piece to her owners.

So anyway here's Millie the pug on the beach using a reference shot from a photo I was using.

12/01/2025

Hi everyone, you might have noticed about posts popping up in your feed about scammers. Well, this has happened as I've been leaving reviews about scam pages claiming to sell free travel cards and have been leaving reviews for awareness. Because of this the pages have been blocking me including on this one and as a result the reviews have been appearing in the feed.

I am sorry and I will be more considerate with such in future, yes its good to spread awareness but using my personal account is enough. Just need to be affective with how I conduct myself.

Hope this helps!

20/11/2024

Hi everyone, a few days ago I have opened a new account with Bluesky amidst the ongoing situation over on Twitter/X. I have left that other site last year due to a few reasons mainly political. For one Musk, the other was sticking up for a political party but after seeing a couple of cracks I decided enough was enough, both sides are as bad as each other I thought but in different ways.

Anyway... I'll be posting my own personal views with my artwork and animations, if any of you are familiar with MetroRider Transport Graphics another page I run you'll be seeing some vehicles on the new account too. I'm currently on 29 followers so do give me a follow if you're interested! 😁

Artist - transport enthusiast - part time pain in the a$$ and much more!

23/09/2024

Hi everyone, been a few weeks! Sadly I've been busy elsewhere however I do intend to work on new projects very shortly hopefully starting this week with a bit of art. I do want to resume a few other projects aswell as they'll take a little bit extra time.

Later, animations are in the pipeline too as there's another sprite animation being planned out but this time with a different twist also a cartoon aswell just like 'The Bad Bendy Bus Driver' episode. Nothing in particular is planned at this stage however planning should start shortly as the cartoon animations do tend to take longer to do as more planning is needed plus more work.

Truth is I've been updating the 'MetroRider Transport Graphics' page as on there I no longer do bus updates as I now cover all modes of transport however while I do updates I still mainly cover buses on there but mainly graphic art. I do hope to balance time with that page and this one so I'll be taking on more content.

16/08/2024

NEW VIDEO! - My first sprite animation in nearly a decade is finally uploaded. It is hoped that I'll be doing more soon so if this is your thing watch this space!

The sprite series is back after nearly 10 years! We see the gang go ghost hunting at the Sandapolis zone and we will also see what it was like in 2020 during...