While many feature films and television series have postponed production during COVID-19, one part of the movie industry is busier than ever.
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And Wollongong animator Adam Murphy is right in the thick of it. From a studio in his Balgownie home Mr Murphy is presently working on some top secret projects he can't reveal until they are released.
With three decades' experience in the industry and having worked for big studios such as Disney, Lucas Films and Animal Logic he is in demand.
Mr Murphy has worked on animation for many major films and still gets to do what he has always loved.
Growing up in Springwood his interest in animation began watching cartoons and reading comics. His mother helped him get his first break after a man who used to come into her hairdressing salon told her he worked at the Disney studio in Sydney.
"I was 15 and needed to do work experience and my mum asked if he would mind taking me in for a week and showing me the studio and how it all worked. I did the job experience for a week and they said 'you can have a job here if you want'."
Mr Murphy started the week after he completing the Year 10 school certificate in 1989 and became the youngest employee for Disney.
"I worked on so many Disney characters," he said.
"I was on the Genie team for the Aladdin movies. The Genie character was incredible to work on. It is like an animators dream character. He was so much fun to draw.
"I was on the Timon and Pumbaa team when we were doing the Lion King movies. They were fun characters to do. Everyone wanted to be on that team. And I was on the Stitch team for Lilo and Stitch."
Mr Murphy said in learning to draw a character you need to get a good handle on its mannerisms. He also worked on Winnie the Pooh.
When the Disney studio at St Leonards closed in 2006 he started doing storyboards for television which led him to work for Animal Logic at its large Sydney studio with more than 600 people.
"I got to work on all the Lego movies and Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. But the big one was Lego Batman".
When Mr Murphy met wife Demelza Haines they relocated to Singapore where he worked for Lucas Films.
"That was crazy. They do all the Star Wars films and Industrial Light and Magic were working there to who do all the special effects for all the big Avengers films. It was such an amazing experience".
Lucas Films was sold to Disney and son Llewellyn was born in Singapore and the family moved to Wollongong in 2013 for the great lifestyle.
Mr Murphy commuted to Animal Logic until early this year when he started doing freelance work from home. Before COVID-19 that wasn't possible with Animal Logic because of so much security around Intellectual Property.
"I didn't want to leave because they are such a great studio," he said.
"The irony is now a few months after I left they have found a way for people to work remotely. But by then I had struck up a relationship with some other studios and secured a lot of work for TV and Netflix.
Mr Murphy said in his field it was important to build a reputation. But he you are only as good as your last piece of work.
He said there is always new talent coming in and new skills to learn. He said since COVID-19 there has been more work for movies and television programs being produced with animation.
"All the tech side of things has really ramped up. As far as animation goes it is full steam ahead."
Mr Murphy said he will never grow tired of his work because it was a constant learning curve and he has never needed to grow up.
"The stuff you can do now in digital animated films where you are able to get micro expressions is amazing. And you can get a character to cry in a realistic way which used to be so hard."
Mr Murphy still enjoys going back and watching old cartoons and reading comics.
He often gets asked to employ his skills in different ways such as animation for Michael Rix's new Times Table app at iAccelerate.
"Things are really opening up. When Michael needed some animation for the app I was able to create these digital characters," he said.
"Technology has opened up so many different things. My Instagram account Adam Murphy Art has been a great way to showcase what I can do".
Mr Murphy and his wife also runs a business called Welly's Wonders that creates cards, books and other artwork.
"It is all exciting work though which makes it good to get out of bed on these cold mornings," he said.
"I have just finished doing some animation for a band called the Dropkick Murphys.
"I did some artwork for them a year ago and they called me out of the blue and said we need some animation done for a video clip.
"They premiered it in a live stream form an open air event in Boston with no crowds in the stands. They gave me a shout out which is nice".
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