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Welcome to waterpigs.co.uk. Use the pencilMenu above to navigate around the site, or have a look at the sitemap below for more information.

WaterPigs.co.uk is the home of Blobcon Productions, a small animation company (a page displaying work is available here), WaterPigs Ecards and WaterPigs themselves, along with all the other Pig types. Take a look at the Pigs page for more about them.

Not only do we do short animations, we also do graphic, photographic and web design. For respective information, see these pages: Photographic and Graphic and Web Design.

Links are green on this website, and don't be alarmed if the cursor is a crosshair. It's meant to be like that.

Home: This homepage.
Pigs: Information on Pigs, WaterPigs and other inhabitants of the WaterPig world.
Pictures: Amusing pictures, updated often. With new picture viewing system!
Ecards: Send free ecards to your friends - Large multitude available, for most occasions.
Blobcon Productions: Watch Blobcon Productions Films and View information about the models.
Products: Buy DVDs, TShirts and Chess sets
Freebies Page: Get items like phones, iPods and computers free! Not a scam, perfectly legal.

If you have any suggestions, comments or questions, please contact me at barnaby@waterpigs.co.uk.

• 28th May 09 Just finished my first proper instrument, my WaterPigs Appalachian Dulcimer! I've uploaded a sound clip, Dulcimer Clip. By the time you look at it I'll have uploaded a better one. It used to be in D, but found it works better in F.

• 13th May 09
Again, haven't updated for a while. I've mainly been busy with making various musical instruments, but if you nosey over to the pictures section you'll see I've been doing some photography too! Bear in mind I only actually upload a very small quantity of my pictures, if you want to see any of the others I can send them.

• 25th April 09
Sorry I haven't updated for a while, I went off on holiday. Expect panoramas and amusing signs from Wales soon! THe last news was an April fool, for those who didn't try refreshing it a few times! I've also revamped the Blobcon Productions section, which was in need of a new logo and new menu.

• 1st April 09
Well, today is waterpigs.co.uk's 8^th anniversary! Happy birthday WaterPigs.co.uk!

• 26th March 09
Pigs flash area taking a while, I'm also making a quick flash music player so that you can listen to my accordion music without having to give me money whilst busking! I am available to do weddings and parties, email me if interested.

• 13th March 09
Work on the comments function has stalled, but I've amused myself by making Horse and Sheep Abominations... Also, I've updated the current project system and Web Design pages. Currently also working on a huge new flash thing that'll replace the entire Pigs section!

• 5th March 09
Unfortunately, t-shirts are unavailable. Sorry to those who had ordered, they'll be in stick soon!

• 4th March 09
Just added the new PigGallery. Some of you may have noticed some of the Pigs were weirdly drawn, with all-too-perfect shapes. I've re-drawn them with a graphics tablet now, so they're a bit more like my drawings. I'm also working on a much bigger and better one, that replaces the entire Pigs section!

• 26th Feb 09
Going, Going, Gone! For £63, one copy of Stop Motion Pro! Sold after 7 days of watching the amount of watchers slowly go up... A pity it didn't work on Mac, it is one of the best animation programmes out there. Found a fab website called Freerice, where you do a free quiz, and for every question you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to the UN food programme by sponsors. It's great fun, and addictive!

• 15th Feb 09
Well - just won Exanimations again with the Electrobugs! The prize was Stop Motion Pro, but it's not compatible with Mac OS. I'm selling it on ebay if anyone's interested. I'm working on a new news system along with the advanced comments system, so you should be able to view this with pictures too soon!
Keep visiting, I'm updating all the time.

• 9th Feb 09
Hi there - just released the Products page. It's on the Blobcon Productions menu. It's not an online system but provides information on the various different items I offer.

• 26th Jan 09
Hello again everyone, It may not look like I've been doing anything much for a few weeks - but now you can see the fruits of my labour! I have added a flash based PigInfo thing, on the Pigs page. You can still see the old information, this just adds a spark of animation to the otherwise static page.

• 21th Jan 09
I am currently updating the comments feature as it is not up to the constantly rising standards here at WaterPigs. It will be out of action until further notice.

After an irritating period of not having a working computer, I'm back up & running, and you can look forward to a new animation soon, along with the selling of DVDs through ebay. Possibly t-shirts as well, email me if interested.

• 17th Jan 09
The strange bug which caused the Anachronites page to not work has now been fixed, and you can view all information about the films now.

• 11th Jan 09
Hello everyone and hello to the new, shiny... Blobcon Productions section! Not only can you watch films, you can also view information about the models and sets that made them!

• 6th Jan 09
The cards system has been fixed of a small error you may have encountered if you had sent an ecard with an apostrophe in. Thanks to my cousin, it is now fixed. The Blobcon Productions area is coming along nicely as well.

• 3rd Jan 09
Happy new year, and hello to a new project, the Blobcon Productions section. Don't worry, the filmlist page is still available as I'm working on the rest of it, so you can still watch the films. The new sections will include character and model info, along with what I'm working on next. Until then, enjoy my films.

• 30th December 08
Some of you may have had problems navigating the site after the Blobcon Productions Page was added - that's fixed now.

• 28th December 08
Way ahead of schedule, the Blobcon Productions page is ready! Enjoy my animated films.

• Christmas Eve 08
Happy Christmas once again, the ECard feature is available again, with new festive cards! I'm just fixing some broken links, and the Blobcon Productions (Films) page will be up and running in January.

• 4th December 08
Happy christmas all! There is a christmasy surprise ready for christmas day... the better Ecard system! At least, it should be ready... It's not working at the moment! Oh yes, bear in mind none of your ecards will work, and you will not be able to send them after the update, as they will not be compatible with the new system. Until then, enjoy the 'snowy' christmas, and watch out for SnowPigs! (And snow prickles... Brrr...)

• 25 November 08
As you see, I have placed a 'FREE' button at the top. This is no scam, and not an ad, either. It acts as a 'donate' thing, as if you choose to try to get freebies, it will help me to get freebies too. So come on, join up. Let's all get freebies!

• 17 November 08
The new pictures function is ready, along with some new pictures. It might still need a bit of tweaking, but it works. It may be a bit slow, I haven't shrunk the jpgs yet. Oh yes, and I've made a page explaining how to get free stuff while helping me run this website: freebies.waterpigs.co.uk. I look forward to your 'comments' on these new items.

• 10 November 08
I've finally released my latest project- the updated Pigs Page! It has different sections for different things, and new artwork for each of the pigs. Please report any bugs to me as it is is new and I haven't tested it all yet. Enjoy! I'm also working on a better pictures page, allowing you to order them according to date, rating or type. Also coming soon: Blobcon Productions Page.

• 31st October 08
WOOOOO! Halloween! Watch out for the phantom prickles(they taste horrible)! On a more serious note, the new Pigs page is due to be live in a couple of weeks, I'll keep you posted. There's talk around the HodgePig burrows of a forum as well, but that depends... On? We'll never know. Happy Halloween anyway!

• 21th October 08
It may not look like I've been doing anything lately, but I have really, I'm making a new, updated pigs page. Talking of the Pigs page, it may look like that pictures have disappeared. I deleted them in order to make room for the new images. The new Pigs page will be ready soon.

• 17th October 08
Yet another bug in the comments system has been revealed, limiting the amount of characters without telling you. There are now twice the amount of characters available, so you can post longer comments now. The ecard system has a new ecard, made from the Adder eating the biscuit picture, and the Pigs Page is due a refurbishment.

• 24th September 08
Due to a weird, unexplained bug, the comments service was out of service for a few days. This has now been fixed, so post away! The ecard system is going to be published presently, and note the nice new title image!

• 16th September 08
The comments bug, and spamming filters are now working perfectly, and the whole system looks a lot nicer. I also fixed a strange bug which put an empty line at the top of the page for each comment, causing people to submit a comment and be greeted by a strange black space, needing to scroll down to see any comments. I am making a free ecard system as well, which will be up and running very soon. Until then, keep the comments flowing!

• 28th August 08
I cleared up the clear comments problem just to find the comments feature is being spammed. I'm not sure I can deal with this without deleting your comments as well, unfortunately, but I'll try my best.

• 7th August 08
No luck with the comments service yet, but I've added some new Pictures. Enjoy!

• 4th July 08
There seems to be a strange bug in the comments feature, creating lots of empty comments. I"ll try to deal with this without destroying all your valued feedback, but no promises, unfortunately.
The woodlouse has at least 10 babies!

• 18th June 08
I have just added an exciting new feature to the Isopods page! There is now a webcam feed showing pictures exactly as they are in the Isopodarea! Click ~~here~~ to view!