The INSP connects and supports over 100 street paper projects in some 40 countries worldwide, and supports new projects in the developing world, to create employment for homeless people.

Ramsay filmed the INSP Civic Reception 2010, held at the Glasgow City Chambers. The video was edited and encoded for the web, then uploaded to YouTube for the public to view online. See the video below:

Ramsay has volunteered his design services to this great cause from as far back as 2007, designing items such as business cards, email newsletter templates and even logo design for Street News Service, the news agency of the INSP.

The original business cards for the INSP were designed in 2008, but Ramsay recently updated the design and information to include new members of staff, job titles and contact details as you can see below.

INSP Updated Business Card

The team have a number of ‘Chairpeople’ from across the world and were holding a board meeting in their Glasgow office, providing Ramsay with the perfect opportunity to take updated staff photographs, a few of which you can see below.

After working with Ramsay on the various design tasks he carried out with the INSP, Maree Aldam (Network Services Manager) wrote:

I have worked with Ramsay several times, whilst working for 2 different NGOs. He has volunteered his design and photography skills on a number of occasions, in support of our charitable work. He produces work of an incredibly high standard and has managed to fit in voluntary work around a very busy schedule, for which we are very grateful.

Ramsay continues to lend his services to the INSP, in the hope of helping homeless people across the world gain employment and shelter.

The 'Mad Scientist'

The video was created for The Prodigy Video Competition and stands the chance to become the official video for the single when it is released in Spring 2010.

It was directed and created by Furegious and features a ‘Mad Scientist’ that is turning humans into pet dogs – Prodigy style!

All submissions have been posted on DailyMotion.com as stated by Liam, Keith and Max of The Prodigy in the competition rules. You can see Furegious’ video submission below:

Turn the volume up!

Results of the competition will be announced mid-February 2010. Keep your fingers crossed and be sure to rate the video on DailyMotion.com

UPDATE: Unfortunately the above video didn’t win the competition, the winner can be found here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc7d8g_the-prodigy-run-with-the-wolves_music

The Honkys

John Mcfarlane (no relation) approached Ramsay to create an identity for his new show The Honkys – he required a dynamic online platform to allow the public to view the show and see for themselves the quality of the production.

After completing the branding/identity and website project, Ramsay travelled with ‘Honky John’ twice in 2009, first to New York, then later to Los Angeles.

On the trip to New York, they met with various TV Networks including Comedy Central, MTV and Fox, to pitch for funding to shoot the whole series of The Honkys. They also hosted various screenings of the new Brooklyn-based pilot all across New York, with much of the USA-based cast also in attendance.

The second trip was to the Los Angeles Independent TV Festival, where they attended screenings of the The Honkys and competed for a prize at the festival. Some members of the cast also turned up to show their support.

Below is a trailer of The Honkys for all to see and you can see all the other episodes on The Honkys Website at www.thehonkys.com

Ramsay has been approached by Kat Hebden and Dave Hancock of Blindside Productions to design and develop a new website for their moving-image production company based in ‘Sunny’ Govan, Glasgow.

The Blindside Shack

They make drama, factual and corporate films for cinema, television and internal release.

The new website will allow the company to flourish in the digital world, maximising their exposure and promoting their multi-award winning productions on-line.

More soon…

They worked together on the video while in Thornwood, Glasgow.

The photo that inspired the video.

The sequence was captured over a period of approximately 18 hours to realistically show the variation in daylight and also display the orange peel’s dramatic shift in form.

The video was inspired by a photograph taken by Ramsay, entitled “OrangePeelSun”.

After the photo was taken, the orange peel was left to dry on the windowsill. What happened when it dried out led to a number of experiments, that eventually led to ‘A Clockwork Orange Peel’ being conceived and filmed.

You can see the video below on YouTube:

NewBalance Logo

Initially, there was a total of 8 different Flash Banner Advertisements to design and animate using supplied imagery and copy. After the initial concept for both them male and female adverts was conceived, it was then adapted to suit the 4 different sizes of banner: 120×600, 300×250 468×60 and 728×90 (2 of each, one for male and one for female).

There was also a video-editing task to be carried out, where 3 existing clips were to be edited together and placed on a loop. This was then burned to DVD to be played on a display stand at a public exhibition in London.

In a small Scottish town, a teenage girl is forced to visit her grandfather. When his infirmity turns their outing from a chore into outright humiliation, she must make a stark choice: his dignity or her own?

The Saltmark Website

Saltmark has won critical aclaim and featured in many film festivals including: Encounters Short Film Festival, Dresden International Short Film Festival and the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The film is available to watch on the BBC Film Network.

You can help Dave on his quest for spiritual enlightenment by looking around for his crystal cigarettes…

Hippy Dave

This interactive animation was created by Ramsay while he was studying at Glasgow Caledonian University for his Honours Degree in Applied Graphic Technology. It was created as a solution to the ‘Sequential Imagery Development’ unit.

The character, illustration, animation and sound (except the soundtrack) were all created exclusively for this project.

Ramsay also took the next step in interactive animation while creating this project: Dynamic Interactive Animation. This can be found on the Jimi Hendrix poster on Dave’s wall, where the eyes seem to follow the mouse cursor when moved around.

(Please be patient, it could take quite a while to load… just like Dave himself!)