iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

3D printing people! Our 9-year-old has modelled his own toy collection - “The Sleepy Series” in TinkerCad and has uploaded it to my #Makerworld profile for people to enjoy! It’d blow his mind if people liked / downloaded / printed his stuff! 👉 makerworld.com/en/collectio... 👈 #3dprinting

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Me and my good friend Norm had a great time at ‘HQ’ in Nottingham, building our brand ‘PLYFLD’, screenprinting our own t-shirts up! Stay tuned to www.plyfld.com for more info!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Thanks to our friends at StickerApp (the raddest sticker company btw), we got some transparent stickers made up for our #pinball x #art creative outlet ‘PLYFLD’!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Myself and a dear old friend, who also happens to be a pinball-obsessed graphic designer, have started a passion project ‘thing’ together called ‘Playfield’, abbreviated to PLYFLD. It’s gonna be pinball meets art meets collaboration - give us a follow on the ol’ Insta: www.instagram.com/p_l_y_f_l_d

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Inspired by the 'Logo Archive' trend, I thought I’d put together a smorgasbord of vector ‘stuff’. Logos, logotypes, characters and all sorts of other bits. Some public things, some Aardman things, some things that have never seen the light of day. Long story short, VIVA LA VECTOR! ✊🖋️

A colection of vector logos, logotypes and characters by Gavin Strange, presented on a neon pink background.

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It’s not much for those who are good at pinball, but 75 million for me on Fish Tales is a big deal!!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Yeap Yeap! It’s essentially just 2 screens powered by a PC! I wrote a big ol’ blog about how I fell into it: blog.jam-factory.com/making-a-vir...

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Had a friend over at the weekend as we attempted to play all 59 virtual pinball tables I’ve got installed… we got nowhere near, only making it to ‘J’ - but we ended on the maximalist banger that is Data East’s 1993 Jurassic Park 👌🦖

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Making good (but slow) progress on this! Modelled a new neon pink ‘apron’ 👍

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I’m loving shooting more stills with my GoPro, for maximum fisheye effect! I shoot in RAW then grade in Lightroom! P.S You can 3D print my ‘FSHi’ ergonomic case for GoPro 9-13 here: makerworld.com/en/models/27...

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This is how deep the rabbithole I am for virtual pinball… I'm knee deep in a PDF scan of a 1990 skateboard-themed pinball machine to try and recreate the precise solenoid triggers for my own personal Wallace & Gromit-rethemed virtual counterpart.

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Making some good progress in my ‘Gnarlybot’ vpin table overhaul in Blender!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I added a new print profile to my ‘FSHi’ GoPro 3D printer case, this time a quicker print in single colour, go give it a print on #Makerworld >>> makerworld.com/en/models/27...

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The past few weeks I've been using #SHAPR3D + 3D Printing to make my own ergonomic 'camera case' for my #GoPro, using it as a stills fisheye camera rather than an action sports cam! I just uploaded it to Makerworld for you to download & print yourself! 👉https://makerworld.com/en/models/2700328

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Oh boy, the Marathon soundtrack is RAD! I'm still yet to play the game, but loving all the art, animation and now the music, so good! If you like ambient-ey, drone-ey, glitch-ey, big beat-ey electronic stuff, then this is for you!

marathon soundtrack cover artwork for part 1

marathon soundtrack cover artwork for part 2

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Gave my ‘Yoga Flame’ arcade cab a flame-worthy Sanwa button upgrade 👌🔥

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Man, I really want to play 'MARATHON' as the aesthetics are *so* up my street, but i am terrible at games, especially shooters, so I fear I wouldn't have a good time. I wish Bungie would include a mode for time-poor skill-poor people!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I thought you’d approve of Sully’s costume for WBD today @jamiesmart.bsky.social 👍

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Big thanks to my dear friend Jack for designing and printing me a custom aluminium extrusion + 3D printed vpinball ‘cabinet’… and then giving up his whole Sunday to assemble it with me! Stage 1 done; clear perspex sides and modular internal gubbins holders next!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

My 'Gnarlybot' virtual pinball table adventure continues! Working with the awesome VPW crew to take it that next step further with a 'VLM' (stunning realistic lighting via blender) version and VR support!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

EON the energy company sent me a survey to fill in. I obliged because I wanted to let them know that I hate them / all energy companies. Turns out, they are truly insane.

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I’m love it when the iPhone spatial wallpaper thing gets it just right 👌

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I suck at vpinball but tiny, tiny improvements mean I get to appreciate each table a bit more as I discover more about them! Had a good few games on X-Men last night, despite not getting very far, I still saw new stuff, it’s great!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

My son's back on his toy making ting! He's designed new toys for the party bags of his 9th birthday! ❤️

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Tron Ares in crispy 4K + 3D on the Apple Vision Pro is epic!! Probably the best example of a 3D movie I’ve ever watched, super good! 😍

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

More late-night noodling using the Blender ‘toolkit’ to overhaul my ‘Gnarlybot’ virtual pinball table! Shiny shiny!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Last night I started my journey into ‘VLM’ - using Blender to create baked light maps - which then get reimported back into Visual Pinball to make the tables look super realistic! This is a very early ‘v0’ of me testing the pipeline for my ‘Gnarlybot’ table!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Cut together some of my creative shenanigans 2025. Some Aardman bits, some passion project bits: directin’, designin’, animatin’, talkin’, music makin’, performin’, 3D printin’, pinballin’ + more! Thanks so much to everyone for the opportunities this year, I’ve been a lucky duck. #aardman #animation

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

TA-DA! This is v0.8 of my neon-Norbot virtual pinball table! I’ve taken the digital recreation of a skate-themed 1990 Bally pinball called ‘Radical’ and rethemed it as ‘Gnarlybot’, the fluro-soaked design I created for the Gromit Unleashed 3 charity arts trail! #virtualpinball #vpinball #aardman

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Oh BOY I am SO stoked on tonight’s passion project progress… I created the ‘backglass’ for my vpin and connected it up to the code of the game so all those lights trigger as the ROM tells it to! 😍

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

VPin progress! Backglass designed... I just can't decide which pattern in the background? Vortex angular swirl... or checkerboard!?

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Flippin’ proud of this one… design of my ‘Gnarlybot’ virtual pinball table ‘playfield’ is pretty much done, bar a few little graphic tweaks!! Onto the design of the rest of the virtual cabinet now!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Last night I installed ‘SSF’ into my virtual pinball cabinet - surround sound haptic speakers - and it really sounds/feels like a pinball is rolling around, hitting bumpers and flippers, it’s RAD!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

My playfield design is SO close to being finished! Managed a lil’ session on design last night on the sofa thanks to the Vision Pro!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Started work on designing the ‘Backglass’ part of my virtual pinball table, where the scores go. First things first, making a beautiful production still of ‘Norbot’ turn into ‘Gnarlybot’ via good old layer masks, adjustment layers and shape blends!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

This Flintstones table is in 4K and it looks *so* good, super fun!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The Getaway II is great fun, especially when you hit that engine thing and it wizzes the ball around super fast, that’s great!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Twilight Zone is just as brutal, but so wild and varied!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I played some absolute belters last night! Whirlwind is pretty brutal, but really good fun!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Work’s super busy and at night I’ve been juggling a few passion projects so haven’t had any time for vpinball… until tonight!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Thanks to my friend Liz, who created this awesome “kickflippin’ chicken” illustration, I’ve now got a bit of Feathers action going on in my virtual pinball table. That grey skull ‘grip tape’ will actually have a flashing pinball light behind it, so it should look rad!

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Ermmm…. I think something went wrong…

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Man, this beauty hasn’t aged a day! I LOVE the pomposity and indulgence of Godspeed so much. 20 minute songs, unsearchable album names, album artwork with zero information on it, no press or interviews. I love it all. ❤️

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Gavin Strange [Jamfactory] @jamfactory.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Oh and for context, *this* is where ‘Gnarlybot’ comes from. He was my sculpture design for the ‘Gromit Unleashed 3’ charity arts trail, which saw artists reinterpreting Wallace, Gromit, Feathers & Norbot. My design was all about paying game to 80’s skateboard visual excess!

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