Eddsworld
| Edd Gould | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Edward Duncan Ernest Gould 28 October 1988 Isleworth, London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 25 March 2012 (aged 23) London, United Kingdom |
| Cause of death | acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Education | UCA Maidstone |
| Occupation | Voice actor, animator |
| Years active | 2002–2012 |
| Notable work | Eddsworld, Bendee, Asdfmovie |
| Height | 190.5 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
| Parent(s) | Sue Gould Charles Gould |
| Eddsworld | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Edd Gould |
| Written by | Edd Gould (2004–2012) Thomas Ridgewell (2012–16) Eddie Bowley (2013–16) Tom Bown (2010-2011) Vicky Gould (2016) Matt Hargreaves (2016-17) |
| Directed by | Edd Gould (2004-12) Thomas Ridgewell (2012–16) Sue Gould (2016) |
| Voices of | Edd Gould (2004–12) Thomas Ridgewell (2004–16) Matt Hargreaves (2003–16) Tord Larsson (2005–08) Tim Hautiekiet (2012–16) Jamie Spicer-Lewis (2016-17) |
| Release | |
| First shown in | Newgrounds |
| Original release | 28 April 2004 – 16 March 2016 |
| External links | |
| [www.eddsworld.co.uk Website] | |
Edward Duncan Ernest "Edd" Gould (28 October 1988 – 25 March 2012) was a British animator and artist. He was known for creating Eddsworld, a media franchise consisting of flash animations and webcomics featuring fictionalised versions of himself and longtime collaborators Thomas Ridgewell, Matthew Hargreaves and others. After Gould's death in 2012, production of Eddsworld has been continued by his friends, produced by Ridgewell.
Edward Duncan Ernest Gould was born on 28 October 1988 in Isleworth, in Greater London to his mother, Susan "Sue" Gould, father, Charles Gould (died 2004), sister, Victoria "Vicky" Gould and brother, George Gould. Gould presumably attended the Orleans Park Secondary School, (as shown on one of his first cartoons, titled Edd Again, after his father died of pneumonia) and met Matthew Hargreaves on a Sports Day Event. Although at first disliking him, Gould became good friends with Hargreaves upon the departure of his former best friend, (referred simply as) David Berry, and Hargreaves was transferred to Gould's classroom. Gould declared he had a habit of drawing his friends into comics, so he included Hargreaves in what would become Eddsworld. Although first complaining about always getting killed on his early animations, Hargreaves became a prominent part of Eddsworld, but having substantially smaller parts in early animation inspired by the film Wayne's World based on a popular Saturday Night Live skit.
Gould met Thomas Ridgewell online, shortly after he started making stick animations. Ridgewell was a fan who added him on a messaging service when Gould was making the Bendee series. Ridgewell sent Gould fan art of his work. At about the same way he met Ridgewell, Gould met Tord Larsson online as well, becoming good friends. Ridgewell and Larsson were eventually included in the Eddsworld cast along with Hargreaves, appearing in the 2004 animation Eddsworld Christmas Special 2004,
In 2002, Gould began animating using a GIF animation program with the purpose of publishing in "sfdt.com". Upon discovering that the mentioned site was no longer accepting GIFs, Gould began watching flash animations. Astonished by the quality improvement, he abandoned the program and moved to Macromedia Flash in November 2002. After 7 months of learning the basics of Flash animation from his mentor Lavalle Lee (a flash animator and web designer), Gould published his first Newgrounds entry on 6 June 2003. Gould went on to create a nine-episode series called Bendee, featuring stick figures. Moving on to full bodied characters, Gould abandoned the Bendee series and characters to focus on his new Eddsworld characters and series, publishing the first official episode on 25 December 2004. He did a crossover in the episode "Eddsworld Christmas Special 2004" with Bendee's last appearance, The special was uploaded to Newgrounds. Gould never uploaded it to YouTube, although it was later uploaded by Tom using the Eddsworld Legacy channel.
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