Callum the Chameleon is just one of six new characters currently being created for the next series of Creature Discomforts animations. The animations will be available on this site from early July, but here's a sneak peek at the development process.

First, we interviewed dozens of disabled people about their experiences, and from these, we selected six individuals who will voice the characters. Christopher is the voice of Callum, and you can hear a clip from his interview here:chameleon-audio-clip

Next, the team at Aardman Animation think what character would go with that voice. For Christopher, who is visually impaired, they came up with a chameleon, who we've called Callum. Here's one of the original design sketches:

Now, before the stop motion animators can get to work, a rough 'animatic' is made, essentially an animated storyboard of the film with the clip of Christopher's voice over the top. Here's an extract from the animatic for Callum:

Meanwhile, the modellers at Aardman have been turning the sketch of Callum into a three dimensional plasticine figure, and designing the set on which the animation will be shot: