Thomas Ridgewell

   

Thomas James "TomSka" Ridgewell is an English YouTuber, actor, writer, producer, director, voice actor and filmmaker. He was, along with Matt Hargreaves, one of Edd Gould's closest friends. Ridgewell voiced his animated counterpart in Eddsworld and has contributed to it from 2004 to 2016. He is mostly well-known for creating the asdfmovie series.

Early Life
Thomas was born on June 27, 1990 to two then-26-year-old Jehovah's Witnesses. He was originally going to be named "Dudley", but his parents decided to name him "Thomas" after his twin sister, Amelia, died in his Mother's womb during a car crash. Thomas was raised a Jehovah's Witness, but he no longer holds his faith.

Meeting Edd Gould
Tom met Edd Gould on the StickSuicide forums (now Explosm.net, best known for their Cyanide and Happiness webcomic). He initially looked up to Gould as an idol; they quickly became friends, and Ridgewell would often send Gould his animations for critique.

The story of how Tom and Edd first met, as well as the early history of Eddsworld, is detailed in a deviantART journal entry:

When Tom joined the cast of Eddsworld, Edd drew up a "contract" in MS Paint, stating if Tom left, he would have to kill himself or stop animating.

Ridgewell also appeared briefly at the end of the short "Fan Service" displaying three T-shirts that were available at sharkrobot.com.

Death of Edd Gould
See also: Edd Gould, Eddsworld: Legacy

"Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning."

- Thomas Ridgewell

Ridgewell states he was informed of Gould's death by a phone call from Gould's mom on Sunday morning, around 10 A.M, where she said he passed away the previous night. He was hungover at the time but sobered up immediately. Ridgewell further explained that while the situation was explained to him, he couldn't really focus on it at the time, and "freaked out" for a bit. Matt Hargreaves called him and came over, and people started coming over throughout the day.

Tom decided to hold off on the announcement of Gould's death for a couple of days. The video RIP Edd Gould (1988-2012) was made on Monday. Ridgewell said it was "tough" to make; Bing was the assistant director for the video, and they all just kept quiet and worked on it throughout the day.

Internal Links

 * TomSka Wiki entry
 * Asdfmovie Wiki entry