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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. TomSka voiced his animated counterpart in Eddsworld and has contributed to it from 2004 to 2016.[1] 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.[2][3] 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.[4]
Meeting Edd Gould
TomSka 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 TomSka would often send Gould his animations for critique.
The story of how TomSka and Edd first met, as well as the early history of Eddsworld, is detailed in a deviantART journal entry:[5]
| “ | I [...] met Tom online actually, shortly after I started making stick animations, he was actually a fan who had added me on a messaging service back when I did stick animations because he liked the animations I had posted on StickSuicide.com (now Explosm.net www.explosm.net) and he basically sat in my contact list for a long time, when Edd Again came out he started talking to me more, even sending fan art and his work (which was clearly a take on the style used in Edd Again) which he shortly fixed by adding a monobrow on the face (hence Tom's initial appearance). Then we carried on speaking and I didn't include Tom in any of my animations until late 2004 when I initiated him "into the crew". He was technically the first member too! | ” |
When TomSka joined the cast of Eddsworld, Edd drew up a "contract" in MS Paint, stating if TomSka left, he would have to kill himself or stop animating.
TomSka 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#Death, Eddsworld: Legacy
- "Edd may be gone, but his world will keep on spinning."
- — Thomas Ridgewell
TomSka stated he was informed of Gould's death by a phone call from Gould's mother 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. TomSka 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.
TomSka 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. TomSka 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.
Portfolio
| Title | Uploaded | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Bendee 7 | January 16, 2004 | Voice actor (Bounty Hunter) |
| Zombeh Attack | October 4, 2005 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Behind the Scenes of Eddsworld | October 8, 2005 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Eddsworld Halloween Short | October 24, 2005 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Eddsworld Christmas Special '05 | December 2, 2005 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Zombeh Attack 2 | May 6, 2006 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Edd's Tales of Boredom | July 26, 2006 | Voice actor |
| Eddsworld 20k | September 1, 2006 | Voice actor (various) |
| Zombeh Nation | November 11, 2006 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Hello Hellhole | January 16, 2007 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Zombeh Attack 3 | April 28, 2007 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Boris Grishenko | July 1, 2007 | Voice actor (Narrator) |
| Ruined | September 2, 2007 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Eddsworld Halloween Special 2007 | October 21, 2007 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Zanta Claws | December 21, 2007 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Spares | May 16, 2008 | Voice actor (Tom), Co-writer |
| Moving Targets | July 2, 2008 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| 25ft Under the Seat | September 27, 2008 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Matt Sucks | October 27, 2008 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Zanta Claws II | December 17, 2008 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Art is Serious | December 23, 2008 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Doing | January 11, 2009 | Music |
| MovieMakers | April 19, 2009 | Voice actor (Tom), Co-writer |
| Xmas Day | December 20, 2009 | Music, Voice actor |
| WTFuture | February 13, 2010 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Dental Appointment | June 14, 2010 | Voice actor (Toothy) |
| Hammer & Fail (Part 1, Rival Builders) | September 10, 2010 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Zanta Claws III | December 22, 2010 | Voice actor (Tom), Co-writer |
| Eddsworld Intro Song | March 13, 2011 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Hammer & Fail (Part 2, Rooftop Rumble) | July 23, 2011 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Fan Service | November 27, 2011 | Voice actor (Tom), Himself |
Collabs
| Title | Uploaded | Role |
|---|---|---|
| When the Best of the Worst Collide | November 9, 2004 | Co-animator |
| Tom's Tales of Awesome | May 24, 2006 | Writer |
| Tom's Tales of Brilliance | February 4, 2008 | Writer |
| Life in Portal: Madness | September 22, 2009 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Rock Bottom | February 24, 2012 | Writer |
tv/e
| Title | Uploaded | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Climate Change | October 12, 2009 | Voice actor (Tom) |
| Eddsworld Biomovies Competition | October 25, 2010 | Voice actor (Tom, Matt) |
Others
| Title | Uploaded | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Asdfmovie2 | January 1, 2010 | Voice actor (Tom) |
Gallery
References
External links
- Newgrounds userpage (TomSka)
- Newgrounds userpage (DarkSquidgeLock)
- SheezyArt (tomska)
- DeviantArt userpage (TomSka)
- YouTube channel (TomSka)
- YouTube channel (DarkSquidge)
- StickSuicide (DarkSquidge, archive)
- StickSuicide (DarkSquidge alt, archive)
- StickSuicide (DarkSquidge X, archive)
| Animations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animators | Edd Gould • Thomas Ridgewell • Tord Larsson • Paul ter Voorde • Matt Hargreaves • Chris O' Neill | |||
| Writers | Edd Gould • Thomas Ridgewell • Tom Bown | |||
| Voice actors | Edd Gould • George Gould • Thomas Ridgewell • Matt Hargreaves • Alex L'Abbé • Tord Larsson • Paul ter Voorde • Yanov Cutajar • Arin Hanson • Chris O' Neill • Eddie Bowley | |||
| Musicians | Edd Gould • Thomas Ridgewell • Chris O' Neill • Christopher Bingham | |||
| Others | Vicky Gould | |||
| Comics | ||||
| Artists | Edd Gould • Tord Larsson • Paul ter Voorde • Louise Weir • Matt Hargreaves | |||
| Writers | Edd Gould • Thomas Ridgewell • Matt Hargreaves | |||
| Games | ||||
| Programmers | Edd Gould • Psycosis | |||
| Artists | Edd Gould | |||
| Animations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animators | Thomas Ridgewell • Paul ter Voorde • Jesse Zhang • Kati Knitt • Anthony "Kreid" Price • Sandra Rivas • Jamie Spicer-Lewis • Billy Crinion • Ben Smallman | |||
| Writers | Thomas Ridgewell • Eddie Bowley | |||
| Voice actors | Thomas Ridgewell • Matt Hargreaves • Alex Labbe • Paul ter Voorde • Eddie Bowley • Jamie Spicer-Lewis • Tim Hautekiet • Todd Bryanton • Brock Baker • Vicky Gould • Alice Ann Stacey | |||
| Musicians | Thomas Ridgewell • Yoav Landau • Todd Bryanton | |||
| Comics | ||||
| Artists | Paul ter Voorde • Billy Crinion • Anthony Rees • Kati Knitt | |||
| Writers | Thomas Ridgewell | |||