Angry Kid, directed by Darren Walsh, was Aardman’s first series released exclusively on the internet via Atomfilms.com. BBC Three commissioned a second series which played a major part in the channel’s launch. Unlike most Aardman productions, Angry Kid was not created using clay animation but a combination of pixilation (using actors in a form of stop motion puppetry) with masks for facial expressions. This Angry Kid mask was made from a process where each mask was individually crafted in a vacuum formed process. The masks were mass-painted to keep skin color continuity.