Simon Tofield : The long-suffering owner of the cat, a graphic artist.Simon's Cat has not been officially named, although writer Simon Tofield says that Simon's Cat is based on his own cat, Hugh (in the show, Simon has been hinted to call his cat Gilbert). A significant amount of the humour in the book comes from his efforts to capture birds, mice, and fish. Simon's Cat loves cat food, but also enjoys birds, mice, and fish out of Simon's koi pond. His antics include his quest for food (his signature gesture is to point at his mouth or dish when hungry), and other ways of vexing his owner, Simon. Simon's Cat: The main character an affectionate but often stubborn and clumsy cat.The pictures are hand-drawn electronically, using an A4-size Wacom Intuos 3 graphics tablet.
The series is animated with Adobe Flash Professional and TVPaint.
He also further revealed that inspiration for the series came from experiences with his four cats – Teddy, Hugh, Jess, and Maisie, with Hugh being the primary inspiration.
Tofield, who has had around 13 years of experience with animating commercials for companies such as Marmite and Tesco, initially came up with the idea of his first short film as a way of teaching himself how to animate using Adobe Flash. In February 2018, the game Simon's Cat Dash premiered. In June 2017, the game Simon's Cat: Crunch Time premiered. In May 2016, Simon's Cat partnered with Sesame Street as part of their Love to Learn campaign. In August 2015, it was announced that Endemol Shine UK had acquired a stake on Simon's Cat. In June 2012, Walt Disney Animation Studios began releasing specially-made shorts of Simon's Cat, while a Simon's Cat newspaper strip ran in the Daily Mirror from 2011 to 2013. It was later released in multiple other countries, and additional titles in the series were subsequently published as well. Canongate Books released the title on 1 October 2009 in the United Kingdom. In January 2009, it was announced that Simon's Cat would be published in book format due to the success of the first films. Simon's Cat is an animated web cartoon and book series by the British animator Simon Tofield, which features a hungry cat who uses increasingly heavy-handed tactics to get his owner to feed him.