A WINSFORD film-maker transformed his home into a cartoon kingdom after a divorce left him alone with his five sons.

Mark Curzon, who makes short films on YouTube, began working on creating one of the wackiest places in Winsford after going through a divorce in 2003.

He decided to channel his artistic nature to recreate some of his favourite animated characters, including Dastardly and Muttley and characters from the Japanese animation giant, Studio Ghibli.

“I kept my five sons after a lot of turmoil,” Mark, 48, said.

“I wanted to make life amazing and fun, so I made it a boys pad, with an arcade machine built into the wall and pop art everywhere.

“It's changed a lot since then and it’s always evolving. If I'm feeling arty one day, any room could change.”

Mark, who is a regular entertainer at the Red Lion in Winsford, said it takes him around a week to finish an entire room, though he can complete a single piece in less than an hour.

Mark’s sons have all grown up and moved out since he began his work of art, but he was kept the project alive for his ten-year-old daughter Amelie.

“Her room is at the moment is dedicated to Adventure Time, which is quite trendy at the moment,” Mark said.

“She loves it of course, but she's never known different. It was Disney princesses before this.”

A particular labour of love for Mark is his bathroom, which has been completely dedicated to the works of the Tokyo-based Studio Ghibli.

The studios’ movies – which include Spirited Away and My Neighbour Totoro – were localised in the West by Walt Disney until the studio announced it was temporarily halting production following the retirement of director Hayao Miyazaki in 2014.

Mark said: “I'd describe Studio Ghibli movies as brilliant fantasy animations with profound stories and messages, beautifully created by a master director, with more character than you find in most movies.

“They are imagination run wild.”

It’s something that profoundly resonates with Mark, who admits that he is just a big kid at heart.

“I'm not a big fan of ‘this is for these and that is for those’,” Mark said.

“We're all just big children anyway, and don't have to fit in to any pre-conceived ideas about what's good for us.”