TomSka

Thomas James Ridgewell was born on 27 June 1990 in Suffolk, England.^[4][5] His twin sister Amelia died prenatally after Ridgewell's mother was injured in a car accident.^[6] He was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, in Essex until age 4 and later Cambridge. As a child, Ridgewell made short films using his parents' video camera.^[7] Shortly after YouTube was established, Ridgewell created CakeBomb,^[8] a website where he posted his projects, including his animated web series Asdfmovie and his late friend Edd Gould's Eddsworld. Ridgewell graduated from the University of Lincoln,^[9] where he studied Media Production having previously studied at Long Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge,^[10] and whilst studying created a series of unofficial advertisements for the university, which received millions of views and were also featured on the BBC.^[11]

As a professional YouTuber, Ridgewell earns money from revenue from his videos on the website.^[12][13] Ridgewell engages in social commentary through his YouTube channel, covering topics such as mental health and personal relationships.^[14] From April 2016 to February 2018, he uploaded weekly vlogs to his second channel, DarkSquidge, now known as TomSka & Friends, in a series named Last Week.^[15]

In 2012, Ridgewell founded the media production company TurboPunch Ltd., located in London. He currently works there alongside YouTuber and writer Eddie Bowley.^[16] Ridgewell also became the producer of Eddsworld after the show's creator, Edd Gould, died of leukaemia.^[17] He left the series in 2016, relinquishing the show to animator Matt Hargreaves.^[17]

In February 2013, Ridgewell was featured on the cover of Wired UK as part of a feature titled "How YouTube Reinvented the Entertainment Business".^[18] In May 2013, he was featured in YouTube's first and only Comedy Week^[19] as a guest host for its Geek Week series in August.^[20]

In 2016, Ridgewell filmed several sketches with the BBC for a potential sketch show on BBC Three.^[21]

A book titled Sam Kills Christmas, written by Ridgewell and Eddie Bowley with illustrations by Dorina Herdewijn, was released on 8 November 2018.^[22][23]

In 2008, Ridgewell released the first episode of Asdfmovie, an animated sketch comedy series featuring short clips of minimalist characters in surreal and occasionally darkly humorous situations.^[24]

In October 2015, Ridgewell released his book based on the Asdfmovie series, Art is Dead: the asdf book, illustrated by Matt Ley and published by Little Brown 5.^[24]

In 2017, the song "Beep Beep I'm a Sheep" by Canadian musician LilDeuceDeuce, with vocals by Ridgewell and Gabriel Brown,^[25] was featured in the dance rhythm game Just Dance 2018.^[26]

In May 2018, Ridgewell uploaded "The Muffin Song", a spin-off song of his Asdfmovie series, in collaboration with Schmoyoho. As of July 2025^[update], the video has garnered over 272 million views.^[27]

In 2019, Ridgewell developed a card game based on Asdfmovie in collaboration with Big Potato Games called Muffin Time: The Random Card Game.^[28] He raised over £1,000,000 for the game on Kickstarter.^[29] A second game, Don't Press That Mine Turtle, raised over £300,000 on Kickstarter.^[30]

He was raised a Jehovah's Witness but no longer practices this faith.^[31] Despite this, he has expressed belief in a higher power.^[32]

Ridgewell has been open about his struggles with grief, following the death of Edd Gould in 2012, and was diagnosed with depression in 2013.^[33]

He endorsed the Labour Party in the 2017 United Kingdom general election^[34] and expressed his opposition to both Brexit^[35] and the Conservative Party.^[36]

In 2021, he was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.^[37]

On 26 December 2023, Charlie Belle, his long-term partner, announced via Instagram that they had become engaged.^[38][39] Ridgewell later revealed he had proposed on Christmas.^[39]