In Ibiza, Williams began to draw storyboards for an animated film about three misguided idealists. In 1955, Williams left Ibiza and moved to England, where he began working at fellow Canadian George Dunning's company, T.V. Cartoons Ltd., working mainly on television commercials. He also began developing his own animated short film, "The Little Island," during this period. Williams later explained that he was drawn back to the craft of animation because his "paintings were trying to move" and he "couldn’t stand the idea of doing paintings for rich industrialists’ wives, and that whole art world was just repulsive as a way of life".