On Saturday morning NBC aired another episode of 3-2-1 Penguins! for which I did some character design work. The episode was a lesson in gluttony, so I had to design an alien race of overweight pig-like characters. The primary character is a slobby, pizza-chomping Ambassador, but there were a few quick cuts to scenes with other misc. alien families all watching TV. In the final edit you could only see the families from behind, but they were still a lot of fun to design.
In one scene the script called for an oil painting of the Chancellor during his younger, thinner days. The schedule was tight and the budget didn’t allow for a lavish illustration so I did the best I could with the limited time I had. (Working on a TV show is like frantically laying down track in front of a moving train.) I whipped this out in Photoshop. It could definitely use more contrast and definition, but all things considered I think it turned out ok: