As I've written before, I spent much of the summer and fall doing character designs for new episodes of 3-2-1 Penguins!, an animated series on NBC from the company behind VeggieTales. It's a goofball comedy about four penguins and two kids who travel the universe ala "Star Trek". Each week's lesson is based on a verse from the book of...
(Artwork by John Nevarez. All rights reserved.) John Nevarez is an extraordinary talent in the animation industry. He currently works as a storyboard and visual development artist for Disney television animation. His work is energetic and appealing, and I know more than a few people who list him among their favorite modern animation artists. To drool over his artwork,...
I recently discovered a blog by Austrian artist Florian Satzinger. His work is pretty nifty. Check it out. (Image © copyright Florian Satzinger.) ...
Recently I posted links to several blog articles on character design written by the talented, prolific, and opinionated John K. Here's a few more good ones from his blog. Set aside some time to read these, his posts are always meaty: Bill Tytla - Terrytoons - cute animation, is it such a bad thing to have appeal? Appeal 1-starting with cuteness as...
As I mentioned in Friday’s post, I’ve spent the last few months designing characters and props for the TV series 3-2-1 Penguins! which airs Saturday mornings on NBC. Last weekend the first episode I actually worked on (”Green-Eyed Monster”) was broadcast. My name was in the credits, which means that for two seconds on Saturday I was ignored by millions...
I spent most of the summer and fall doing character design work for 3-2-1 Penguins!, a new animated series on NBC from the creators of VeggieTales. It's a fun adventure comedy with lots of goofball humor. The first episode I worked on, "The Green-Eyed Monster", airs tomorrow morning on the peacock network (10:30am central time, check your local listings). The...
