Last Saturday NBC aired another new episode of 3-2-1 Penguins! Here's some of the character design work I did for that episode. In this episode the Penguins and the kids land on a planet inhabited by alligator-like characters. This guy was the Emporer. The script described him as an Elvis fan and director requested that he wear an Elvis-like jumpsuit with...
This past weekend NBC aired another brand-new episode of 3-2-1 Penguins!, an animated series on which I was a character designer. I'm not sure but I think this was the premiere of season 2. The episode, titled "12 Angry Hens", required me to design (among other things) some robotic hens with holographic heads and a robotic scarecrow. Here's some of...
Last year I had the privilege of working as a character designer for 3-2-1 Penguins!, a Saturday morning animated series currently airing on NBC. Penguins began it's life on VHS back in the 1990's with several episodes being produced by Big Idea (the company that gave us VeggieTales). Last year NBC warmed up to the property and ordered an entire...
Yikes! It's been almost a week since my last post. My apologies. Things have been pretty crazy here. Earlier this week I even had to pull an all-nighter to meet a big deadline. (I must be getting older. Those all-nighters are getting a lot more grueling than they used to be.) Fans of VeggieTales might appreciate this: Phil Vischer, the creator...
Continuing yesterday's post...
On Saturday NBC aired another episode of 3-2-1 Penguins! for which I did some character designs. The plot centered around a malfunctioning time machine that sends the penguins' space ship into the future where they meet their future selves. (The lesson for kids was about respecting the advice of our elders.) The original penguins were designed several years ago when...
