I've been at the Motion 08 animation conference in New Mexico all week. More on that tomorrow. For now, a blog post I meant to publish earlier this week: The past weekend NBC aired another brand new episode of "3-2-1 Penguins!" for which I designed some characters. Here's a few misc. characters - a butterfly, firefly, and frog: The script called for the...
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...
Here's another project I can finally let out of the bag. A large regional company is in the process of rebranding itself and expanding its market base. I was hired by an ad agency to help develop an updated version of this company's current mascot. After a couple of rounds of sketches the company decided to go in another direction...
The Teaser for Pixar's new film Up is now online. Not much is known about the film. However, a recent newspaper article described it as “a comedy about a cranky, cane-wielding 78-year-old who transports his home to exotic locales by attaching hundreds of helium-filled balloons”. [EDIT: The tech blog Gizmodo offers this description: The hero of the film is a 78-year-old man named...
A couple of weeks ago I announced my new finger-puppet business cards. I designed them to serve several functions: To demonstrate my abilities as a character desginer; To stand out and be a good conversation starter at networking events; To display not just my contact info but list past clients and quotes/endorsements from satisfied art directors. So far the cards have been a big...
