I've worked on a lot of projects for Hasbro over the years. Most of it is concept art that must stay forever under lock and key but every once in a while I do something I can show to the world. Recently Hasbro hosted their first very own convention, Hasbro HASCON 2017. In one of the booths they wanted to put...
I'm excited to finally tell you about a project I worked on that has recently gone live: An animated website for Hasbro/Playskool starring Mr. Potato Head! Last fall I was approached by Minneapolis agency Popular Front to help them update an activity page on Hasbro's Playskool Kids website. At the time the site featured four host characters—a turtle, a dog, a...
Last summer I was hired by PUNY Entertainment in Minneapolis to assist a team of animators working on a new website for Hasbro's "PlaySkool" brand. The website was created by Popular Front, also out of Minneapolis. My job was to animate a few dozen clips of Tubby the Turtle, one of four new Hasbro characters. I completed my animation over...
Earlier this week I flew to Rhode Island to take part in the semi-annual Hasbro Freelance Fair. Twice a year the toy company invites freelance artists, designers, and sculptors into their corporate headquarters to show their wares and to hob nob with members of Hasbro's rather large creative department (in the hopes of landing Hasbro as a client). Each exhibitor...
