Showing posts with label animation direction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animation direction. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Animation I've Been Up To: Design for IdeaRocket

Over the past 5-6 years, I've been happy to serve as the principle designer, Art Director, and Creative Director for IdeaRocket Animation. During that time we experienced terrific growth, and had some great clients. I've moved on, back to animation freelancing and the fun of designing for kids' show. Here's just a few of the pieces, and design (some used, some unused) that I managed to whip up during that time (click on 'em to enlarge the whole show):






For Venmo...





…based on an animated comic book format. Google it.

 ...a little psychedelia (char. concept W.Gadea).



For a Canadian cracker-maker…

 in the style of the great Swarte…





A couple "puppet show" looks, unused for the spot…




… an urban girl bg that did get used…



 
 A sample look for Verizon.




Some straight whiteboard…








…with a little color













 
Motion Gfx with the great Jacques Khouri.



Some fun traditional character stuff…


…and a little retro traditional.


A cool BG look for a recent gig.




Ending with a combo look for a corporate client…




Most of these full animations can be found on IdeaRocket's Vimeo page, FYI. Cheers, animation lovers! I hope to see you back on children's primetime soon!



Monday, July 9, 2012

Weeds, Season 8: Growing a New Opening



Airing now for the Season 8 of Showtime's off-beat comedramady Weeds, are the new RSA-style animated opening credits very gratefully designed, directed, and drawn by yours truly; working along with my associates at IdeaRocket Animation, Will Gadea, and the very talented Irish After Effects wizard, Jonathan Parson at Mute Grab, the piece recaps the history of the show's storyline, up 'til this, the final season. It was a pleasure to work with the folks at Showtime, and with my IdeaRocket compadres. Check out this Studio Daily article, and have a look at our finished product: