Ok, so here are some from my favorite show of all time: Batman. I grew up watching this show and have been obsessed with it for my entire life. Back in the 70's and early 80's Batman was on TV every day - and I mean EVERY day. It was just before the era of cable television, and at the time you had a choice of maybe four or five channels to watch. Batman, Happy Days, Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island, and Star Trek pretty much ruled the syndicated airwaves. Needless to say, my favorite show to watch over and over was . . . .
Thursday, October 24, 2013
The Green Hornet
Below are a couple of designs I did back in 2008 of The
Green Hornet. I’ve been a fan of the
show since I first saw it as a child, and was hoping to see it appear in
animated form someday. Looking back, I
find these designs a bit traditional
let’s say – or you can say “kind of boring” I guess. Sadly, I don’t know how well received the character
would be for modern audiences, so I don’t think he’ll ever see much of a resurgence. One can dream!
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Bozo the Clown!
In 2001, Larry Harmon was making plans to release his
catalogue of Bozo the Clown shows on DVD.
The property didn’t exactly resonate with modern audiences – I mean let’s
face it, clowns are kind of creepy these days.
That being said, I was extremely fortunate for the opportunity to be a
small part of this project.
My business partner TJ Sullivan and I were contracted to
create animated shorts and bumpers that would appear on the DVD releases. It was great fun to get the opportunity to
animate such a classic character. It was
exactly the type of material we as animators loved producing. At the time we were really trying to
experiment with classic 2D animation concepts like squash and stretch in the 3D
work space. This project gave us the
opportunity to try new methods in CG and learn from a lot of trial and
error. Yeah, looking at the work now it
feels kind of like “bad CG” stuff – but hey, it was a long time ago. The important thing was that we had a lot of
fun doing it!
Larry inspired us as he was still such a creative and
passionate artist, even into his late 70’s.
I was saddened to hear of his passing in July of 2008. Thanks for the memories Larry!
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