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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