LYDIA PILOT LINK (at last)

Well, it all got too hard to try and convert a DVD file to post on this blog, soooooooh,
I've now got a link for both the LUCKY LYDIA trailer and the pilot episode.
Here we go....

Fantasy Aircraft

Here are a couple of fictitious aircraft I designed for my cartoon aircraft blog called "DRAWN PATROL".

These was done purely for fun.

Health Care Illo.

This was a pitch for a health care campaign. Had to emulate an existing art style.

Avatar and Warhammer

After a two year stint working in the video game biz, I managed to gain a wealth of new knowledge and a host of great new friends. I worked on storyboards and pre-viz for a Warhammer game and as a concept artist for an Avatar game.
Here are just a few rough examples.


Chain Bolt Concept - Warhammer

Space Marine Pre-viz 1 - Warhammer

Space Marine Pre-viz 2 - Warhammer

Exterior Prison  - Avatar

Battle Wall  - Avatar 

Sun Temple Ruins  - Avatar

Trap Room 1 Ruins  - Avatar

Trap Room 2 Ruin - Avatar

LUCKY LYDIA

Back in the late 90's, Bob Camp and I made a pilot with Film Graphics for Cartoon Network.
It was based on a loose idea I had, about a kid who's just lucky.
At that stage, the networks were quite interested but it was still just a loose idea.
That's where Bob comes in to the picture, he grabbed the premise instantly and turned it into a properly structured cartoon, bringing tons of "funny" into the concept.
Needless to say of course , that Linda Simensky and Kahki Jones, over at C.N. at the time, were paramount to this whole project. They were keen on Lucky Lydia right from the start.
Cartoon Network green lit the pilot, we made it and it went to air. Although the series was never picked up, we still had a lot of fun writing the stories and producing the animation.

Bob made up the word "Coolaroid", meaning two things really, cool and hemorrhoids, a form of Yin and Yang, good and bad.

CONCEPT ART

Lately I've been working for a video game company on various projects, these are a few level sketches.

Cartoon Network Bumpers

"THROWDOWN"
A while back, I was animation director on a reface for Cartoon Network,
and one of the last, yet most fun bumpers was this one for the "Class Of 3000" show.
I storyboarded and co-directed this clip with Fletcher Moules.
Both AnimalLogic and Film Graphics were producers of this stint.
As this was one of our last bumpers, I had a chance to animate some stuff as well.

(Currently trying to find a better clip for this post.)





"GOOD CAR DAY"
Here's another bumper, this one was a little tricky with the timing,but happy with the results.






"GARAGE SALE"

.....and one more.

Season's Greetings

Queen Komodo

Coco

Coco's Car

Queen Komodo's Car

Queen Komodo


One of Coco Monkey's most feared adversary, Queen Komodo was a fun project and yes, it did make it on air.
I sorted the design and direction, animation was by Andrew Finlayson and Jomar Ravalo.
The production was handled by Filmgraphics.

Thrasher and Grizzly

These two characters were to be the next contenders for Coco Monkey, but the campaign wrapped up early,so these guys never made it.

Village Track

A while ago now, we went on a short holiday to the islands of Vanuatu.
The tropical scenery there was so awesome, that I had to try and draw stuff.
The color picture, was an attempt at a bit o' paintin', well at least with photoshop
anyways. The pen drawing, was of the typical local transport. I'd like to color that up one day.

Coco Pops "Evil Sensei"

Some Chickens


Evil Sensei 1


A pig


Evil Sensei 2


Sumo Hippo in Lather

Another in the series of Kellogg's Coco Pops tvc's, " Evil Sensei " was produced.
Here are some of the characters.

Dunderheads

Dunderheads was a pitch for an animated tv. series that I conceived, designed and directed with the financial help of Film Graphics. There is no dialogue on this show, instead it is musically driven.
The shorts were to be 3 or 4 minutes in duration. This idea was never picked up but it was a lot of fun working on it.

Tokens

I can't remember the name of the product for this job, it was from Europe and something to do with a series of tokens, that you could collect or swap, I was asked to draw them as three different characters, and respective personalities
so I just worked with the shapes of the tokens and drew characters on that.

Fishy

Just a bit of an experiment, back in the late 90's. It was an attempt to do the whole illo. using Photoshop only,
no roughs or scanned in blue pencil drawings.

Happy Meals Tvc.

Back in the late 90's, I had the opportunity to design, direct and animate this little ad on my own,
and it was a lot o' fun.

Air Show Poster

I drew this up back in 1979 for a local air show, I also colored it with Pantone pens.
Unfortunately, the only copy I had of the final poster perished many years ago.

Vodafone Pitch

Another pitch that went nowhere, this time for a Vodafone tvc. using a
stylized caricature of "Kramer" from Seinfeld.

Westpac Bank Pitch

Here's a pitch for the Westpac Bank, we didn't get the job but the end result turned out well.

Wingnuts

This is a logo design for a friend's model aircraft company.

Free Radical Bad Ass

These are character designs for a commercial that did get made for Blackmore's antioxidant vitamins.

Scared Possums

Here's a little drawing for night tours at an Aussie Zoo.

Toohey's Beer Pitch

This was a pitch for Toohey's Dry, a local Aussie beer.
Alas, it never came to pass.

Mortein Characters

Here's a dust mite, rat and ant character models for Mortein Louie the Fly tvcs.

Coco Monkey Color Set-Up

One of a set of color samples for a Kellogg's Coco Pops tvc.
This one did get produced.

Coco Monkey

This was pitch for a Kellogg's Coco pops tvc. that didn't make the grade.

Mummy

Here is a character model for another Streets Paddlepop tvc.

Jackie Chan

Several years ago I was asked to design a cartoon version of Jackie Chan for an animated title sequence on one of his films. The design was rejected on the grounds that I made him look too Chinese.

Paddlepops Grizzly Bear

Here's the Paddlepop Lion, grizzly bear and Owl for a Street's Paddlepop tvc.
This was produced, and if I can find the clip for it I'll post it here.

Gumshoe

A pencil drawing for a tv. show pitch.

Bofo the Mofo Monkey

Wayyyy back before monkeys became hip, I was trying to come up with a simian character for a show idea.
That's about as far as that went.

Pharmacy Tvc.

Here's a bunch of pharmaceutical dudes for some pitch on a local tvc.

Louie the Fly

This was to be the last Mortein Louie the Fly design from me after a 6 year ,(on and off) campaign.
After that, the tvc's were done with either cg or claymation.

Joe Something

I vaguely remember being asked to draw up a private investgator but kinda goofy,
apart from that, I can't remember anyhing else.

Coco Pops Hyena

Had to design a seedy hyena for a Kellog's Coco Pops tvc.

Tough Nut

One of many designs for the "good guys" in battle scene for a vitamin commercial.

Streets Paddlepops

This was a character sheet for Paddlepop tvc.

Lester Skinfield

I just needed a creepy semi-villain character for a show concept.

Tracey Mc Bean

This is an illo. from a page in the book and the cover for "Tracey McBean's Streching Machine"
Mary Small wrote this book and I drew the pics. Later on, I pitched it to Sydney based Southern Star
and they produced a stack of episodes. More info coming up.

Unknown Campaign

I just cannot remember what this pitch was for, the client showed me samples of a well known cartoonist, and I can't remember that either!
Nevertheless, I emulated the cartoonists work as best I could, and there ye are.

Kiwis do Wee Wees

After listening to a radio interview with childrens book author Roger McGough, I was reasonably inspired to illustrate one of his verses.
"To amuse emus on hot summer nights, kiwis do wee wees from spectacular heights."

Fabric Softener

I can't remember the brand, but this was a pitch for some fabric softener.
We didn't get the job. I later saw it on a European channel and the characters
were not like this.

Cadbury Chocolates

This was a pitch drawing for the opening of a tvc. in the mid 80's.
This job did not get past the research phase.

Aussie Slang

Just a random set of doodles depicting some Aussie slang, see if you can pick 'em out.

1920'S Rubber Hose

All I can remember about this, is that an ad agency was looking to make a tvc. that used mixed animation styles.
Among others, I chucked this in for the rubber hose part. The ad was never made.

Kellogg's Fruit Loops

One of many Pitches for Kellogg's during the years. This one was to feature Sam Toucan's rollerblading skills.

SuperChunk

This was for a Cartoon Network pitch way back in the early 90's I think.
Superchunk was a network reface concept at the time, for interstitials, bumpers and so forth.
This job did not eventuate.

Crocodile Soup

Here's some crocs I designed for an instant soup comercial, they didn't go for these and instead went back to their old lame
characters.

Welcome to the vaults of yesteryear.

I just thought I'd post up all my junk on this blog, some of it never even saw the light of day.
Most of this will be posted randomly, not in order of history, so I'll attempt to explain the stuff along the way.

Arthur.