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.