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RSS FEEDFall 07 – Character Design – Bar Background
After being under the guidance of Sherrie Sinclair, brilliant animator from the Renaissance period at Disney, I have been able to establish a look and palette for my upcoming animated series, Mantis In Pantis. This image presents a very sexy Charona mixing a martini for whoever she’ll be dating/f*cking/killing ...
read more »Fall 06 – Interactive Concepts – Mantis Animated TV Series Proposal
So, after developing many animated characters (for my “hit” TV series Mantis In Pantis) under Sherrie Sinclair’s guidance, and developed the angle of the series through the guidance of Bill George, the product is a proposal meant to accompany my tv series pitch. This proposal includes the updated ...
read more »Fall 07 – Character Design – Sketching Walrusky Jr.
After playing around with Sphincter, and being more content with the direction that character is going, I thought or exploring one of the characters with the most potential, Jr. This gal, is Mr. Walrusky’s son and ally to the mantis (despite his Dad being such a villian). At first I thought of making him less ...
read more »Fall 07 – Character Design – Mantis Manor drafts
I wish to make the Mantis House a mix of Shag’s 60s bachelor pads, and outrageous kitsch objects. The campier I can get, the better. I want beauty and outrageousness working in perfect harmony. I’m using mixed media in these designs: Some objects are meant to be displayed as vector graphics, while others ...
read more »Fall 07 – Character Design – List of Needed Objects
Now, as you’ve seen before in my Summer 07 Usability entry, I’m building different environments that will be displayed in the series, and in the Mantis website. Now here is more of a cohesive list of the recent objects I’ve added to my virtual world. This first one is filled with objects found in ...
read more »Fall 07 – Character Design – The Different Faces of Sphincter
After being satisfied enough with the Mantis hot bodies (Coco ended up being more flat, while Brenny and Charona are more “round-figured”), it is time to move on to the many faces of Sphincter. As many of you know, he’s one of the funniest characters in the pilot, because it is up to him to […]
read more »Fall 07 – Identity Developement – Mantis in Pantis Promo
Heads up! The girls are at it, yet again… this time at the supermarket. They cannot keep their claws to themselves… nor their starving fangs off men’s necks. Alex says: I had a lot of fun creating this promo for my tv series, Mantis In Pantis, which is still on its early production stages. Read ...
read more »Fall 07 – Identity Developement – First Animatics
So, I spent an entire week sick (the flu is really hitting everyone), and I have turned into a vessel for Vitamin C. Still, the work hasn’t stopped… and as you know, I’m taking two Directed Studies this semester, one will Bill George, the other with Sherry Sinclair. Both asked me for similar things ...
read more »Fall 07 – Identity Developement – Mantis in Pantis Pilot
If you prefer to download it, click here to get the Mantis in Pantis pilot. MANTIS IN PANTIS PILOT – ALEX INT / NITE – SUBURBAN HOME A suburban home is starting to steam up with all the hot action that’s happening between a mantis and a boy. They put their hands together (well, hands […]
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