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Still Very Busy Times

Posted in General Animation Bantor, Sketches, Finished on June 8th, 2009 by Jab

Work is still going strong at the Cologne animation studio, and especially fun because I’m currently getting a crash course in Flash with a pay on top.

What we’re working on is

Rudolf, the misadventures of a strange-looking rabbit-thing, thought up by Belgian animator, storyboard artist and director Rudi Mertens. Work will be outsourced to Asia soon but there’s a chance the Flash clean-up team will get to animate on episodes instead. Not a bad deal at all!

I haven’t really had the time to draw for myself much. The following two sketches are actually several months old.

Character Concept (Rejected)

Character Concept (Rejected)
Ghostly Baseball Player
Ghostly Baseball Player

Also, Mr Martinez tells me the demo for his upcoming graphic adventure Shades of Violet will be out soon. I think what they have put together looks fantastically good for an independently developed game and I’m very glad to have been given the chance to design the demo’s locations.

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2008 - On We Go

Posted in General Animation Bantor, Sketches on January 9th, 2008 by Jab

New Year’s Eve sucked but there’s a whole new year to make up for it.
Some sketches from the studio.

2008.jpg
2008.jpg

A pig guy, a Wee Free Man (”A Hat Full Of Sky” is my current audio book) and Germany’s most famous viking. They are planning a new show based on one of Germany’s most famous radio programs for children. I submitted some character designs which I can’t, unfortunately, show right here and now. More about that if and when there are news.
On to ever newer and more interesting things!

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Short Update

Posted in Animation from Germany, General Animation Bantor, Finished on November 13th, 2007 by Jab

So for the last four weeks I’ve been working as an animator for a small studio in Cologne. Well, what much can I say? I’m working with old school friends, the place is quite cosy, I’m making OK progress and I get to produce TV animation on my first real job in the field. So in spite of a six-hour commute every day by train, the fact that German train drivers are still fighting their superiors and going on strike every other day and that I can’t move to Cologne before December and have to put up with the weather until then - I’m having a great little time!

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