Operation "Rico Star" for Intel (2010)

The panels below are from a 45 second spot that I was asked to board for Intel, featuring the penguins of Madagascar. The ad has been playing in movie theaters - maybe you've seen it already. If not, I've posted it below.

In case you missed it, here it is...

I like the way they made the glow effects look like micro-processor patterns.

Mickey's Misfire (2011)

It was brought to my attention that I left out the "firing the gun" pose from the sequence of sketches in my last post. So here it is -- along with the "aim" sketch that precedes it.

(I've added them to the last post as well, just to make it complete.)

Mickey Get Your Gun (2011)

I've always had a soft spot for Mickey. One of the first projects I worked on at Disney was Mickey's Christmas Carol. The Brave Little Tailor and The Pointer are a couple of my favorites. I especially like when Mickey (voiced by Walt himself) gets mad at Pluto in The Pointer and calls him a "bone-head!". There's something genuine about that moment that makes me laugh.

Though he's since been reduced to a corporate trademark who baby-sits preschoolers for a living, I'm glad he once lived, long ago in the golden age of cartoons.

These were drawn digitally on a Wacom Cintique using Photoshop. (click to enlarge)

Button Of Doom (2010) MegaMind DVD

Here's a sample from a bonus short that was released with the MegaMind DVD, which hit the store shelves recently.

Nothing flashy here, just a little character moment between MM & Minion.