Wednesday, 11 March 2009

Joints Don't Jump

Late last year, I got the great opportunity to provide some Character designs for Animax Entertainment. The resulting TV commercial is for The American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons and is a light hearted look at joint pain. It was a real buzz to see other people bring my characters to life, and I think Animax did a fine job.

Hope you likes!

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24 comments:

  1. Anonymous11 March 2009 at 12:20

    great work Chris. I love the detail in your character designs.

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  2. Thierry Cattant12 March 2009 at 05:15

    Whhaouuu!!!!!

    Awesome artwork ;-)
    Your characters are so good!!!!

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  3. Gulzar12 March 2009 at 07:13

    howdy Chris? How have you been brother?
    Long time no news?

    Came in here after ages...you have been doing some wicked sleek stuffs in here...

    Hope all is going good :)
    regards
    Gulzar

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  4. matt dawson12 March 2009 at 19:54

    The character design is just great... did you do backgrounds as well...? They seem to have been in tune to your work, really entertaining...which is saying a lot from a joint pain advert :) ! So you grew up on the Blighty coast...? Where was that... I remember bleak but bracing holidays in winter on the Northumberland coast... character building! Nice windswept illustration, captures things perfectly.

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  5. téb.art13 March 2009 at 02:02

    It's very funny, the characters design is awesome, and animation is very well done.
    Is it done with Flash?

    Very good job. Thank you for sharing it with us all.

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  6. RAWLS13 March 2009 at 12:19

    Hahaha!! SOOO good! Great work my friend! Really fun stuff!

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  7. lorelay bove14 March 2009 at 02:57

    Cute! Great stuff!

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  8. Scooter15 March 2009 at 01:44

    Dude- great work and style! Love the Friday illos too. Have a good one...

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  9. Dam Ferreira15 March 2009 at 10:35

    Hi
    great job

    congratulation

    fantastic

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  10. Ken Chandler16 March 2009 at 03:40

    Apparently I need to stop by more often. I'm missing out on all the fun. Great characters, and your animation is a blast.

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  11. Chris Kennett16 March 2009 at 11:27

    Thanks everybody.

    Matt: The Backgrounds were done in house at Animax by a guy I only know as Carl. They are awesome and set the characters off perfectly. If I find out more about him, I'll post a link to his stuff.

    Also Matt, and for those who are interested, I spent the first 20 years of my life, living in a Kent village between Canterbury and Herne Bay. Herne Bay was recently made famous as the backdrop for Emily "I'm a Lady" Howard, from Little Britain fame. Interesting stuff, huh?

    téb.art: Yes this was done in Flash, I believe.

    Ken: Thanks very much, though I shouldn't take credit for the animation. Again, that was all done by the folks at Animax.

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  12. Chogrin16 March 2009 at 17:33

    What a great feel this has! Fantastic!

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  13. Peter Breese17 March 2009 at 01:45

    Nice buddy, I sure hope I'm not relating to your character's join pain any time soon!

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  14. Kym23 March 2009 at 15:37

    Wow Chris...how awesome is that? Nice work!

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  15. Eric Barclay24 March 2009 at 12:44

    Great characters-- I think I know a few of them personally.

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  16. kramer25 March 2009 at 14:58

    cool! love your stuff.

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  17. Anonymous27 March 2009 at 05:47

    Awesome work. Great to see your character designs out there. This spot is a LOT better thansk to your designs.

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  18. Anthony Holden29 March 2009 at 02:33

    Really fun designs--I would've liked to animate them.

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  19. Chris Kawagiwa [Storyboards]7 April 2009 at 10:42

    Quite wonderful! the expressions and acute angles of pain were caught so perfectly and comically~

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  20. Paco15 April 2009 at 04:50

    Nice, snappy animation and funny poses! I really like the design of the band in the beginning of the clip :)

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  21. kramer16 April 2009 at 14:18

    great stuff!

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  22. Ellis5 May 2009 at 04:25

    Really enjoyed your style. Good work.

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  23. Abhilash.N10 June 2009 at 00:03

    Woooow..!

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  24. Gavin Goo18 July 2009 at 13:58

    Congrates on this! Nothing beats seeing your creations comes to live :D

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