Nick Jr - Blog Posts
Aight, Imma come out and say it:
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Bro, I just got a superhero idea from watching Shimmer and Shine
FAK and the show is unexpectedly good.
Theme song is straight gas too
Waitā¦these arenāt the Krabby Patties I orderedā¦
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Bro I had the weirdedst dream, it's about, like, Nick Jr live action adaptation and there was Shape bandit from Team Umizoomi and the Dora the explorer gang along with two kids.
All characters were actually animated in their original, cartoony form, but the only character who was "realistic" was Squiddy...
He was dark blue with some orange spots, he had red eyes with yellow iris and slit pupils like a cat, a "mouth" with nothing but vocal chords so he screams when threatened, three "hands" with "fingers" that had holes and he could shoot ink projectiles. Also he could run on land. So he was basically a fucked up octopus + hectapod from Arrival
Been a long while, but Iām finally back with an update.. I was digging thru some old work files on my HD, and thought Iād put together a brief post..
Back in 2015, I worked at Nelvana on Nick Jr.āsĀ āFresh Beat Band of Spiesā cartoon series. A lot of the front-end creative work was directed by ā6 Point Harnessā in L.A., including some of the Design work; usually establishing the look and style of: characters, props, and locations. Full turnarounds and additional views of those designs though, were done at Nelvana in Toronto.
Early in the production, I spent most of my time creating rotations and additional views of Props. I didnāt have any real experience drawing directly with vector lines. So, I was allowed to draw them in Photoshop on a cintiq, using very clean bitmap lines. I'm guessing another artist may have converted my finished work, later on?..
One of my favorite episodes to work on was: āBand Of Piratesā (ep.14).. There were a lot of very nice design elements in that one. Plus, a fun storyline that featuredĀ āCaptain Arrrghā stealing half of a Treasure Map. He does so, using a flying robot and a Steampunk-inspired JetSki. For which, I drew some of the additional views..
The Fresh Beat crew makes a quick pursuit using their elaborate Tour Bus, which could conveniently transform into a kind of hydrofoil speedboat! The Bus wasĀ based loosely on the handful of Art Deco āFuturlinerā trucks that GM produced in the 40ā²s. And I felt like the speedboat itself, also gave off a bit of āThunderbirds 2ā³ vibe? Creating the fuller rotation, was something of a drawing challenge, as I had to make hard decisions about the overall dimensionality and how each of the surfaces and corners attached to each other..
About halfway thru the production, I took over the Layout Supervision from my friend: Terry Lenko. This may be the only show that Iāve ever worked on, where my End Credit designation changes across the episodes arc?! Again, I have zero experience (or interest) in vector-based art. So thankfully, all I had to do was ādirectā a very talented Layout crew, rather than contribute to the production art directly..
But there were always Layout issues with the storyboard animatics, that would require attention. And Terry taught me the valuable lesson of creating quick Layout thumbnails for each entire episode. Not only did these drawings allow me to identify where the Master and Reuse BGs existed.. But I could also spot and correct all of the continuity, cutting, and staging problems, too!
Enjoy.