I had this great opportunity to do some animatic layouts and animation on a Mike Smith designed and directed TV spot this summer. Working with 4 other animators through FFake LLC out of Portland, Oregon, this spot proved to be a big effort to produce fully animated characters in a retro style. Backgrounds by David Brandt.
Here’s the spot as posted on iSpot.tv
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Tom has worked for over two decades in television, advertising, and feature film animation. Tom was Character Sculptor and Effects Animator on the Warner Bros/Lorimar Gumby Adventures‚ TV series (1987-1988) and Gumby Movie‚ the stop-motion feature film (1991). In 1991 at Colossal Pictures, Tom's Animation Direction debut Coca-Cola Watch‚ won a Clio Award. In 2000 he became Co-Partner at Way Out West Prods in San Francisco. Tom joined Maverix Studios in October of 2002 and was a dedicated principal member of the group until September 2011. Tom is now an artist for hire.
Just saw this ad and wondered who’d done it-nice work! It’s such a rare pleasure to see new drawn character animation.
I just saw this as well, and loved it. Beautiful animation.
Man I love your animation style. Did you ever do any work on a full series?
Michael,
Sorry for the late reply. Did a little storyboard work on Back to the Future Cartoon series in the early 90s. A layout or two for Aeon Flux MTV liquid Television. But, the majority of my animation work over the years has been in Commercial advertisement. Thanks for stopping by!
I just saw this on TV tonight. It’s so refreshing to see animation this good crop up on television from time to time. Awesome work, sir! Your portfolio is amazing too by the way! I especially liked the Planet of the Apes face pieces (love those old movies). Keep up the great work.
Zinx3rd: Whenever I see new 2D animation on television it makes me happy, because I know it’s still alive and well. It’s an art that people want to see. My advice, keep the art alive by doing work of your own. Be prolific and keep doing what you’re doing now, networking. Find like-minded people to connect with – check out online places like Cartoon Brew and Animation Nation to name just a couple. You never know where that might lead you. Best of luck.
Wonderful animation,nice to see hand drawn work.