Planet Snak

Chuck Gammage put together the pitch for this job. He designed and colored the 3 characters in less than an hour. Later that morning the both of us drove into Toronto to meet the agency creative and we were subsequently awarded the job. Chuck truly is a titan in the animation industry. He is able to design and draw anything in any style in record time.

I did these with acrylic paint back before I was introduced to Photoshop, or before Chuck's studio was building product in CGI. The cookies were painted on card and the bite marks were painted on an acetate overlay.

I drew all the Backgrounds for this commercial and Clive Powsey painted the majority of them (non digital). The box logos (Oreo, Ritz, Chocolate chip) where added later in post.

Lacrosse

My parents occasionally 'sign' me up to do various design work for people in the local community near where they live. This one I did while I was working in the UK years ago. The brief was to have a classic cartoony WB sort of feel. Apparently the team was happy with the image and so was my mom because I let her keep the payment. Once I was paid with a roast of Emu, which is quite tasty. A few times I have been paid peanuts...

Tiger Nap

Vampire

Felix Catfood

I was asked to do a few different design takes for Felix catfood during one of my working trips to London England. The agency wanted to completely re-in vision him. Here are only some of the images.

Hubba Bubba

I think it was Leo Burnett Canada that brought these guys back. I directed the first couple of  commercials at Chucks where I developed the art direction. The Later commercials  I had less involvement except design, layout and animating a couple of scenes here and there. The Movie Theatre spot I placed co-workers, and other odd characters in the audience strictly for my own entertainment.

Hubba and Bubba go to the zoo.  I was told the red back sides of male Mandrills are funny. I just follow the agency briefings.

Hubba Bubba Splash.  The agency decided to change the style because one of those individual's got on a 'Ren and Stimpy' kick. This was my life guard suggestion before the change.

Hubba and Bubba go to a Museum. This was the opening Background I layed out and coloured for the spot. 

LVBeethoven

Of all the great composers LVBeethoven's music I like the best. I've been listening to it since I was a kid, and it has always been inspirational. This was drawn years ago. Someday I would like to do something proper with it.