Fun Art Fridays: The Thundercats' Vultureman

Watch out for Vultureman, the I-have-no-idea-what-the-heck-his-weapon-is evil mutant vulture!

Seriously, this is the weapon that came with the toy, but what is it? Some type of bird claw on a stick? Or maybe a bird cage cleaner?

Anyway, like my heroic team shot, Vultureman is part of a larger team drawing. Again, I'll be posting each villain as I finish, then the whole image once it's done. Next up is Jackalman!

"Thundercats HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Illustration © Joe Costantini

Fun Art Fridays: The Thundercats' Monkian

Did you see the new images for Cartoon Network's Thundercats revamp?

I wasn't sure at first, but I think the new designs are growing on me. I'll have to reserve final judgement until I see the new show, but that news lit a fire under me to finish up my Evil Mutants illustration. So this week I'm posting my take on the mace-wielding Monkian!

Just like my heroic team shot, these dudes are part of a larger drawing I’m doing for fun. Next week I'll post my Vultureman, followed by Jackalman, Mumm-ra, his dog Ma-Mutt, and then the final team shot.

Until then... "Thundercats HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

Illustration © Joe Costantini

Oh, The Places You'll Actually Go!

Here’s a “whimsical tale of mediocrity” brought to you by College Humor!

Oh, The Places You’ll Actually Go is a spoof of the classic Dr. Seuss story of the same name (sans the “Actually”). In the animation, our protagonist learns the harsh truth about what will happen to all of his childhood hopes and dreams. Even though the tale is a cynical one, we still had fun working on it!

2A! animated this short in Flash, with our pals at Snark Rocket producing!





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Character Designs: IRL Files

Following up on our last two posts, here are the character designs we created for College Humor’s IRL Files.

I had a blast designing this group of characters… I really just let loose and drew whatever came into my head, as opposed to doing multiple rounds of design. It’s definitely fun to just go with the flow as opposed to working a design over and over to death. The characters were drawn in Flash, but there’s actually not very much reuse here... just some hands and one body type being reused.

Here are the links to the videos if you'd like to check them out:

The Road Trip
Dad's New Phone

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College Humor - The Road Trip

Here's the second IRL Files short we animated for College Humor.

We created two videos in this style, where we design and animate a short based on a voiceover track. This short is called, The Road Trip, and is about a road trip that dosen’t go exactly as planned.

2A! designed and animated this short in Flash, with Snark Rocket producing!




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