Franks Cat BG

Morning, here is a back ground from the series Frankenstein's Cat. All the BG's for this series were drawn on paper then coloured in Photoshop.

The foot prints were left by the Bigfoot Burglar! (Who stole all the hats).

Old Header

Hello. Due to the new blog layout you wont see the header that was on here since the beginning of this blog. Well here it is. This is a back ground from Rubbish King of the Jumble.

Play Bus Again (but with added video)

Hello, I am reposting an old image but thought I would as Sis has posted a link to the video of the title sequence for Playbus. See it here. This was one of the original background paintings for it.

An Old Background

Hello, here is a very Old background from another OUP project called Cookie! It was all traditional 2D but scanned into Animo instead of cell painted. It was all following the style of an existing book.

Another BG

Afternoon. Here is a background from one of our recent projects. This was drawn by Mr Dave.

Frankenstein's Cat Background

Here is another rough for one of the backgrounds for Frankenstein's Cat. This was for the end of the episode 'HayDay' where Lottie and Nine get carried off into the sunset by the ants!
As you do!

Trees!

Here is another BG from one of the OUP projects as quite a lot of you like these. I need to do some more rummaging around for nice things to look at.

Hello

Here is a background from the OUP Goldilocks short we did a few years ago. Ink and water colour on board.

Mr Crumbles Desk

This is the BG for a scene in Frankenstein's Cat where Mr Crumble is in school late marking. And he 'gets got' by the depickler!

Randoms

Here are some random sketches for working out a background.

Another Frank BG

Here is another Frankenstein's cat Background. These are the steps up to the castle. It's quite a simple one compared to the other BG's but I love it.

Old BG

Here is another old BG from Town and Country Mouse. I have been asked to put more old BG's up so here is one. I think I shall brave it and venture up into the loft this afternoon to look for more gems. It hasn't got easy access you see. I will try my best. Just for you.

Town Mouse BG

Here is another BG from Town and Country Mouse. This was on two layers so we could have passing traffic behind the foreground buildings. I havent put the front level high enough so you can see the shoddy line on the back buildings on the left. This BG is all water colour and the animation for the project was all done traditionally in 2D on paper.

BigFoot BG

Here is another Franks Cat background. This was from the Bigfoot Burglar episode.

3 Bears Background

Morning. Here is an old background for a short we did for Goldilocks and the 3 bears for Oxford University Press. It's watercolour and ink on board.

Country Mouse BG

Here is a background from Town and County Mouse. It was a special we did for Oxford University Press, for one of their teaching English programs. This is ink and watercolour, on board paper no less! This was either Mr Gary or Miss Teresa, it was so long ago my failing memory escapes me. Bad Miss A.

*Mr Phil informs me it was Miss Teresa. His memory is much better than mine.

Pickle Factory in Technocolour

Because Miss Dani demanded it, the pickle factory in COLOUR!!!! Duh duh duuuhhhhh.

Happy Easter everyone! See you next Tuesday (mehehe)

Two overlays of the same BG

Here is a background overlay for Town and Country Mouse for OUP. Two different versions for the same location but with different lighting, one day and one sunset. I couldn't find the sky backgrounds to show you the full effect of the different lighting.

A country view

Here is a BG from an OUP project called Town and Country Mouse. Thought it looked nice and summery for this mornings nice sunshine. Even though I am actually sitting here at my desk with a big coat round my legs and lap as it is freezing!

Corrections

Here are two old BG's from a 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' Short we did for Oxford University Press many years ago. You can see they are the same BG but different. That's because one was the first version that had to be redone as it wasn't quite right and didn't fit with the rest of the BG's. Just looking at the two BG's in isolation there doesn't seem much wrong with either of them. But in fitting in with the rest of the show the top one was incorrect as it was too dark and had too many outlines in it.
I think if I had to choose a stand alone favorite now, I would probably pick the top one.