#animation design
Finally getting around to posting my grad stuff! These are part of a model pack I did for Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
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Illustration for Plansponsor, on the right tools to cut through chaos. Art Director: SooJin Buzelli
©Lily Padula, 2018
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Bingo and Rolly’s Evolution
Art :Bryan Sims
Someone posted it before me but here are some of the designs that I did for Puppy Dog Pals
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When I was younger I used to love Batman Forever. I always drew Two-Face as a kid. So here’s my adult version.
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“Uh…Hello…I’m Elwood!…El-Wooooood! What’s your name? What are you?”
Oh! Guys! I’m gunna be at CTNX. Come swing by table T119 and say hello!
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Speaking of nuclear, here’s the idea I was playing with. In this early iteration of Bigfoot I thought it would be rad if Bigfoot harnessed nuclear energy. He’d get so mad, he’d loose his hair and the crevasses around his body would start to glow with radioactive energy. He’s a cute and cuddly creature…. but you really shouldn’t mess with him!
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If you didn’t figure it out by the hints on my instagram stories or my cryptic posts, my personal project is about bigfoot.
In fact, it’s called Bigfoot.
In my story, Bigfoot was a secret lab project that escaped the clutches of his evil creators. They designed him to be a weapon capable of decimating cities in a heartbeat. What they didn’t expect was their creation’s ability for love and compassion.
Having Bigfoot be a failed science experiment really helped break out of that hairy seven foot Chewbacca stereotype that’s expected. I was thinkin’ stuff like…Wouldn’t it be cool if he still had lab harnesses stuck on him? Or what if he had a metal mask on? Oh, what if he had one of those lab tags on one of his ears?
And my favorite….
What if he was nuclear?
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I’m not going lie. This was very, very, very FUN.
I wasn’t born in the 80s but I was raised on Spielberg, John Hughes, Devo, the Cars, and Duran Duran. I think I have good a good handle on the source material.
Despite that, I did do my share of research for making Elwood’s room look like an authentic 80s boy’s bedroom. That meant looking up screencaps of kid’s bedrooms from E.T., Close Encounters, Adventures in Babysitting, The Goonies, and the opening of Princess Bride (That kid’s room is packed with great material!). Not to mention the crazy research on 80s toys using forums and ebay (You won’t believe how much people are selling those things for!)
So yea, blah blah blah I did the research.
BUT the most exciting part about designing this room was how much of myselfI put in this thing. When I was a kid born in 91, I never had all the cool crap that kids in the movies had. I mostly had cheap 99 cent knockoffs and a few lucky finds from Goodwill. The spirit of this piece involved harnessing my inner kid to discover what Elwood and I would have in our dream room. We both share an interest in sci-fi, music, junk food, and airplanes. I’d imagine we’d both have the same room upkeep.
So here’s to bringing out your inner child and letting him or her inspire your work. *raises imaginary glass of rootbeer*
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Francis is as hip as hip can be. He’s Elwood’s best bro for life. The two bonded over music and would marathon through Twilight Zone re-runs on the tele after school. His favorite thing in the world is his walkman and Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
If I where to cast him, I’d most definitely choose Caleb McLaughlin, also from Stranger Things.
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Special focus on ANTAGONIST eyes is airing tomorrow ( July 25th, 10am MST)! Took five classic characters from my childhood and drew their eyes while breaking down why the designs work as ‘bad guy eyes’.
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Had the honor of designing our show pin for Middlemost Post earlier this year and it’s so cool to finally have it in the hands of all my fellow Nickelodeon Animationemployees!
Here’s a bunch of my rough concepts:
Catch our series premiere Friday July 9th, 7:30 PM ET/PT following the premiere of The Patrick Star Show! In the meantime, here’s our theme song & some shorts to get you hyped!
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Bit of a self-signal boost: Currently available for full-time, in-house Animation Character Design work – Also available for freelance visual development for new/updated properties. DM me if your project needs design work! (Studios/Pros only; Sorry, no commissions) LinkTree @ https://lnkd.in/g-niFGi
ThisSunday 6/14 at 6:30/7:00 PST I’ll be LIVEonTHE ANIMATION SUCCESS STORIES PODCAST! Tune in to see me blabbing about drawing silly pictures for a living https://t.co/dqxBL4kv00?amp=1
Hey Animation Enthusiasts and people we force to listen to out podcast! This Sunday we have the amazing Chris Battle joining us for an interview. He is best known for his work on classic Cartoon Network shows like DEXTER’S LABORATORY, POWERPUFF GIRLS, SAMURAI JACK, and the current hit CN series TEEN TITANS GO!, plus projects for Disney, Marvel, Nickelodeon, Warner Bros, and more.
We will be going live at 6:30/7pm PST this Sunday on YouTube!! Keep an eye out for notifications! We will be answering questions after the interview!
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A couple years ago I was commissioned by Capcom to design a cartoony version of STREET FIGHTER (Their direction: “Give it that TTG feel”) for an animated series pitch that unfortunately didn’t get a greenlight. Whatevs – I got to “officially” draw another one of of my 80s/90s favorites!
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Art vs Artist (Home Isolation Ed.) - Where I share old stuff that finally came out this year and can’t share the secret stuff I actually worked on
Assorted classic incidentals for YDD. Kept the OG characters faithful to their original looks – No need to mess with classic designs! In the end, they didn’t use my Captain Caveman or Alien Hunter designs. Oh, welp.
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