ZOOG (unproduced project with Maxwell Atoms) (Patreon)

So, nearly a year ago today, I may have mentioned in passing on my tumblr that I was working on something really cool, but not likely to ever see the light of day. We knew within weeks that it was on indefinite hold and probably dead in the water, so I'm REASONABLY certain I can show off a little of my work here by now.

Maxwell Atoms (you know him as creator of Billy and Mandy) approached me in about August 2019 for character design work, my first ever gig for anything of the sort. I signed a contract with Warner Brothers and worked long-distance over the course of two months on around six characters for a series pitch.

He basically wanted several of his characters completely redesigned, one of them being ZOOG here! I've included his original version, a small sample of the sketches and doodles I sent him, and my final illustration based on the features he liked best.

My spouse Rev actually came up with the ammonite-shell aspect which was unanimously well received.

I knew going in that most cartoon pitches are passed up on, and it never made it to an official pitch before they put a pin in it during a big network reshuffling, but it was still really exciting and fulfilling to do something like this at all.