Saturday, November 04, 2006
Hi! I'm currently a storyboard artist and character designer at Disney TV working on Wander Over Yonder! I just finished a 6 year run as a story artist at DreamWorks were I boarded on How To Train Your Dragon among other movies. I'm an Emmy Award winner for my character designs on "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends". I've worked as a storyboard artist and character designer at Nickelodeon on Danny Phantom, and a character designer at Disney TV for too many projects to list. I've been nominated for 7 Annie Awards and have recently self published my first graphic novel: "Seaweed, and the Cure for Mildew." All work is is a copyright of me unless it's for some studio I'm working for.
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- Robert the Blooce
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- Frostbite
- Sam as a Plant Girl
- Gila Bandito and La Cuckaracha
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- Blowhorn and Bratallica
- random doodles
- Loch Ness Monster
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30 Comments:
It is to bad that show never took off, there were some great designs done for it. Luckily I did catch the pilot episode on Nick one day just by chance.
WOW GREAAT!!!
darn it, crash shouldnt have crashed, this character would have looked awesome in the show. great as always ben!
My Gosh you did a lot of top-drawer work on that show. Thanks for showing it off.
man, i am constantly amazed at your line work. everything you touch has such appeal. too bad this show fell through. i would've loved to see these guys in action. cheers
-andrew
awesome awesome character design as usual. his eyes kinda remind me of ur character poisson
and speaking of poisson, when is ur comic gonna be finished?! i better have it in my hands by the end of the year...
u never cease to inspire me :)
very cool art. I love the shading and the texture. You always put great detail into your art.
amazing stuff!
Awesome! Great design.
wow! what a treat. Thanks for posting these!
Good stuff on the interview over at Frederator dude!! It was very insightful!
hehe this is great! Love the design!
really love the character break down and the top page. glad to have found your blog. very cool stuff.
Great designs Ben. I absolutely love what you did with Diff's fingertips.
Hello there! Excellent artwork you have here!
That first page of sketches is so awesome!! Great designs!
wow, really great stuff!
wow..my hat's off to you sir.. incredible work here!!
Hi, Ben! Just wanted to let you know that I have seatured this character in Daily Illustrations section of www.DesignCOntest.net By the way, it would be great if you could take part in our Superhero Community Contest. Thanks!
Hey Ben,
Welcome back from scotland. So you survived the castle?! I know we were a few worried bloggers;)
Awesome characters as always and as mentioned numorous times before....delicious linework!. It's always a treat to see your construction sheets, which is a big help in understanding how to communicate ones ideas and designs.
Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend:)
Hans
Thanks everyone!
Hans, Thanks, My wife and I had an awsome time in Scotland. Borthwick castle was an amazing place to spend an evening. I can't recomend it enough!
Fun character and great shape/action analysis.
Oh yeah, love that little floating brain too.
Working in Foster´s home must be great! I'd like to work in it... I'm so sorry to be in Brazil...
Want to put my hands in your graphic novel, it's great stuff.
WOW! WOW!! THese are AWESOME!! Great to see the contruction structure of the character too!!
great characters! love to see the process
those are incredible! the model sheet is pretty great even! i think my favorite is the blob in the group of concepts with arms and goggles. he's great!
Hi Ben, your blog is superb !! I will come here more often ! congrats !
very very cool.
WoW! Every timwe I come to this blog there is something new and amazing tio check out! So inspiring for us aspiring character designers. I love your designs. you work in a completely identifiable way, but also integrate it seamlessly into the design of the show. Please keep posting!
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