Here's a recently completed bit from my work at Studio Fates. This is the line test from a short ten-second piece created for D Code (the agency) and Modell (the client, a line of sporting goods stores). Layout, keys and breakdowns by yours truly, tweens and cleanup by Awesome Olsson.

I got a bunch of leeway in designing this piece from the ground up, and since the premise was pretty simple I took advantage of the chance to be all wacky with the camera like I like to be, like. Some edits were made before the final composite (for instance the leg doesn't flail around so much in the finished version, and some of the squash in the ball was taken back out), this is still my personal favorite edit.

Sorry if the lack of eyes is a bit freaky, the final version comes with a heavy shadow that obscures the face, and part of the mandate was to try and keep it simple and the character relatively universal. Since I didn't direct the shadow animation on this, I didn't include it. The big board at the end is blank here, but in the final displays the Modell logo and slogan (lest you think we're fool enough to forget). We actually managed to slip it in twice before the end, a feat for which I am actually a little bit proud.

I rarely know exactly where these things go when they leave my desk, but if I've got it right then this animation now plays on the big screen at Citi Field (home of the NY Mets) whenever they break a baseball bat. It might play at other times, and I don't know what happens if you're watching the game on TV, but it should be up there now. It looks a lot prettier than this what with the color and the shadows and the sound and the music and all. If you're a Mets fan, then keep an eye out for it!