Finally! I worked on character designs for the second season of Ugly Americans from December 2010 to May 2011. I was fortunate enough to get to work with my old buddies Sam Leyja and Matt Jenkins as well as the rest of the fine crew at Turner Studios, as we cranked out dozens of characters for every other episode.
Tonight’s show (10:30pm, Comedy Central) is the first one we worked on, Episode #202 “Callie and Her Sister” (that’s one of the show’s main characters above, Callie). After the show airs tonight I will be able post some of the designs I worked on, including some “dress-ups” (and “dress downs”!) of the main characters. Look for more posts right here (it’s about time) over the coming weeks, as I reveal some other projects I’ve been up to!
-Joe
My first attempt at using “Brushes”, an iPhone painting application. This is “Freckles”, our chicken who is ailing from an eye infection. It’s a little tricky figuring out the program on such a small canvas, but it works pretty well!
Animation Director: Joe Peery *Writer/Voice: Craig Adams *Studio: Primal Screen *Client: CNLA
This was an especially fun piece I directed for Cartoon Network Latin America when I was still at Primal Screen. The writer is Craig Adams, a great guy and fun to work with (that’s him on the voice over). I got to create original characters and come up with lots of gags for the spot.
“Spit out that dynamite, kid- you’ll ruin your teeth!”
Animation Director: Joe Peery *Assistants: Kerri McIntire, Les Harper *Inks: Sam Leyja *Studio: Primal Screen, *Client: Cartoon Network
This was one of a series of bumpers for the Cartoon Network re-face we did at Primal Screen in the late ’90’s. It was great working on these icons of the animation world, the heroes of my childhood!
Animation Director: Joe Peery *Assistant: Kerri McIntire *Inks: Sam Leyja *Studio: Primal Screen *Client: Cartoon Network
This was one of a series of bumpers for the Cartoon Network re-face we did at Primal Screen in the late ’90′s. I loved working on the Warner Brothers characters!
*Animation Director: Joe Peery *Animators: Brian deTagyos, Dino Fritz *Studio: Turner Studios *Client: Cartoon Network
This was originally made for Cartoon Network, one of a 3 part series of gossipy water-cooler characters.
My first animation job!
I painted the backgrounds and helped animators extraordinaire Clay Croker and Dave Strandquest with some clean ups and ‘tweens. This one put the hook in me to pursue animation as a career.
