T.U.F.F. Puppy "A Doomed Christmas"

Here are two assembled pages of designs I did for the recently-aired T.U.F.F. Puppy episode "A Doomed Christmas". (Shout-out to super-awesome storyboard artist Fred Gonzales!)

Santa Dude

Based on a real guy my wife and I saw standing on a Burbank street corner wearing a bright red zip-up sweatshirt, matching jeans, brown socks, brown shoes, and a Santa hat...while taking drags on a cigarette.

1950s Stewardess #3

I finally got around to coloring the third and final stewardess in the series. I went back to the line-less, sponge-painting style of #1, which knocks #2 out of continuity, but oh well.

Animation Award Nomination!

http://www.annieawards.org/consideration.html

Wow! I came into Nick this morning to happily discover that I received a nomination for the 2011 Animation Awards (Annies) in the "Character Design In a Television Production" category for my work on the T.U.F.F. Puppy episode "Iron Mutt"! I'm incredibly excited and humbled to be a first-time nominee. Thank you to my wife and family, creator Butch Hartman, art director George Goodchild and board artist Brandon Kruse. Best wishes to all my fellow nominees!