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“Gut Grinder” Backgrounds

September 23rd, 2010

The episode’s designers were Ghostshrimp and Santino Lascano. The painters were Martin Ansolabehere and Sandra Calleros. Nick Jennings is the show’s art director, Pat McHale is the creative director. “Gut Grinder,” the final episode of season one, premieres Monday night.

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A Last Batch of “His Hero” Characters

September 22nd, 2010

Cobbler with Stone Skin - Special Pose

“His Hero’s” character designers were Phil Rynda, Natasha Allegri, and Tom Herpich. Character clean-up artists were Mike Collins and Alex Campos. Ron Russell and Simon Simmonds were the colorists. Nick Jennings is the show’s art director, and Pat McHale is the creative director.

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Hot LSP and More

September 21st, 2010

Hot Lumpy Space Princess

From theĀ episode “His Hero.” “His Hero’s” character designers were Phil Rynda, Natasha Allegri, and Tom Herpich. Character clean-up artists were Mike Collins and Alex Campos. Ron Russell and Simon Simmonds were the colorists. Nick Jennings is the show’s art director, and Pat McHale is the creative director.

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Revised Lich King Design

September 20th, 2010

Revised Lich King Design

Here’s the version of the Lich King you’ll see in tonight’s episode, “His Hero.” For extra credit, compare/contrast with his earlier (but not earliest) design, below.

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Billy, Dr Finn, Nurse Jake

September 20th, 2010

Young Billy with Firelit Rims

From “His Hero.” Character designers on this episode were Phil Rynda, Natasha Allegri, and Tom Herpich. Character clean-up artists were Mike Collins and Alex Campos. Ron Russell and Simon Simmonds were the colorists. Nick Jennings is the show’s art director, and Pat McHale is the creative director.

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“His Hero” Title Card

September 17th, 2010

Phil Rynda designed and Paul Linsley painted this title card under the supervision of art director Nick Jennings. “His Hero” premieres on Cartoon Network on Monday, September 20, 2010. (We’re told it’ll be uninterrupted, too.)

– Eric

More “His Hero” Backgrounds

September 16th, 2010

Background designers were Ghostshrimp and Santino Lascano. The painters were Martin Ansolabehere and Sandra Calleros. Nick Jennings is the show’s art director, Pat McHale is the creative director.

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“The Glorriors” Storyboard

September 16th, 2010

“The Glorriors” Storyboard

Bowing to overwhelming demand (well, Racattack_Force and SBFBCCPOM said they’d read it), here’s an unused board from early on in the first season. It’s one of a few boards that got scrapped early on, and I doubt it’ll ever see the light of day. Unfortunately, I think the episode was a casualty of jumping into production without having had any serious development time. What do you think?

– Eric

“His Hero” Characters

September 15th, 2010

Lich King with Rims

“His Hero’s” character designers were Phil Rynda, Natasha Allegri, and Tom Herpich. Character clean-up artists were Mike Collins and Alex Campos. Ron Russell and Simon Simmonds were the colorists. Nick Jennings is the show’s art director, and Pat McHale is the creative director.

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From the Trenches: Part 1 (Phil Rynda!)

September 15th, 2010

Hey everyone!

From the Trenches of Adventure Time is here!

From the Trenches” is a behind-the-scenes video series of the super talented folks that make up the crew of the animated hit series, Adventure Time, by Pen Ward!

For our first segment, we interviewed the amazing & lead character designer of the show, Phil Rynda! In the video above, Phil shows you how to draw Finn, and gives some good advice for any artist.

Phil will also start teaching at CalArts this Thursday night! Congrats Phil and to the students that will be lucky to have him as a teacher!

So what are you waiting for? Get watching already and get inspired by the Rynda-ness!

A special thank-you to my friend and summer intern on Adventure Time, Nathan Connelly for helping me shoot and edit these segments. Check out the trailer for his ambitious student film, The Bayou Blues, by clicking HERE.

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