Whether you’re looking for a cartoon about roadkill trying to get into heaven, a loser super hero that nobody likes, a gang of defected mutants, or anything else*, I’ve got you covered here in my Illustration/Animation portfolio.
*anything else not guaranteed.
After accidentally getting hundreds of people killed (including themselves), it's up to Maz the Raccoon and Zobo the Squirrel to set things right in the afterlife. They'll have to work together to save 600 lives as roadkill if they ever want a chance at getting into Animal Heaven.
Created, written, illustrated, animated, directed, edited, and almost everything else by Andrew Gelman.
Episode synopsis: After getting 600 people killed, Maz and Zobo are denied entry to Animal Heaven until they make up for it. (Running time 15:20)
A few distinct backgrounds and Maz using Zobo’s eye as a grappling hook.
Artwork for the official Roadkill Rangers YouTube channel.
Characters from The Horrible Adventures of Mattman, Beefchute and Douchequack, Roadkill Rangers, and more!
From The Horrible Adventures of Mattman: French Fry Density Boy, Iguana, Poon, Mattman, Olive, Giant Disembodied Evil Boar Head from Hell
From Beefchute and Douchequack: Spike, Ultra Violent Ray, Oc, Beefchute, Douchequack, Belle the Wereduckling, Juicer, Gnome
From Roadkill Rangers: Maz, Zobo, Animal God
Children’s book concept. Tree Story; before mankind, all trees used to walk around on their branches. They hide their heads in the ground because they’re shy. Moral being, it’s okay to be shy, but it’s important to branch out now and then. Eh? Ehhh?
…or is it Cowboy Fetus?
Original characters I created for the Global Association of Risk Professionals.
I created these characters when there was a need to target a younger, college demographic.
Artwork made for an internal newsletter.
Designed for college students interested in earning their FRM® certification, this “choose your path” poster features questions with branching paths. Some answers lead to humorous outcomes, others lead to dead ends.
See the full poster here.
Chip hangs on to some words (from the Career poster)
Five slides for the “3 Foundational Climate Risk Concepts You Should Know” post
The GARP characters used in a 2019 onesheet. View the .PDF.
Internal Spirit Week invitation.
A closer look at the artwork for the Spirit Week card.
The “Faceless” versions of the characters are used for an older demographic.
A selection of backgrounds from Roadkill Rangers.
Storyboards and animatics for corporate and personal projects.
Storyboard for the Pillar3+ commercial.
Alternative direction for the Pillar 3+ storyboard.
Boards of Maz and Zobo meeting Animal God for the first time. Check out the entire storyboard here.
Animal God presents his slideshow.
Boards from later into the episode of Maz using Zobo as a parachute and running alongside a water tower.
Animatic for the Roadkill Rangers proof of concept using a mix of stills from the storyboard, new artwork, and the original audio temp track.
Stuffed animals designed for squishables.com
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Quick animations and an FX reel for a theatrically released movie I worked on.
A music video about a lonesome pound cat. The song is "I'm So Ronery" from the movie Team America: World Police.
Educational short about a slug's journey to spell the word "slug". The music comes from the video game World of Goo.
A visual effects reel of work I (and three others) developed for the movie The Alphabet Killer. Not every shot here is something I worked on, but many are.
