Jumpstart Character Designs
All of these 'sketches'
done using Flash 4.0 and a Wacom tablet.
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| Turn-around of Paloma, a burro host character representing the Spanish language. |  |
| Various German characters. Later on the decision was made to cut German language from the product. |  |
| Promotional image of four of the house characters, in the costumes of different countries. |  |
| Various Japanese characters. |  |
| I was hoping they would choose
the bobtailed cat for the Japanese Host.
But I think I made the eyes a little too cat-like. Know Thy Audience. |
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| A Turn-around of the Monkey host character, representing Japan. |  |
| Different non-final versions of the Burro character. |  |
| A Turn-around of the raccoon host character, representing America. |  |
| A British Beefeater lion was briefly considered to represent the English language. Not used. |  |
| Many rough raccoon sketches and finals. |  |
| Various Russian characters. The Russian language was not in the final product. |  |
| Many types of animals were explored for the Spanish character. I was leaning towards the Caracara, myself. |  |
| I even provided a color sample, but it was a no-go. They liked the burro more. |  |
Designs for Jumpstart First Grade 2002
| First conceptual sketches of "Jimmy Bumples", the game's main antagonist weasel, and his rat sidekick, "Skid". |  |
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| At first they thought it would be a good idea to have Frankie's nemesis be another dog. So I chose various breeds known for scrappiness. |  |
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| The final rough turn-around for Jimmy Bumples. |  |
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| The final rough turn-around for Skid. |  |
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| A rough incomplete turn-around of Frankie's little cousin, Squirt. |  |
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| An inked Squirt. |  |
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| A rough storyboard for the intro movie. Jimmy was mean and pushed Squirt, causing Squirt to fall and break his scooter. |  |
Designs for Miscellaneous Jumpstart Projects
| Just for fun, I drew some artists whose work I admire in the Jumpstart style. |  |
| It's a Jumpstart style wolf.
Maybe he could teach kids about nature.
His 'friend' is just a brutish doodle. I doodle a lot at meetings. |
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| Jumpstart squirrels? Sure, why not. |  |
| We can do Jumpstart Beavers, too. You pick any species, I can make it cute. :) |  |
| Frankie receives a mysterious package. This was going to be a scene in the new film that will be in front of ALL Jumpstart games....but it's not anymore. That film will be a lot simpler and shorter. |  |
| Some Jumpstart characters, done in a prehistoric style. Ugga-ugg! |  |