Back in the nineties I worked at a Michigan television station WKBD TV (Channel 50) in the graphics department. It was a great experience for me working with a remarkable crew of talented artists. I have only fond memories of that place.
Here are a couple of billboard illustrations for the Detroit Tigers that I did in conjunction with designer Butch Chambliss. We ended up winning a Bronze Broadcast Design Award (BDA) for the campaign.
Here's the third illustration that was used on a billboard. (I still have to scan the photo of the actual billboard.)
In the early 90's I was working at an animation studio Rocket Productions and we were commissioned by Alan and Ray Whitfield Ford to redo their classic "Duke & Dawg" animated commercial. (Most Detroiters my age know that indelible song that Duke sings!)
Apparently the original animation was damaged beyond repair so they wanted to redo the whole spot with a new beginning of Duke talking and some antics by Dawg. They were emphatic about making the revised commercial look like the original. I animated and cleaned up the whole spot myself. It was done the old fashion way by using paper, cells, ink and paint. Subtle embellishments were made within the animation by tightening up the lip sync, having Duke's fingers playing the banjo and adding more inbetweens.
