Sunday, February 11, 2007

Horton....






A while back I was offered a storyboard test from the fine folks at Bluesky in New York for their upcoming Horton feature. The project sounded very cool, here's a character I really liked from not only the Seuss books but also the Jones and Clampett cartoons. Unfortunately the timing wasn't right. I was (and am still currently) working at a job I really like, so I had to respectfully decline. So they came back to me and suggested they could work around my schedule and that I could possibly be brought on doing freelance from home and would I please reconsider. I said that I would think it over. Finally I agreed that if my schedule permited I would at least take the test. Unfortunately, things at work got pretty crazy, in a busy, good kinda way and I was not able to complete the test. I did however do a bunch of little thumbnails and rough sketches for the test and thought I'd share some of those drawings here.

10 comments:

SteveLambe said...

Holy crap, Fred! That's crazy that they not only sought you out for the movie, but still keep after you when you said that you were too busy. Aww man...a Seuss movie with your boards would have amazing.

Too bad you're still a jerk for kicking me out of your office.

Anonymous said...

First Marlo updates her blog and now this! Cool stuff. I always like to see cartoonists rough and loose art.

david said...

very very very cool!

Unknown said...

Awesome, way to go Fred! The world needs more Osmond magic! And I am part of that world. The world that needs more of it. More magic. Magic that only Fred can deliver.

Unknown said...

Sweet! I wish it could've worked out. Hey there's always Ice Age 3, right?

Anonymous said...

I enjoyed your art work. Good work. Keep posting more images like this......

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DAN CORNERCongrats Fred! Maybe that new wife can crack the whip and get us some more Rufus and Horny! ;) Hope you have a good trip!

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