“Good Buddies” Backgrounds
January 8th, 2009
Adventure Time with Finn and Jake
Sprite Village, in Color
January 7th, 2009
Here’s Nick Jennings’s color version of Ghostshrimp’s original design, below. Click through for larger versions on Flickr. [Read more…]
Cookie Party
December 30th, 2008
When Pen’s mom, artist Bettie Ward, and Cardie Molina stopped by Cartoon Network to kick the Adventure Time crew into shape, the gang couldn’t help but take a quick break for a cookie party and the first photo opportunity for the artists.
Left to right: Bert Youn, Pat McHale, Sean Jimenez, Adam Muto, Bettie Ward, Ghostshrimp, Pen Ward, Cardie Molina, Luther McLaurin, Armen Mirzaian
Photo by Keith Mack? (No, says Keith.)
– Eric
More Treehouse Interiors
December 16th, 2008
The Candy Kingdom, in Color
December 15th, 2008
Color by Art Director Nick Jennings, with some direction from Pen and Pat. Ghostshrimp’s original design is below.
“The Enchiridion” Storyboard
December 12th, 2008
Written by Pendleton Ward, Patrick McHale, and Adam Muto. Board by Pen and Pat. Possibly the end of Jake.
Adventure Time Props & Characters
November 19th, 2008
Here’s your first look at some Adventure Time character and prop designs. They’re all by Ms Natasha Allegri, who’s working for the show while still studying in Arizona. Thanks, Natasha.
Pen Menacing Matt
November 18th, 2008
Courtesy of Mr Walt Holcombe, from the Kramers Ergot 7 signing at Family in Los Angeles, November 16, 2008.
– Eric
Background Development Art
November 11th, 2008
You’re going to notice a few differences between “Adventure Time”, the Nickelodeon short, and Adventure Time, the Cartoon Network series, when the latter premieres late next year. One of those differences will be in the background style. Pen and the show’s creative director, Pat McHale, have asked art director Nick Jennings to come up with a couple of different takes based on a wide array of art and artists – from Arthur Rackham to George Herriman to Jeff Smith – that float their boats. Nick’s been busy churning out a variety of looks. While things are far from set in stone, here are two early samples which folks seem to like real well. What do you think?
