Panther Touch

Studio: Blind
Role: Cel & 2d Animator

I was so excited when I got a chance to work on this project with the talented people at Blind. I personally grew up watching the Pink Panther, so it was such an honor to get to animate this character. The personality and grandness of the Pink Panther was really injected into each shot. It was really amazing to see a 2d character react to and live in a real life environment.

" The Pink Panther is an icon of mid-century, American animation. He was originally animated by the exceptional animation studio, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises–so bringing such a classic character like this into the modern era was a childhood dream come true. Not to mention a delicate feat that calls for a certain type of skill.

To launch this rosey rascal into the digital screens of today, Blind Creative Director, Greg Gunn, worked closely with Doner and Owens Corning to shape a pair of physical-comedy infused spots melding live action, character animation and photoreal CG effects into one, unified world oozing with panther panache. "

Original upload here.

See the full spot and process below !

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credits

DIRECTOR: Greg Gunn
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Tobin Kirk
POST PRODUCER: Scott Rothstein, Jacklyn Ramirez (Junior Producer), Jonathan Chavez (Coordinator)
DESIGNERS: Ayla Kim, Mier Lee, Paul Kim
VFX SUPERVISOR: Olaf Wendt (Crazy Horse)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Daniel Zhang
2D ANIMATORS: Aly Tain, Oliver Wee, Peter Jay Lee, Régis Camargo, Moving Colour (clean up)
MODELERS: Crazy Horse Effects
COMPOSITORS: Andrew Tan
STORYBOARD ARTIST: Ben Kendall, Brian Cho
MATTE PAINTERS: Paul Kim, Mara Smalley
ILLUSTRATOR: Chuck BB, Maggie Chiang, Sadie Han