At Grid in Belgium, we were setting up a couple of 3d series and shorts based on the work of the famous Argentinian illustrator Mordillo. One of them was based on his famous book the Galleon: a goofy pirate comedy. The other one was Beach Mangoo, an animal comedy. The animals start out playing a game of basketbal on the beach of their island.
I designed the characters and sets for both of them in previz working with the directors. The characters were fully developed. Sadly during preproduction, the lid came down on Grid and development stopped. I decided to give the galleon captain’s cabin a lick of paint anyway, trying to emulate a smooth 3d rendered style.