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Hello! I was watching some "Craig of the Creek" B-T-S videos and posts, and I came across these illustrations of Craig, Kelsey and JP as babies. Did you draw them? If so, can we see them in high-res?

I did draw these, they were used for various crew baby showers. I don't think I have the files anymore though... They are somewhere on the Craig of the Creek server at work.

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did you design Eliza on craig of the creek?

I designed her final character model for the show - I think it was the 17th or 18th episode of Season 1.

Despite what most fans like to assume... I did not reference Rose Quartz for this character... I referenced my favorite Princess - Princess Peach! Honestly, I thought that was rather obvious...

When we broke down the storyboard for design purposes, the idea of color wasn't really on anyones minds at the time - so I pitched the idea of making them all pastel colors. It'd help keep them feeling uniform but also feeling a little out of place compared to all the other creek kids who wore earthier tones. Plus, pink, blue and violet would look nice against all the green backgrounds we had! To try and help sell the idea to Ben and Matt, I painted these portraits to show how special they'd look!

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See You Tomorrow At The Creek - Photo Special

Designed by Danny Hynes Painted by Benjamin Anders

From the entire crew... Thank you for supporting and enjoying the series!

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Craig of the Creek - Final Key Art

Designed & painted by Benjamin Anders Rough design by Ben Levin

The final batch of Craig of the Creek episodes start airing January 4th at 9AM (EST)!

1/4- The Elders of the Creek (1/5 on Max) 1/11- JP’s Bucket List (1/12 on Max) 1/18- The Little Warrior (1/19 on Max) 1/25- See You Tomorrow at the Creek (1/26 on Max)

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If you haven't watched it, go watch Evil on Paramount+ and Netflix! It's SO good!

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Jessica's Big Little World - Palettes

With the final episode of Jessica's Big Little World, I wanted to just share some of the palette work from the series. My one major goal was to make sure Jessica always felt special and clear, no matter where she was and what time of day it was. Which meant creating a lot of palettes. Here is a small selection of them. I think we got up to 75 different palettes over the course of the 20 episodes.

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The Sleepover Chronicles - Title Cards

Designed and painted by Benjamin Anders

Backgrounds designed by Cory Fuller, Santino Lascano and Mariel Rodriguez

Episodes start airing June 1st on Cartoon Network (and next day on Max!)

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Rise and Shine - Title Card

Designed and painted by Benjamin Anders

New episodes start airing June 1st on Cartoon Network!

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Here's some stuff that was done during development and the first episode. Using early Jessica designs. We really wanted to be able to push the expressions to be clear (and funny) for the preschool/bridge crowd.

Jessica's Big Little World - Expression Guide

For board artist use and overseas animation studio to use as reference.

Designed by Benjamin Anders and Nick Winn

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Jessica's Big Little World - Palettes

New episodes of Jessica's Big Little World are airing this week (and are on Max)! Here are a small sample of some of palettes from the series by our Art Director Benjamin Anders and his color design team: Jessica Yost, Leigh Luna, W. Scott Forbes & Candice Messado

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The last Jessica's Big Little World key art poster I designed - painted by Scott Forbes with BG lineart by Santino Lascano!

Jessica's Big Little World - Final Key Art Poster

Character Designs by Benjamin Anders Background designed by Santino Lascano Painted by W. Scott Forbes

The final batch of Jessica's Big Little World air May 27th - May 31st on Cartoon Network (on Max the following day)!

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Key art I got to draw and paint for the upcoming batch of Craig of the Creek episodes!

Craig of the Creek - The Sleepover Chronicles Key Art

Rough design by Ben Levin & Benjamin Anders Character designs and paint/color by Benjamin Anders Background design by Santino Lascano

Check out the new episodes on June 1st on CN (and next day on Max)!

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5 NEW episodes of Jessica's Big Little World are premiering on January 1st on Cartoon Network starting at 7:30 AM!

Jessica's Restaurant Little Twin Spike the Hedgehog Sleepover Family Photo

Enjoy these color palettes from Jessica's Restaurant!

Background designed by Santino Lascano Painted by W. Scott Forbes Color Design & Art Direction by Benjamin Anders

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Jessica's Big Little World - Visual Development

Character design by Nick Winn Background design by Emily Walus Painted by Benjamin Anders

Watch the series when it premieres October 2nd at 8am on Cartoon Network!

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Here's a clip of the series I've been art directing on for the last 2 years!

Bonnet Brush Flush - Jessica's Big Little World

Here's a preview of the Jessica's Big Little World series!

Check out the series when it airs this Fall!

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Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake - key art

painted by Benjamin Anders

designed by Hanna K. Nyström

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This is the show I’ve been art directing on for the last 2 years! Watch it out when it comes out in the fall!

Jessica's Big Little World - Main Titles Created by Matt Burnett, Tiffany Ford & Ben Levin

Here's the high quality version of the main titles for Jessica's Big Little World. Check out the series when it premieres this fall! Art Direction by Benjamin Anders Composited by W. Scott Forbes Song by Grace Hayes