Cartoons With A Cause

TBT Services Case Studies:

Cartoons With A Cause

We aim to produce cartoons that make a difference in the lives of children everywhere.

Whether it’s commercial work, short films, co-production or our original show concepts, our goal is to develop content that positively impacts children.

We specialize in creating family-friendly media for the broadcast, education and gaming industries.

We offer pre-production and 2D animation services from concept to delivery including character design, visual development, backgrounds, layouts, limited animation, frame by frame animation, sound design and more!

Specialties•Digital & Traditional•Character Design•Storyboards•Game Assets•Art Direction•Backgrounds•Ketchup (no really.)

Software•Adobe Illustrator•Adobe Flash•Adobe Photoshop•Art Rage•Sketchbook Pro•Storyboard Pro•Harmony•Pen and paper

We make cartoons...for a cause and effect.

The mission statement of The Women’s Center of Tarrant County is “inspiring, teaching and empowering women and families to overcome violence, crisis and poverty.” They achieve this through extensive victim service programs, counseling and employment programs.

The Women’s Center of Tarrant County

Mae Shares A Secret

The Women’s Center of Tarrant County

Mae Shares A Secret

The Women’s Center of Tarrant County wanted a new age-appropriate video to teach children about sexual abuse in a language they could easily understand. The Play it Safe!™ program is a child sexual and physical abuse curriculum presented annually to over 70,000 children ages 4-18.The program includes age-appropriate videos for preschool through high school. It also consists of training for adults, caregivers and professionals.

Timbuktoons worked on the visual development and animation production for the first grade video. In it, Grandpa and Mae teach children how to recognize abuse, respond by getting to safety, and to tell a trusted adult.

For more information about Play It Safe!™, visit PlayItSafe.org or call The Women’s Center of Tarrant County at (817) 927-4006.

Challenge•Explain difficult subject

matter in a clear and age appropriate manner

•Create real and relatable characters quickly to establish trust

•Produce an engaging video that makes the critical steps more memorable

•Produce a large amount of content in a short period of time

Solution•Combined limited

animation with motion graphics to save costs

•Used a “magic tackle box” concept to explain the flashbacks and steps within the narrative more easily

•Used two different art directions to clearly switch between concepts

Orbie for Orphans is a non-profit organization founded by the entertainment company Oodles World to create awareness, advance the rescue of orphans worldwide and provide education about resources for adoption and foster care.

Orbie for Orphans

Project 99 Explained

Orbie for Orphans

Project 99 Explained

Orbie for Orphans wanted to use animation to promote to donors their new curriculum project and explain why orphans and foster children are special.Orbie for Orphans contacted Timbuktoons to create a promotional video to explain their main initiative, Project 99, and motivate donors to give. Project 99 is an animated curriculum in development that is designed with the specific and unique needs of orphans worldwide.

Timbuktoons worked with Orbie for Orphans on writing the script and setting the art direction that would also be used in segments of the curriculum (plus the frame by frame animation created with Harmony).

Challenge•Adapt existing CG

character to 2D animation•Switch to a new pipeline for

frame by frame animation using Harmony

•Craft a creative storyline while including specific required content

Solution•Implement three different

pipelines for three different animation styles: limited, mograph and frame by frame animation

•Crew up for various pre-production and production elements

The Emmy award winning reality program “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” ran for 9 seasons and was produced by Endemol USA. Hosted by Ty Pennington, they helped rebuild more than 200 homes across the 50 states and involved well over 500,000 volunteers.

Lock and Key Productions

ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Lock and Key Productions

ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

EMHE needed room illustrations that were fun, encouraged creativity and play...and fast!

Timbuktoons, collaborated with people across the nation, including the design team from the show and printing companies, to produce custom illustrated room murals for three deserving families.

The donation of creative services was part of the Augusta, Georgia; Lincolnton, North Carolina and San Antonio, Texas builds.

It was an honor to work on such an important cause...plus we got to design wall murals with some of our favorite things: gags, Toy Story, robots and superheroes.

Challenge•Coordinating with

producers and printers in multiple locations

•Transferring the vision and art direction of the design team into wall designs

•Developing design concepts from the child’s interests and favs

•Quick turnaround (each less than two weeks from concept to delivery)

Solution•Multiple full wall

treatments installed•Spot illustrations for

additional use•Designs for different

treatments such as lamp and window shades

•Concepts and designs for three dimensional bumpouts for extra effect

Compassion International is a child advocacy group that takes a wholistic approach to releasing children from poverty. Founded in 1952, it began by providing food, shelter, education and health care to Korean War orphans.

Compassion International

Vacation Surprise 2: Trip to Peru

Compassion International

Vacation Surprise 2: Trip to Peru

Child advocacy group, Compassion International, wanted to educate families about their “Sponsor A Child” strategy to release children from poverty.

Compassion International is best known for their focus on the individual child through the intentional, long-term and big impact strategy of sponsorship. They partner with local churches to “tackle global poverty one child at a time, serving more than 1 million children in 26 of the world’s poorest countries.”

Timbuktoons worked with Compassion to develop, write and produce the animation to be used for introducing families to the “Sponsor A Child” program through promotions in retail stores nationwide.

Challenge•Define and describe

“sponsorship” to preschool and younger elementary children

•Communicate the needs and benefits of sponsorship in an age appropriate manner

•Highlight Compassion’s brand and key messaging within the narrative

Solution•Explain the concepts

primarily through the children’s responses

•Establish the local pastor character as the main connection to Compassion

•Use visual cues (such as icons) to communicate key sponsorship concepts

Orbie for Orphans is a non-profit organization founded by the entertainment company Oodles World to create awareness, advance the rescue of orphans worldwide and provide education about resources for adoption and foster care.

Orbie for Orphans

Orbie: Pilot Episode

Orbie for Orphans

Orbie: Pilot Episode

Orbie for Orphans wanted to use animation to show orphans and foster children that they are special.

Orbie for Orphans wanted a pilot episode for their animated curriculum in development that’s designed for the specific needs of orphans worldwide. Timbuktoons worked with Orbie for Orphans to develop the series (story, character design, art direction) and produce the short.

In production we used three pipelines for the different styled animated segments. The majority of the episode is frame by frame animation created digitally in Toon Boom’s Harmony. Another segment (“Orbie’s Story”) was produced in After Effects using illustrator assets. The third segment (“Bo’s Flashback”) was symbol based animation produced in Flash.

Challenge•Adapt existing CG

characters to 2D animation•Produce almost 10 minutes

within a short timeframe•Switch to a new pipeline for

frame by frame animation using Harmony

•Craft a creative storyline while including specific required content

Solution•Implement three different

pipelines for three different art directions

•Crew up for various pre-production and production elements

Make Timbuktoons your choice for keeping your project on scope, budget and time. Why use a cloud studio for your next great project? Simple...budget, talent and technology.

Get big market, network quality without paying LA, NY or ATL prices. We crew up and down depending on your project’s needs. Our talent pool is fresh and global and the tools we use make you feel like we’re right in the next room.

All of this helps us keep your project on scope, budget and time.

Partial Client List•ABC’s Extreme Makeover:

Home Edition•The Discovery Channel•The National Archives•Jellyfish Labs/Phil Vischer•Compassion International•Veterans Administration•Graebel Relocation•Willow Creek Association•Saddleback Church•Tim Hawkins•National Concrete &

Masonry Association•Department of the Interior•Department of Justice

We’re your animation oasis in the clouds.

Contact Us(706) [email protected]

7013 Evans Town Center Blvd. Suite 102Evans GA 30809

Recent Awards•2012: Telly Award (Gold)•2011: Davey Award (Gold),

Addy (Silver), Addy (Gold), Telly Award (Bronze)

•2010 Addy (Silver), Addy (2 Gold), “Best Animation”

Get up to 30% tax credit Georgia’s Entertainment Industry Investment Act provides a tax credit for single production or on multiple projects.

These tax credits create significant cost savings for companies producing feature films, tv series, music videos and commercials, as well as interactive games and animation.

For more information:GA Production Incentives