Luc Latulippe

Last week, Phil Robinson from W!ldbrain Animation e-mailed to inform me that an Esurance commercial we worked on together just won an award at the 2008 ASIFA-East Animation Festival. (View it here.)

I drew the storyboards and designed several elements of the short, such as the thieves, the kitty cat, and most of the locations, as well as Erin’s “outfit” (or lack thereof). I was WAAYY out of practice doing ‘boards, but Phil coached me through it and never stopped cheering me on. He’s one of the only people in the field I truly enjoyed working with over my 10 years in the industry, and working with W!ildbrain has always been.

Mentioned in the award are: Phil Robinson, Director; Mike Overbeck, Director; Nick Hewitt, Designer; Luc Latulippe, Designer. Congrats to everyone!

But as with any animated project, there are probably another 50 or so people who contributed in any number of big and small ways who aren’t mentioned. To all of you, I tip my hat and say thank you very much.