SAVING BIKINI BOTTOM - VEHICLE DESIGN

The “cHEEKS FAMILY CIRCUS” TRAVEL WAGON

Final Visual Development Painting - Front View.  This design was based on a 1969 El Camino - a unique vehicle which drove like a car and could carry stuff like a pickup.

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Final Visual Development Painting - Rear View.  

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I had fun playing with color variations. Each has it’s own vibe.

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Early concept sketches inspired by nomadic caravans, food trucks and tuk-tuk vehicles.

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Pop-up circus tent in “Performance Mode”.

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Jacked & Hopping! Here’s some sketches exploring some stretch and squash gags with the circus wagon.

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More gags trying to figure out how these small rodents manage to drive a full size El Camino down the road.

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Here’s some fun steering wheel ideas exploring how Pa is able to control the car. The director eventually went with C - the hamster wheel concept.

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We had to find a way for the cannon to be raised up onto the roof of the camper to shoot Sandy and SpongeBob into the air. Here are three ideas. In the end they went with #2, scissor lift.

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The logo design on the left is what I came up with for the driver and passenger doors. The one on the right was intended for the back of the camper.

In the final version they went with a more simple acorn design, but I still like mine!

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