Nickelodeon UK asked me to do a mascot and a series of emojis for the relaunching of 90s kids hit Takeshi´s Castle. It had to spin around the look of a Japanese Daruma doll, so this is what I came up with.
All character designs by me, great animations by Harriet Gillian >> http://www.harrietgillian.com
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These are some previous version before the client chose the final one.
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