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Character design for development of sci-fi comedy series, based on loose prompts for a security guard, a captain, and a science officer. For this assignment, I played against visual tropes to try to find a fresh angle on the archetypes. For the security officer, I created someone short and unimposing, then imagined that this gave him a hot temper -- something that could still allow for success in his role. For the captain, to play against the Captain Kirk / Leela type, I went with an inexperienced female captain who might be in command of her first ship and nervous about living up to expectations. For the science officer, instead of a cold, analytical android type, I thought of qualities that make a good scientist -- curiosity, experimentation, and open-mindedness -- and I went with a noodly alien stoner who likes to get high and talk about hypothetical theories. He's more like Timothy Leary or Elon Musk than Stephen Hawking or Data. Overall, I just wanted to create fun characters that might offer new avenues for storytelling.

Illustrated in Photoshop

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Character turn of a hipster dinosaur from my comic strip, Bushwick B.C. (with example strip for reference)

Turn illustrated in Photoshop

Comic illustrated with ink & brush

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Coloring / cleanup of PowerPuff Girl character model

Illustrated in Flash (sketch provided)

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Creator and creative director of "The Bagheads" animated short with Frederator Studios. The world of the Bagheads is populated by a crazy collection of characters with bags on their heads. For this cartoon, I created the concept itself, wrote the script, created concept art and character designs, sketched storyboards, and provided art direction throughout production, including animations, designs, character turns, and key art / title cards.

(Note: Title card and environment above were created by staff artists based on my concepts and art direction. All other illustrations are my own.)

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Full-page comic written & illustrated for MAD Magazine #546

Illustrated with ink & watercolor

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Comic

Illustrated in Procreate

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Comic

IIlustrated in Procreate

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Pixel art concept for retro Lord of the Rings RPG

Illustrated in Aseprite

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Caricature / Portrait

Illustrated in Procreate

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The Replacements concept / illustration

Illustrated in Photoshop

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Zeus Over Los Angeles painting

Illustrated in Photoshop

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Triforce pattern graphic design

Illustrated in Photoshop

(Triforce concept from Legend of Zelda)

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest paper pattern design

Illustrated in Photoshop

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Filburt poster

Illustrated in Photoshop

(Filburt character from Rocko's Modern Life)

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Giant movie poster redesign as album cover

Illustrated in Photoshop

(Giant 1983 re-release movie poster used as reference)

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Jean-Michele Basquiat portrait

Illustrated in Photoshop

(Andy Warhol photograph of Basquiat used for reference)

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Hi, I’m D.R. Beitzel, the cartoonist of Phatypus Comics.  I am the creator of “The Bagheads,” an animated short with Frederator Studios. I have also contributed to MAD Magazine and McSweeney's. If you live in New York, you can buy my Subway Rules comic and various prints at Vinyl Fantasy in Brooklyn.  If you don’t live in New York, congrats on the good life choices.

Feel free to contact me at phatypus@outlook.com!