Twitch -
Legends of the Live: Ninja

Online Ad
2021

Lore states that he once sniped guy in a game while playing a completely different game...

One in a series of spots for Twitch, this one chronicling the legend of Ninja ... and his llama... and his marshmallow.

 
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Cutting room floor -

 
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Animation Process

How many masks are too many masks? Wrong question for a Ninja.

We pushed our cel compositing and 2.5 layers to the limit on this one, managing to almost completely avoid 3D.

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And then there were toys -

 
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Credits -

Client: Twitch
Agency: Twitch Creative
Directed by Giant Ant

Executive Producer: Teresa Toews
Executive Creative Director: Jay Grandin
Producer: Cory Philpott, Teresa Toews
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin
Associate Creative Director: Eric Pautz
Art Direction: Eric Pautz
Animation Direction: Conor Whelan
Storyboard: Conor Whelan, Hugo Baurens
Illustration: Eric Pautz, Hugo Baurens

Animation: Conor Whelan, Johannes Fast, Josh Parker, Ben Ommundson, Marlene Beaube, Esther Cheung, Diego Maclean
Additional Clean Up Animation: Hugo Baurens, Jo Haeseker, Tasha Chang
3D Animation: Diego Maclean
Compositing: Conor Whelan, Diego Maclean, Eric Pautz, Thomas Ricquier
VO Talent: Don Andrews
Music: 5 Alarm
Sound Design: Playdate