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Themartist animation studio is a full service animation and design studio. focussing on flash cartoon animation for broadcast, games, interactive and mobile content. Our portfolio includes animated cartoon series, music videos, TV commercials, motion graphics, online flash games, flash interactive work and illustration services. Having been involved in flash animation since 1998, our animators lead the flash animation industry, producing some of the webs top web animations.

FLASH BROADCAST & INTERACTIVE ANIMATION:

»FLASH ANIMATED SERIES

STRANGE GAUGE: 20 X 90 second episodes. This series measures the weirdness rating of obscure news events from all around the world. Your hosts, Terry and DAT5000 introduce topics ranging from cases of shrinking brains, to smelly sneaker contest. Produced for channel ETV.

THE J.J SHOW: 1 X 1 minute Pilot. This interview show is hosted by an extremely unusual duo. In their world, nothing is black or white... just a whole heap of zany fun. Jason and Jabu or J.J, are siamese twins... though not quite identical, they share a whole lot in common. Produced for channel ETV.

GRIME TIME: 3 X 2 minute short TV episodes. What is Grime Time? Well, when you put two zany gremlin freaks in a television studio...you get Grime Time. This series shows Olive and Gurkin with their own show, interviewing the strangest hosts.

THE RASTAFAIRY'S: 1 X 5 minute pilot. The Rasta fairy's is an animated series developed by Craig Wessels of Wicked Pixels, and Jeremy Phillips. Themartist was hired to prepare a pilot for this series. The Rastafairy's features a bunch of Rastafarian fairy's living together in a weed smokers paradise.

»FLASH TV COMMERCIALS

XCITE TEDDY: 10 x 15 second television commercials. Teddy X was created as an animated campaign for mobile company Xcite, using a Teddy Bear character alongside an extremely sexy female sidekick.

XCITE STIX: 3 X 15 second television commercials. STIX, was created as a campaign to market a product offered by Xcite mobile.

SHOPRITE/CHECKERS TOY4TOY: 1 X 30 second television commercial. This campaign was based around charcetrs Teddy and Rob, and was designed to promote the Shoprite and Checkers TOY4TOY Christmas promotions.

ONE LOVE: 1 X 30 second television PSA. This public service announcement was created at no cost in the interests of supporting the One Love Organisation, and their efforts in helping Street Children.

SARFU: 3 X 30 second television commercials. Set in the town of Bokveldt, This series of television commercials was done for SARFU (South African Rugby Football Union).

»FLASH MUSIC VIDEOS

THE LONG STREET KIDS: 1 X 5 minute promotional music video. Created as promotional promo, The Long Street Kids is a feature film pitch, that is intended to create funding and greater awareness for the issue of street children.

GODESSA: 1 X 5 minute music video. This animated music video was produced for Godessa's hit single "Mindz Ablaze". KMD, the record company, requested an animated feel for this project.

»FLASH GAMES

CHRISTMAS COMBAT: 1 X Flash fighting game. This game was created as a christmas promotional. Modelled on the classic "street fighter" game, you can choose to fight as either Psycho santa, Jean Claude Van Elf, M.C Snow or Turkey George.

INVESTEC "KICK": 1 X Flash Kicking Game. Test your kicking ability in this Rugby game, but do expect unusual obstacles...

STAX WORLDCUP PENALTY SHOOTOUT: 1 X Flash Kicking Game. Play Stax World Cup penalty Shootout... Select your Country and get ready to strike...

MTV MONKEY MISSION: 1 X Interactive Flash Adventure Game. Spank our monkey and win loads of great MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 goodies! Our monkey has escaped from Edinburgh Zoo and he's on a mission to blag his way into the awards. But after living in his empty cage, he doesn't have the cash or the flash. You can help the poor chap realise his dream and win some great prizes.

»FLASH WEB & INTERACTIVE

DOUG'S DESKTOP WORKOUT: 1 X Interactive Desktop Application. Doug's Desktop Workout is an application that is installed on the users desktop. It is programmed to remind the user to perform specific exercises at particular times of the day... all designed to benefit the computer user.

INTERTOPS BUNDESLIGA GAME: Themartist created a gameplay interface and animated conent for this online game and web campaign.

USAFUN "BURGER FLIPPER": This little animated web advert was created for USAFUN as an email campaign...

KUDUCLUB INTERACTIVE: If you're hungering for a taste of home, wait no longer! This December, KuduClub and SAA are giving away 10 free return tickets to South Africa as well as fifty hampers chock full of the South Africa that you miss. All you have to do is get over to kuduclub for details and entry forms, one time! So forget wintertime, think African time and you could be home, sharpshoot!

EZANIA SERIES BIBLE: The myth of Ezania is a modern day mystery. Located only 300km from South Africa's coastline, one would think that more should be known about the island of Ezania. Until now, Ezania was pretty much desolate, with a school of penguins, a dormant volcano and a few prehistoric relics being the only sign of life on the island. But now, a giant satellite dish peers above the palm trees, and a group of South African immigrants inhabit the island… giving birth to a brand new television studio, and putting Ezania on the map.