Timbuktoons began by creating our own line of short format animations and since has produced over 60 hours of original creative content for clients all over the world. Our work has appeared in direct to DVD series, commercials, webisodes, IMAG for conferences and events, museums and mobile games. We offer pre-production and 2D animation services from concept to delivery including character design, visual development, backgrounds, layouts, limited animation, frame by frame animation, sound design and more!

1. TBT Services Case Studies:
Concept Development for Clients
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2. We cut our teeth on cartoons...when we got teeth.
We started with a cartoon camel, now we
Specialties have enough animated animals to fill a
• Digital & Traditional
• Character Design zoo (and humans too)!
• Storyboards
• Game Assets Timbuktoons began by creating our own line of short format
• Art Direction
• Backgrounds animations and since has produced over 60 hours of original
• Ketchup (no really.) creative content for clients all over the world. Our work has
appeared in direct to DVD series, commercials, webisodes,
Software IMAG for conferences and events, museums and mobile games.
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Flash We offer pre-production and 2D animation services from
• Adobe Photoshop
• Art Rage concept to delivery including character design, visual
• Sketchbook Pro development, backgrounds, layouts, limited animation, frame
• Storyboard Pro by frame animation, sound design and more!
• Harmony
• Pen and paper
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3. Jellyfish is the creative shop founded by Phil Vischer to develop new faith-based projects for kids and
families. Prior to founding Jellyfish, Phil founded Big Idea Productions and led the team that brought
VeggieTales to life.
Jellyfish Labs/Phil Vischer
Quackey’s Questions

4. For more information: http://timbuktoons.com/recentwork
Jellyfish Labs/Phil Vischer
Quackey’s Questions
VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer needed
Challenge
• Develop the style and art
development for his trike-riding, time-traveling
direction for the show
• Produce the title sequence duck show.
and two 5 minute shorts
• Visually test how a cute
little blue animated Vischer wanted Timbuktoons to visual develop and produce the show
duckling could ride a trike,
time travel, blow bubbles open and first two episodes for his new preschool show concept,
and communicate. Quacky’s Questions. Quacky is a little duck with big questions and a
great imagination. Using his time traveling tricycle, Quacky bumps
Solution
• Used a mix of symbol and into key historical figures to get his answers.
frame by frame animation
• Used a combination of
Flash and After Effects
We had six weeks for development and production of the first short
and five weeks for the second. For production, we used Flash for
symbol based and full animation, and After Effects for compositing
and effects.

5. The mission statement of VA is “to fulfill President Lincoln’s promise ‘To care for him who shall have borne the battle,
and for his widow, and his orphan’ by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s veterans.”
Department of Veteran Affairs
SuperSCO “how-to” Webisodes

6. For more information: http://timbuktoons.com/recentwork
Department of Veteran Affairs
SuperSCO “how-to” Webisodes
Changes in the Post 9/11 GI Bill, a law that
Challenge
• Explain complex and
provides educational benefits to veterans,
technical concepts
• Encourage the use of the
100 page SCO Handbook
made new training for School Certifying
• Create engaging and fun
videos that make the facts Officials (SCOs) necessary.
more memorable
Under the changes, veterans received expanded benefits and the
Solution ability to enroll in a wider variety of vocational training. SCOs, the
• Combined limited
animation with motion representatives at schools responsible for certifying eligible veteran
graphics to save costs and
explain changes easier
students, needed more information about the changes and how that
• Employed a superhero
theme to show SCOs as
would affect the processing of the benefit.
the frontline support for
veteran students
• Used tongue-in-cheek Timbuktoons co-developed a series concept of fun animated “how-
humor to explain technical
concepts in a fun way to” videos to encourage, inspire and train SCOs on new reporting
procedures for helping former military in their educational endeavors.

7. Catholic Stewardship Consultants is a consulting firm that provides customized stewardship
services to parishes to encourage a growing sense of community, improved offertory figures, and
increased volunteerism.
Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Inc.
Triple T Team

8. For more information: http://timbuktoons.com/recentwork
Catholic Stewardship Consultants, Inc.
Triple T Team
Catholic Stewardship Consultants wanted
Challenge to entertain and educate children about
• Develop the concept as an
IP versus a one-off short
• Produce the pilot episode
stewardship as a way of life.
in a small period of time
• Create characters that
personify the three
CSC’s consulting services help parishes encourage stewardship in their
elements of stewardship: communities. Timbuktoons was asked to develop a show concept that
Time, Talent and Treasure
• Engage children with an would encourage those virtues in children too since giving back your
entertaining story while
communicating required time, talent and treasure is not an “adults only” message.
client messaging
Stewart Ship is a bored tween that questions the purpose of just
Solution
• Developed a backstory and about everything. That is, until he receives a mysterious gift that
personality for each of the
characters opens his eyes to making a difference in the world by sharing his God-
• Produced multiple
episodes each focusing
given time, talent, and treasure.
on one character and
component of stewardship
• Used a “hero and his
robots” theme to unpack
key messaging for children

9. Orbie for Orphans is a non-profit organization founded by the entertainment company Oodles
World to create awareness, advance the rescue of orphans worldwide and provide education about
resources for adoption and foster care.
Orbie for Orphans
Orbie: Pilot Episode

10. For more information: http://timbuktoons.com/recentwork
Orbie for Orphans
Orbie: Pilot Episode
Orbie for Orphans wanted to use animation
Challenge to show orphans and foster children that they
• Adapt existing CG
characters to 2D animation
• Produce almost 10 minutes
are special.
within a short timeframe
• Switch to a new pipeline for
frame by frame animation
Orbie for Orphans wanted a pilot episode for their animated
using Harmony curriculum in development that’s designed for the specific needs of
• Craft a creative storyline
while including specific orphans worldwide. Timbuktoons worked with Orbie for Orphans to
required content
develop the series (story, character design, art direction) and produce
Solution
the short.
• Implement three different
pipelines for three different
art directions In production we used three pipelines for the different styled
• Crew up for various pre-
production and production animated segments. The majority of the episode is frame by frame
elements
animation created digitally in Toon Boom’s Harmony. Another
segment (“Orbie’s Story”) was produced in After Effects using
illustrator assets. The third segment (“Bo’s Flashback”) was symbol
based animation produced in Flash.

11. Make Timbuktoons your choice for keeping
your project on scope, budget and time.
Partial Client List
• ABC’s Extreme Makeover:
Why use a cloud studio for your next great project?
Home Edition
• The Discovery Channel
• The National Archives Simple...budget, talent and technology.
• Jellyfish Labs/Phil Vischer
• Compassion International
• Veterans Administration
• Graebel Relocation
Get big market, network quality without paying LA, NY or ATL prices.
• Willow Creek Association We crew up and down depending on your project’s needs. Our talent
• Saddleback Church
• Tim Hawkins pool is fresh and global and the tools we use make you feel like we’re
• National Concrete &
Masonry Association right in the next room.
• Department of the Interior
• Department of Justice
All of this helps us keep your project on scope, budget and time.
For more information: http://timbuktoons.com/recentwork

12. We’re your animation oasis in the clouds.
Recent Awards
• 2012: Telly Award (Gold)
• 2011: Davey Award (Gold),
Addy (Silver), Addy (Gold),
Telly Award (Bronze)
• 2010 Addy (Silver), Addy
(2 Gold), “Best Animation” Contact Us
(706) 854-7704
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