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:
Animation
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2. We cut our teeth on cartoons...when we got teeth.
We started with a camel and now have
Specialties enough animated animals to fill a zoo
• Digital & Traditional
• Character Design (with 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
For more information: http://timbuktoons.com/recentwork

3. 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

4. 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 and 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.

5. 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
What’s in the Bible?

6. For more information: http://timbuktoons.com/recentwork
Jellyfish Labs/Phil Vischer
What’s in the Bible?
VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer wanted multiple
Challenge
• Use multiple art directions
art directions and animation styles for his latest
and animation styles
• Produce large amounts of direct-to-DVD series: What’s in the Bible.
content in a short period of
time
• Work with solopreneur VeggieTales sold over 50 million copies and taught countless children
creatives across the country
for pre-production and values through fresh and entertaining storytelling. In his next faith-
production services based DVD project, Vischer once again used a mix of animation,
creative characters and witty songs to focus on teaching Bible literacy
Solution
• Used nested animation and to children and their parents.
motion graphic for Magic
Flannelgraph shorts
• Developed two show
concepts and pilot
Previously for Vischer’s online media channel (JellyTelly.com)
episodes
• Produced additional shorts
Timbuktoons developed two show concepts (Quackey’s Questions
for DVD bonus features and The Curious Tales of Alfred Wilberwale), pilots and other shorts.
• Visual development and
storyboards produced for We were then chosen as one of the key producers for What’s in the
some volumes
Bible working primarily on “Magic Flannelgraph” sections.

7. simplifyMD builds Electronic Health Records (EHR) software that is simple to start, easy to use and
efficient. They create cloud optimized affordable tools that allow doctors to spend more time with
patients and less time doing paperwork.
simplifyMD
Easy Street Family Practice

8. For more information: http://timbuktoons.com/recentwork
simplifyMD
Challenge
• Modify existing character
Easy Street Family Practice
designs for animation
• Develop character
personalities for exisiting
simplifyMD wanted to add a little humor to the
character designs
• Write complete stories often complex world of Electronic Health Records
in three panels while
communicating key
messaging
and government regulations and incentives.
• Research and understand
industry lingo
• Quick turnaround from
From purchase to deployment simplifyMD promises simplicity...it’s
script, strip to animation even in their name! Sticking to their brand they chose simple and fun
characters to explain the benefits of their software amidst the stress
Solution
• Setup a streamlined and and complexities doctors often experience choosing EHR solutions.
efficient pipeline
• Worked closely with team
Timbuktoons was contacted by simplifyMD to bring their existing
to understand concepts characters to life through comic strips and short animations.
• Rigged characters in Toon
Boom Harmony
We worked with their team to craft the key messaging for each strip.
New illustrations for each strip were then imported into Toon Boom’s
Harmony and combined with the rigged characters created during the
development and pre-production phases.

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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