Studio Cartoons Deluxe specializes in hand-drawn, frame-by-frame
animation, artwork, & lettering for contemporary mediums, branding,
and apparel — commonly exploring retro cartoon & comic aesthetics in sci-fi, fantasy, psychedelia, horror, surf, snow, & motorsport.
See my artist feature and interview here on Type7
︎US representation Totally Reps
NYC
︎US representation Statement Of NYC
︎US representation Hero Complex Gallery Los Angeles
︎UK, Europe & Australia Choreus (Jacky Winter)
James@cartoonsdeluxe.studio
+47 950 18 243
︎What I do ︎︎︎
2D animation
illustration
directing
comp artist
2D FX animation
motion design
music composition
︎What I do it with︎︎︎
ToonBoom Harmony
After Effects
Procreate
︎Awards︎︎︎
Red Dot Design Award 2023
Brand Design
Kassa (EY Doberman)
D&AD 2023
Shortlisted
Kassa (EY Doberman)
Visuelt 2023
Nomination
Kassa (EY Doberman)
Visuelt 2022
Gold in Omgivelsesdesign
"Utstillingsdesign ‘Ulv! Ulv!’"
Visuelt 2022
Diplom i Program Design & Title Sequence
"Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2021 Vignette"
Gullblyanten 2021 (presented in 2022)
Bronse in Identitet
"ULV! ULV!" exhibition for NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
Art Directors Club 2020
Merit Award in the prestigious brand design category
"Matstreif Identity" (SDG)
Visuelt 2020
Nominated for Best Illustrations
"Vipps" (SDG)
Visuelt 2020
Nominated for Best Identity Film
"Matstreif Identity"
Visuelt 2019
Gold for Best Reklame/Promo (advertisement)
"Obos Nabohjelp"
Visuelt 2019
Nominated for Best Identity Film
"Gullblyanten 2017"
Gullblyanten 2018
Diplom i Håndverk (Honorable Mention in Craftsmanship)
"Gullblyanten 2017 Identity"
Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2018
Nominated for best Advertisement
"Obos Nabohjelp"
Gullbranson 2018
Gold - Våghalsen(Daredevil)
Nomination - Best Animated Film
Nomination - Best Promo
"Gullblyanten 2017"
Visuelt 2017
Diplom - Moving Image - Identity
"DOA fest"
Visuelt 2017
Diplom - Moving Image - Tittelsekvens
"Snekker Andersen & Julenissen"
Visuelt 2015
Diplom - Reklame
"McDonalds 20kr"
Visuelt 2014
Diplom - Open Class
"Presenting byHands"
Visuelt 2014
Diplom - Open Class
"Visuelt 2013 / Studio Crawl Pop-Up Exhibition at Toxic Invitation"
Visuelt 2014
Gold - Reklame
"NAF Summer"
Visuelt 2014
Gold - Moving Image - Identitet
"TV2 Zebra Rebrand"
Visuelt 2012
Diploma - Moving Image - Informasjonsfilm
"Jean Paul: School of Preppy"
Sølvtaggen 2012
Gold
"Norwegian Airlines: Local Heroes of Norway"
Gullblyanten 2012
Gold
"Norwegian Airlines: Local Heroes of Norway"
VIPPS
Vipps is Norway's leading mobile payment app, enabling users to send and receive money, pay bills, and make purchases using just a mobile phone number, and is widely accepted across the country.
VIPPS.NO
I have a long history with Vipps. I have worked with the brand since its conception, on both an advertising and brand level, developing brand guidelines and I even worked at Vipps for a temporary period.
A small selection of work I have done, showing the tip of the iceberg of both animated assets and their brand character, “Vippsi” (below)
Website illustrations done while at Scandinavian Design Group.
Nominated for Best Illustrations in Visuelt 2020
Meet “Vippsi”
“Vippsi” as he/she goes, is the brand mascot developed by Animasjonsdepartementet & TRY and was originally a physical puppet, animated stop-motion. I was brough into Vipps to bring Vippsi into the brand on a digital level that could be animated in-house quickly for social media and web etc.
My experience working with the Vipps identity at SDG (and advertising at TRY) helped me to wrangle in some of the problems that came along with transforming a puppet into a graphic. Tbh, the character that was developed without much consideration for guidelines or the brand at all.
I worked closely with Vipps’ in-house brand manager to reasses and wrangle in Vippsi’s unique qualities into optimum brand recognition, keeping her recogniseable and on-brand without changing her vibe. That included making a massive rig in After Effects that was easy to use and included many variations of hands, facial expressions, gesturs, postures and slider controls to make it simple and easy for their in-house designers to use.
The project opens in After Effects with a welcoming overview and tutorial on her various controls and features, minimalising the learning curve for those across the Nordics downloading it from the brand asset library.
