How Dozens of Artists Worked Together to Create “The Doodle Project”
Playfully referred to as “a big collaborative group hug,” The Doodle Project brings together the diverse artistic styles of 62 designers and 14 musicians from over 20 countries into one compact, illustrative showcase.
After animating a bare bones stick figure in motion, animator Dante Zaballa invited some artist friends to flesh out the work by having each person contribute five frames of character designs over the existing animation. He was encouraged to expand the project to designers outside of his immediate social circle. “I made a list of these far away idols and started sending e-mails to all of them,” Zaballa tells Cartoon Brew. 
Despite some “really confusing” conversations with prospective contributors in the beginning, the guidelines were simple: each illustrator would provide one unique character design per frame of animation. The intention was to create a “flickering visual effect” that motivates the viewer to pause the video on any given frame to inspect not only the detailed design work, but the credits of each individual artist as well.
“I never thought it would sound interesting for anyone to get an e-mail from an unknown guy, asking them to design five characters for animation. [However] lots of people, even the busy ones who couldn’t join in, got as excited as me about the project.”
CREDITS:
IDEA AND ANIMATION
Dante Zaballa
HAND LETTERING
Guillermina Gomez (aka Kind Instants)
CHARACTER DESIGN
Argentina:
Chu
Colorblok
Ezequiel Matteo
Fernando Bruno
Gabriel Fermanelli
Juan Casal
Juan Molinet
Juan Vegetal
Juli Satran
Kind Instants
Leo Campasso
Manu Correa Soto
Manó Madé
Matias Vigliano
Maximiliano Alejandro Zas
Seba Acampante
Sonni
Superflashilandia
Brazil:
César Pelizer
Ygor Marotta
Canada:
Andrea Wan
Nicolas Ménard
Noam Sussman
China:
Mak Ying Ping
Wong Ping
England:
Billy
Max Taylor
Osian Efnisien
Peter Millard
Sam Taylor
Sebas and Clim
Tsktsk
Wesley Louis
France:
Anne-Lou Erambert
Cheyenne Cruchon
Loup Blaster
Mathilde Kitteh
Max Maleo
Olivia Blanc
Pierre Zenzius
Souv
Thomas Rouzière
Vaiana Gauthier
Yoann Hervo
Germany:
Dana Damki
Fons Schiedon
Max Gärtner
Robert Loebel
Holland:
Mark Verhaagen
Niels Kalk
Japan:
Akinori Oishi
Keita Takahashi
Motomichi Nakamura
Switzerland:
Michael Frei
Rylsee
Fran Cunha – (Uruguay)
Leo Espinosa (Colombia)
Martin Allais (Venezuela)
Ori Toor (Israel)
Paolo Pochettino (Italy)
Pincheloco (Mexico)
Raymo Ventura (US)
Thomas Eide – (Norway)
Yeka Haski (Russia)
SOUND MASTERING
Fede Chiclana
MUSIC
Blake Stone
Claus Hesse
David Kamp
Fede Chiclana
Flor Zaballa
Horacio Giraldez
Jorge Jaramillo
Juan Tortarolo
La Ola Que Queria Ser Chau
Muveo
Nacho Czornogas
Raymo Ventura
Seba Acampante
Tall Juan
