Mr. Lightbulb's animation was approached with traditional animation in mind. Instead of letting the computer dictate how the ideas and poses would be, I started all with sketching every idea and pose needed, plan it all out on paper, to make sure the flow wasn't lost due to any technical limitations.

Once, in the computer I used a very basic and almost broken rig, that would allow me to place the major masses of the character where needed, and then, to keep the animation more gestural, and true to it's traditional form, I sculpted on top of each frame to get the proper feeling that was intended. This allowed me to approach the shot more like drawings/maquettes rather than separate pieces like it's usually done in most 3D productions.

This is one of the very first hand-drawn tests which was fundamental to explore who the character is? how would the character behave, and what kind of graphic shapes would he need to hit.

Before even approaching the computer, it only seemed like a good idea to explore the character without any of the constrains that the computer gives us. Although the test, is pretty primitive, it gave me a lot of information, on the feelings of Mr. Lightbulb.