Will Krause – Animation, Propmaking, Design, Illustration

I went on a tour of the Ralph Lauren office when I was working with them on an illustration project, and we met an employee in the hallway. They asked me if I could draw pants, I replied “Yes,” and that’s how these drawings came about.

I made these illustrations from reference photos – I was given a stack of clothing, and my friend Sean McBride helped with the photography as I tried out my best pant poses. So, If you see some blueprint-style advertisements in Macy’s, that’s me wearing those pants!

The last two images were accidents – I forgot to switch layers off in Flash – but I kinda like how they look so I thought you might be interested.

Here’s some concept backgrounds for a Clambake Animation Studio pilot called “Southies.”

I had some fun with the newspaper headlines on this one.

The Upstate Four is a pilot that I created for Cartoon Network with my brother Fran Krause.  We were involved in all aspects of the project from writing, design and storyboarding to color, animation, and sound.

We made the cartoon in New York, and managed to finish the project without outsourcing any of the animation. Hooray!

Here’s a link to a Cartoon Brew article about the process of making this cartoon:

Cartoon Brew – The Upstate Four

http://www.vimeo.com/2553134

http://www.vimeo.com/2570852

Christy Karacas organized a few albums worth of animation to go with Black Sabbath’s first three releases. For mine, I rotoscoped an old Muppet commercial for LaChoy noodles with a new set of characters.

My favorite part of working on the pilot for Superjail was when Christy took my suggestion that the dead monkey should have broken glass stuck in it after bouncing off a table-full of broken glass.