Disney turns to Jellyfish again

The Disney Channel has used Jellyfish Pictures for the third year running to do its Christmas idents and bumpers, which roll out from 22 December.

The theme behind the work was of a non-stop party taking place around a local housing block in Toon Town. Rotoscoped characters from the six Disney shows Hercules, Recess, Weekenders, Lloyd in Space, Sabrina and Tarzan are all featured, care of Softimage XSI and Mental Ray. Phil Dobree was the project supervisor, the animator was Paul Cousins and the senior art director and designer was Teak Tse.