Cartoon Network: Stop Bullying, Speak Up

2018

Working with Giant Ant, I boarded and illustrated this spot for Cartoon Network’s Stop Bullying, Speak Up campaign.

The piece aims to bring awareness to the realities of being bullied at school.



Credits

CLIENT

Cartoon Network

STUDIO

Giant Ant

CREATIVE DIRECTION 

Jay Grandin

STORYBOARD

Jay Quercia

ILLUSTRATION

Jay Quercia

CEL ANIMATION

Conor Whelan
Josh Parker
Melisa Farina


INFO / BACKGROUND


With 13+ years as a commercial artist, Jay's style is at once whimsical and mischievous. Crafting a visual language from simplified form and light, he melds graphic sensibility with dynamic personality.

Jay holds a BFA from UCONN and has pursued programs at SVA, Gobelins L’Ecole de L’Image and The Concept Design Academy.

In 2016, he helped to establish the Portland arm of Oddfellows. Most recently, he's worked as a background artist on Solar Opposites and Captain Fall. He is currently working as a location designer at Disney TVA.

He's also a moderator of Wine After Coffee, and has served as a judge for The Motion Awards.

CONTACT


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SELECT CLIENTS


Adobe
Adult Swim
Blue Point Brewing
Cartoon Network
Google
Hulu
Lyft
Meta
MoMa
Monacle Magazine
Netflix
Nickelodeon
Nike
Refinery 29
Sony
TED
Twitter
Wired Uk

PRESS


Abduzeedo
Alt-Foundry
Beautiful Decay
Beautiful Pixels
Catsuka
Communication Arts
Endgadget
From Up North
Grain Edit
How Magazine
Hypebeast
Kotaku
PSFK
Psst! Pass it On
Motionographer
Motion Served
Site Inspire
Sixteen X Nine
Stash Magazine
Typography Served
We Love Typography
Vice

AWARDS


Motion Award, 2020
Motion Award, 2017
Gold & Silver Bass Award, 2016
Webby Award, 2013
One Show Award Interactive, 2013
FWA Site of the Day, 2011
Pixel Award, 2011
W3 Award, 2011