Blue Nose Friends Character Designs Part 2




Some more blue nose friends characters, all now available as plush.

From top to bottom;
Flame the Dragon, Yabber the Platypus and Nutmeg the Squirrel.

My last BNF character post got a lot of views, so if you're another blue nose friend fan stopping by then feel free to leave a comment or ask a question and I'll do my best to answer.

Cheers!

Shane S

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Summer fun with some blue nose friends

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Promotional image for the launch of these plush characters.  It was also a great chance to experiment with coloured lighting.

Shane S

Dust Bunny


Whether you’ve seen your’s or not, everyone has a monster that lives under their bed.  This is mine; He’s pretty quiet most of the time, only causing a fuss if I put too much junk under there.

On a related note, this is the last of the character posts in this style.  It was a great experiment and I have got some exciting projects in the pipeline purely as a result of these sketches.

Shane S
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Lilly guy


A sub-species of wood elf with a fondness for jewellery and has the ability to mimic any flower with it’s head. It nestles in flowerbeds waiting for a bejewelled hand to attempt to pick it, then deftly severs the embellished digits with it’s razor sharp forearms.

Shane S

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Painting for the Make a Wish Foundation


At the end of 2011 a little girl called Shannon visited our studio.  The visit was organised by the Make a Wish Foundation, a charity that grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses.

Shannon is a huge Blue Nose Friends fan, so I was honoured to be asked to create a picture for her.  I was given total freedom, as long as it included her favourite character, Patch.  So I took the opportunity to dust off the watercolours and this is the result; a one of a kind piece that I hope brings a smile to Shannon's face whenever she looks at it.

Shane

Dex and Rex


Dexter loves Dinosaurs, especially the T-Rex that lives in the woods at the bottom of the garden.  Rex will often poke his head in through the nursery window to make sure his snoozing little buddy is ok.

Based on my little boy who loves dinosaurs (not that he has a choice as a baby!)

Shane S

Blue Nose wishing well

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Promotional image for the toy launch of these four little guys.

Sock thief


At little over 18 inches tall, this little guy is perfectly adapted to sneak into your home through your catflap and steal your socks.  Unlike their less evolved cousins, Pachysapiens tend to live in cooler climates so need a plentiful supply of wool to make clothing and nests.  Fortunately humans seem to have two of each sock, so the thief is more than happy to take the spare.  The handy coathanger serves as the perfect grappling hook, sock snatching device and zip line handle.

Shane S

Blue Nose beach 2

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Another animation background for this short, beaches are surprisingly fun to paint;

Lacto-Vamp


Not many people know this, but your wisdom teeth are actually a species of bat. If there isn’t enough calcium in your diet they’ll wait until you’re asleep then extract themselves and fly away on a frenzied milk hunt, returning just before you wake.
Unfortunately the only way they can transfer the much needed calcium to their slumbering host is through the passing of guano… which explains morning breath.

Shane S

Cast Painting


I've seen a lot of cast paintings around lately so thought I'd have a go myself with the commonly used eye of Michelangelo's David.

Sometimes it's nice to switch off your imagination for a bit!

Shane S

Little Dead Riding Hood



For several months in 1459, hunters feared to set foot in the forests of northern France.  After a spate of violent unexplained murders amongst the trees, survivors reported hearing footsteps running lightly through the undergrowth, accompanied by the sounds of whelping wolves just before the onslaught began.
The attacker was never found.

Shane S

Blue Nose Spring

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A promotional poster for a Blue Nose Friend toy launch.  had a lot of fun painting the environment on this one.

Shane

Yonkey


The fourth member of Captain Fancypants’ crew, Yonkey just wants an easy life and that’s what he’s got aboard the Captain’s ship.  With all the rope he can swing on and a seemingly endless supply of junk food, all he has to worry about is the occasional bout of seasickness.
With his superior intellect he’s been able to repeatedly delay the revoloution, no point starting a pesky war when life’s so sweet.

Shane S

Blue Nose Beach background



A panoramic background for an animated My Blue Nose Friends short (before and after playtime!).

With the Blue Nose Friends;


After the kids have gone home - spot the difference;

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Watch the final animation below, created by the folks over at Gizmo Animation;

Scowl


Scowl serves as the lookout on the ship of the feared pirate, Captain Fancypants.
Although, being nocturnal, he fails to spot most things.

Shane S

Herman Horn Poker


With his empty, maleable mind, it wasn’t long before Herman was recruited by Captain Fancypants. He was a perfect addition to the crew, loyal, obedient and strong enough to hauling around cannons, gunpowder, hostages or pretty much anything else the Capt desired.

Shane S

Captain Fancypants



Bored of being caged up for tourists to gawp at, the alligator formerly known as “Snappy” mutineed against the zoo staff and escaped into the lake surrounding the island zoo.
There he hid patiently, planning a revolution and gradually gathering anything that might be useful for building his pirate vessel.  Luckily, the lake was in the middle of a huge theme park which provided a plentiful supply of swashbuckling merchendise that was often dropped into the water by careless children and littering man-babies.
But before he could launch his attack he needed a crew…

Shane S