Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Pin Trader Delight Pins

Here are some of the PTD designs I've done. PTDs allow a great variety of characters to be used, which makes them a really enjoyable project.

 Mother Gothel from Tangled: Tangled has been a very popular film and the pins that go along with it have been equally popular. At the time I designed this I think there were only one or two pins of this character. There still aren't that many.

Giselle from Enchanted: This is the cartoon version of the lovely Amy Adams character. The film uses the Art Nouveau style and I enjoyed incorporating that into the pin design. 

Winnie the Pooh: This was my first PTD. Pooh is a great classic character!

Oliver from Oliver and Company: There's a lot of love for kittens and puppies in the pin world!

Olivia from The Great Mouse Detective: GMD is such a wonderful underrated film and Olivia is a bright and energetic character.


 King Candy from Wreck-it Ralph: WIR is a very original film with a broad range of characters. Pins for this movie have a great popularity and they are being produced more and more.

Remy from Ratatouille: It's always interesting to do a Pixar character. Their rounded and textured designs have to be done in a flatter 2D style for pins.

Chip from Beauty and the Beast: Some characters really lend themselves to a theme and having Chip hold the ice cream worked out well.

Chesire Cat from Alice in Wonderland: Always fun to work with "crazy"!

Gaston from Beauty and the Beast: Gaston is a great character to work with...No one has a bigger personality than Gaston! Originally he was holding two sundaes, but I was asked to change them to root beer floats and I'm glad because it really looks more in character.

Hades from Hercules: It can be difficult to design a single pin that actually tells a story or has a joke or humor to it. Here we have Hades, unlike all the other characters, he just can't enjoy ice cream. Poor guy!