Jan 22, 2016

Wilbur Scoville’s 151st Birthday

Illustration of personified milk and ice cream fighting red peppers
Early concept art and character designs
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About Wilbur Scoville

GIF of personified ice cream throwing ice cream at personified green pepper, trapping it in ice
Ice cream win: draft and final animations
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Early draft

The Team

Art

Olivia When

Brian Kaas (design assistance)

 

Engineering

Corrie Scalisi

Tom Tabanao

Jordan Thompson

Kris Hom

Jk Kafalas (prototyping)

 

Production

Gregory Capuano

 

Extra Help

Manuel Clément (music/sound)

Andrew Chavarria (blog post)

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The Doodle Wilbur Scoville’s 151st Birthday launched Jan 22, 2016