Selected Artwork
After many attempts, I somehow managed to turn a boxy inanimate object into something with proportions that were more appealing and anthropomorphic … even if the hands and feet weren’t connected by visible arms and legs.
![](https://stofkacreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/design-sketches.png)
Though his mouth couldn’t speak because it was an LCD display, anything the character wanted to say could be printed out on paper emanating from the slot in his forehead.
![](https://stofkacreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/modelsheet-768x245.png)
With a solid design on paper, I turned to Macromedia Flash (it was the early 2000s) and built a library of shapes representing Peter’s head and body from all different angles, so he could be animated in “2½-D.” Using ActionScript code I allowed his laser point eyes and LCD facial expressions to be controlled programmatically from any point in the timeline.
![](https://stofkacreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ppos1-768x432.png)
![](https://stofkacreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ppos2-768x432.png)
![](https://stofkacreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ppos3-768x432.png)
![](https://stofkacreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ppos4-768x432.png)
![](https://stofkacreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ppos5-768x432.png)
![](https://stofkacreative.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ppos6-768x432.png)
[I wish I could remember who came up with the name — wasn’t me — but it worked!]