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So this is crazy. Was alerted to this video of Charles Barkley being interviewed by Jimmy Kimmel recently and check out that poster behind Sir Charles:
Here's a screen shot of it. That's my work! I did that poster of Barkley years ago for his 40th birthday on his TNT show, Listen Up!
I designed and directed the animated opening to Listen Up! - a short-lived show on TNT that basically was like a warm-up to Inside the NBA with Ernie Johnson. Here's a promo shot:
Before I get to the opening, here's some model sheets of Barkley. For the record, it took me a LOT of hours to get his look right. At the time, I was going for a very stylized, blocky look that was derived from my graffiti stuff I was doing at the time. Here's some Charles heads:
Charles Barkley arms and hands! Lots of hands, lol. Any chance I got to draw hands, I'd do it:
Here's the Listen Up! opening, produced at @PrimalScreen - directed by me:
It's rare to get perks in animation, but as luck would have it, I was able to visit the set where they shot the show (since TNT was based out of Atlanta). Me, the background designer, and my brother-in-law got to meet Barkley and chat w/him beforehand. This was 2003.
During taping of the episode, Barkley was presented with a huge birthday cake made entirely of Twinkies, as well as the framed poster I created specifically for him (shown at the beginning of this thread). It's pretty wild to think that he still has my artwork up on his wall.
