Asian Cup 2023: Official Mascots

Client:

Katara Studios, Asian Football Confederation

FML ECD:

Denis Bouyer

FML EP:

Ben Leyland

FML MD:

Kiri Haggart

FML Producer:

Dawn Cottrell & Dai Davidson

FML Art Director:

Alex Holman

Storyboard:

Pierre Lesca

2D Animation Lead:

Jorge Duran

Environment:

David Gau, Eduardo López Franquis

Character Design:

Jorge Duran

2D Character Posing:

Antonio Garcia Tardon

2D Character animation:

Jorge Duran, Marc Valls, Alvaro Castellanos, Clara Schildhauer

Clean Up & Colour:

Paola Costigliola, Clara Schildhauer, Pam Araújo, Alejandra Anguita, Estefania Bergzoll

2D FX:

Alice Tagliapietra

Compositing:

Denis Bouyer, Mark Mullan

Edit:

Denis Bouyer, Mark Mullan

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THE BRIEF:

We had the opportunity to work for the Asian Football Confederation and Katara Studios and bring the famous Mascot family back to life. The legendary mascots from the 2011 tournament hosted in Qatar make a comeback as the tournament returns to Doha for the 2023 Asian Cup.

Colourful 2D football based goodness? You don't have to ask us twice. The team here at FML did a magnificent job and helped bring the excitement of the tournament to fever pitch before it's January 2024 kick off.

THE CHARACTERS:

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THE WORLD:

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