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Stories from the Storyteller

Timbuktoons also collaborated with Harvest House Publishers to produce the illustrations for the companion children’s book, Stories from the Storyteller for Kids: Life Lessons from the Parables of Jesus.

Join the Evans family as Jonathan leverages the ministry of Jesus to teach life lessons to his five children (ages 3-13) through everyday activities and family adventures.

Seemingly normal activities—such as a fun family cooking competition, camping in the great outdoors, a trip to a theme park, or a hands-on homeschool activity—turn into hysterical adventures and epic teachable moments.

Jonathan and Kanika follow up the day’s events with a bedtime Bible lesson that connects their experience to the teachings of Jesus in a way their children will never forget!

To watch episodes, CLICK HERE!

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A few years ago Timbuktoons was hired to develop and produce a show concept to help Salvation Army Churches update their Junior Soldiers Curriculum. We have already produced the first two seasons and are currently recording scripts for season three. More coming on this project but I wanted to share a few of the videos that have already gone live. Enjoy!

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Timbuktoons visual developed the main character, and we are producing the animated segments for a national pain management awareness video in partnership with our friends at Orion Vega Media.

We have also produced a series of commercials for our friends at Memorial Medical Center, the latest of which was a spot for their new pediatric unit. Timbuktoons used their existing character designs and brought the animals to life and handled animatics, production, and post-production.

Stay tuned for more project updates!

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We’ve been producing an all new animated curriculum for the Salvation Army’s Junior Soldiers program. It’s a 4 year animated curriculum with lesson plans, activities, and an app. Timbuktoons developed the concept from the ground up and we’re currently halfway through production on season 2. We’ll be able to post some artwork and more information once the project is officially launched. It’s been over 2 years in the making and we can’t wait to unveil it!

We’ve also been working on visual development for an upcoming show that Phil Vischer (creator of VeggieTales and What’s In the Bible?) is working on. We’ll also share more on that as we’re able to.

Oh yeah, and I’ve been writing and illustrating a book for Harvest House Publishers which will hit Christian bookstores and all the online outlets in the Fall of 2018.

Sean has been busy managing 2 full animation teams, a few strategy and branding projects for some great ministry organizations, the Junior Soldiers curriculum, and his cold press coffee brewer.

Stay tuned and look for more updates soon…and I’m not just saying that. C’mon…I said don’t judge. We’ll be sure to come up for a breath of air to give more updates soon.

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Using those as a springboard for illustrations, we created a series of unique wallscapes that visually express the personality and heartbeat of the kidsQuest ministry: “kids can be part of the on-going amazing journey of faith that connects us all.”

“kidsQuest sends families on an exciting adventure through God’s big story.”

The story and style of the ministry remind families that kidsQuest is an excursion, a destination…not just an environment.

Each environment captivates with an ancient-future feel that communicates the importance of “then, now and next.”

Challenge

• Translating a verbal brand story into visual environment design
• Create an art direction that works for preschool through 5th grade
• Connect ancient stories with the next generation
• Communicate key messages about the kidmin

Solution

• Develop characters that represent the children at kidsQuest
• Action comic look and feel with colors that match church brand guide
• Add easter egg “story starters” to each wallscape

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Though that may sound about as fun as watching paint dry, sometimes limitations actually help to force creativity. We had to develop a visual style that read quickly, conveyed the message, had humor, and looked current. Since we were limited to a single color, we used tonal textures and patterns, bold iconic outlines, and strong silhouettes.

This is the style frame sample (and rough sketches for you to see the initial phase) we produced. The final is a vector illustration so the client can use it for any potential future need including oversized printing, web, motion graphics, etc.

The caption reads. “Employees and supervisors should work together to set goals.”

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Timbuktoons recently had the privilege of producing a show intro and several animated music videos for LifeKids next project which officially launches tomorrow!

On Friday, April 1, Mr. Music is back, now with Emily and Guy the Bible Guy to bring you the latest LifeKids album, Bible Adventure Worship! Sing along with your kids to 14 of their favorite songs like “You Are Awesome,” “My BFF,” and “Count on Jesus.” Mark your calendar to get it on iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Apple Music.

See animation sample on Timbuktoons FaceBook page.

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The concept for these monsters centers around the idea that normal kids turn into monsters when they don’t exercise self-control.

Project Challenges

• Make four distinct characters that were monstrous but not scary to the younger grades
• Budget and Time constraints
• Getting concepts approved that met the needs of every NorthPoint campus

Our Solution

• Timbuktoons established the art direction as fun, colorful but not too scary
• We created bumper videos, coloring pages, stickers as well as a “Monster Cage” series logo

KidStuf is the place where kids and parents learn together about God’s Big Ideas! It’s a 45-minute fun, digital, interactive experience that happens once a month from September through May. Because our goal is to partner with parents, we launch the Big Idea that K–5th graders are learning about in UpStreet all month long. We also provide each family with a KidStuf Take-Out so that parents can help their kids apply the Big Idea at home—where it matters most! We also provide an Encore performance of KidStuf on the Friday following KidStuf Live.

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