Live Spark AniMates - real-time avatars for events

Hoofy and Boo -- created by the financial news website Minyanville.com and animated/produced by Live Spark brought home a Business and Financial Reporting Emmy Award. The videos are a featured segment on the Minyanville website among others.

We brought the Pillsbury Doughboy to life for a satellite media tour. Poppin Fresh appeared on over 30 television shows to promote a new website.

The lovable Ralph the Dog became an emcee and mascot for series of national sales meetings for Hills Pet Foods. He even created his own Cat disguise so he could help presenters talk about the merits of Science Diet for Cats.

Barry holds a dear place in our hearts for being one of the first AniMates we designed. He appeard at the opening press conference for first E3 Convention, interacting with musician Todd Rudgren.

Lenny the Louse was designed for a pharmaceutical company’s new product launch for a lice treatment product. He showed up at the event to get the lowdown on the new product, confident that it would be another failed attempt at ridding the world of lice. However, once he realized how effective the treatment was, he quickly changed sides and tried to get a sales job with the company. What else would you expect from a louse?

Live Spark developed several concepts for Lenny before deciding on the final character.

We brought these lovable toys to life for a Fisher-Price sales meeting.

Petey showed up at a Honeywell National Sales meeting five years ago tired of living his piratey ways and looking for a good place to earn an honest buck. After seeing what Honeywell had to offer, he asked if he could join the team and has appeared at every annual meeting since.

We turned the Days Inn logo into an AniMated sun for an international meeting.

Dewey is one of our most popular stock AniMates and has appeared at well over 150 events. While his face is the same, his name, background and personality morph to the specific communication needs of the event.

Cal is short for "Cal E. Ente" a spicy personality that shows up wherever a hot sales force comes together.

We brought the Intel Alien to life for their International Sales Meeting.

Felix is one more example that practically anything can be turned into an AniMated character. He appeared at an incentive meeting for LabCorp - a company specializing in DNA and blood testing.

For Disney, we a did trade show attraction where we "tooned up" attendees by dropping an animated cartoon face over their head (see the AniMate Videos). We were able to match hair, skin and gender of each attendee and Peggy was the female character we used.

The talking Transamerica Tower appeared at a number of events for Transamerica. One of the events was held in Las Vegas, so naturally...

This colorful character served as a creative muse at an event for Carlson Companies.

Charlie is another example of an AniMate being used for a satellite public relations tour. He appeared on over 25 stations promoting Starkist's new product, Tuna in a Pouch.

When Mr. Magoo started appearing in commercials for NutraSweet, we turned him into a live character for a satellite media tour.

Don was a time traveler who appeared a company's sales meeting in a rocket ship he designed from recognizable parts of equipment the company makes.

Lou was an AniMated rendered in a way to give her an illustrated appearance.

For 3M, we created Genie, a personification of their adhesive product, Command Strips. The character appeared in a video with TV's original Genie, Barbara Eden.

Rock showed up at Auto Shows to tell audiences how Chevy Trucks are built "like a rock".