LeBron: King Approved

Beats by Dre

  • 2D Animation
  • Cel Animation
  • Character Animation
  • Illustration
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Those Powerbeats headphones? Approved by King James himself. So feel free to sport them while you exercise. Did you know animating people working out burns a lot of calories? It’s science. Don’t look it up. 

Character Development

Design Exploration

We thought it would be cool to try out a limited color palette to help draw the viewer's focus. 

Plus, we love the Lakers, so take that purple, please. :)

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“LeBron had to sign off on his likeness. It felt surreal. ”

Marcel Ziul, Creative Director

Show Credits

Director | Creative Director

  • Marcel Ziul

Head of Production

  • Meredith Cherniack

Executive Producer

  • Alex dos Santos

Producer

  • Krissy Estrada

Coordinator

  • Ray Freedman

Design

  • Tuna Bora
  • Ceci Fletcher

Animation

  • Lucho Suarez
  • Luis Vilani
  • Matt Lupo

Cel

  • Andre Dias
  • Guilherme Gurian
  • Ryan Boyes
  • Julio Prazeres
  • Numecaniq
  • Lyuben Dimitrov
  • Oliver Wee

Storyboards

  • Vince Wei Lee