Animated illustration for the 2013 Citadel Heart of Learning Award (CHOLA) commercial.

I recently had the great opportunity to work with Citadel FCU on their 2013 Citadel Heart of Learning Award (CHOLA) commercial. The Citadel Heart of Learning Award honors Chester County PA’s most outstanding educators. Each finalist receives $500.00 to use in the classroom. From these finalists, three winners are selected. Each winner receives the Citadel Heart of Learning Award along with $1,500.00 to use in the classroom. You can read more about it, see the finalists and nominate your favorite teacher here.

I’ve seen illustrated commercials that were animated on TV but is the first time I have ever had any of my own work animated so it’s a pretty big deal for me. It’s exciting to see the magic. The (fantastic) Art Director at Citadel who I worked with supplied the animation house with my layered static files. The result is simple, clean and pretty awesome. You can see all of the illustrations if you watch the commercial. If you live in Chester County, you might even catch it on TV. If not, you can watch it on Youtube: