Valarie B. Illustrator

Skelanimals Day of the Dead

Skelanimals Day of the Dead logo
Skelanimals Kit the cat character design with a sugar skull face
Skelanimals Diego the bat character design with a sugar skull face
Skelanimals Max the bulldog character design with a sugar skull face
Skelanimals Jack the rabbit character design with a sugar skull face

Dressed up for their fancy day of the dead celebrations introducing Skelanimals Day of the Dead.This was a dream project, and a financial success for the company Skelanimals. Working with the Skelanimals Creative Director and using the existing Skelanimals core characters, I designed these elaborate illustrations.

Drawing from my Mexican heritage and being an ardent fan of this holiday, this project was simply perfect because I grew up with lots of practice with Sugar Skull makeup, later expanding to velvet paintings in this iconography. The decked out cuties were quickly distributed to licensees. Product applications ranged from apparel to stationery.

Toynami – Skelanimals plush series came out in 2012 and they are slayin’ it! What a huge success for this collaboration, it is in its 4th run!!

!Viva Dia de Los Muertos!

Toynami Logo
Skelanimals Kit the cat Day of the Dead plush
Skelanimals Diego the bat Day of the Dead plush
Skelanimals Max the bulldog Day of the Dead plush
Skelanimals Jack the rabbit Day of the Dead plush
Skelanimals Day of the Dead plush toys in a group
Skelanimals Kit V-neck tee reading "I Still Purr"
Skelanimals Diego V-neck tee reading "All Heart"
Model in a Skelanimals Max tee reading "I Still Bite"
Model in a Skelanimals Diego V-neck tee reading "All Heart"
Hot Topic ad reading "Skelanimals DAY OF THE DEAD TEES AVAILABLE NOW AT HOT TOPIC", with models in the "All Heart", "I Still Purr", "Love Never Dies" and "I Still Bite" tees
Model in a Skelanimals Diego tee reading "Thirsty For Love"