Planet Texas Studios Announces New Reel

Online, September 1, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Austin, Texas based animation studio, Planet Texas Studios, Inc., is pleased to announce the debut of their 2011 animation show reel. The reel showcases the company's extensive history in the animation world and continued innovation in the field.

The animation reel contains work from 2011, including PlayFirst's "Egg vs. Chicken" game, clients such as HP and Time Warner cable, among others. All characters were design and animated by designers and animators at Planet Texas Studios, with the exception of "Dan Doofus" who was designed by Frank Gabriel. Credit for the music on the reel goes to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. The company is currently working on a variety of confidential video and game projects to be announced later this month.

Planet Texas Studios, Inc., (formerly known as Heart of Texas Productions) was founded in 2008 by animation veteran R. Don Smith. The studio develops 2D and and 3D animation design and production company for broadcast, advertising, interactive, games and educational media. Their specialties include film animation, broadcast animation (TV commercials and linear programming), animation for education (eLearning) software for the classroom or online. The studios services include: custom character design, storyboarding, custom layout and animation, custom color backgrounds, motion graphics, matte painting: CGI environments and conceptual, art direction, compositing and motion tracking, live action rotoscoping, voice talent audition, selection, recording and editing, offline editing, final audio mixing, 3D animation, 3D modeling, 3D lighting and texturing.

Planet Texas Studios employees have over 60 years combined experience. Studio credits include Warner Bros' "Space Jam" and "Quest for Camelot," Dreamworks' "Prince of Egypt" and "Joseph, King of Dreams," Fox Animation's "Anastasia," Fox Television's "King of the Hill" Pilot. Clients include as American Airlines, GSD&M, Coca Cola, McCann-Erickson, Time-Warner Cable, Leo Burnett, Texas Department of Transportation, Sonic Drive-Ins. Most recently, video games credits have included PlayFirst's "Egg vs Chicken," and Griptonite Games' "Kung Fu Panda 2."