Broadcast Animation

The Golden Cobra

Character rigging, 2D animation and background art for a professional television production pipeline, across two series.

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The Golden Cobra promotional artwork featuring the main characters

ClientBBC Studios

RoleFreelance Animator / Background Artist

Year2023–Present

A contribution to BBC Studios’ The Golden Cobra, working within an established broadcast animation pipeline. Jason built selected character rigs and animation controls alongside 2D animation and detailed background artwork, creating assets that were expressive, technically dependable and ready for episodic production.

Challenge

Work confidently inside a high-quality, collaborative broadcast production workflow.

Approach

Create animation, character rigs and artwork that respect the show’s established visual language and production process.

Contribution

Character Rigging2D AnimationBackground ArtVisual StorytellingCharacter AnimationProduction Pipelines

Tools & workflow

Toon Boom Harmony

Project notes

Character rigs built for performance

Jason built selected character rigs and control systems for the series, balancing clear posing, facial expression, head turns and usable animation controls with the needs of a fast-moving episodic pipeline.

Background art and visual storytelling

The background work ranged from grounded locations and atmospheric street scenes to large-scale sci-fi environments. Each setting was created to support the show’s character, comedy and storytelling while remaining practical for production.

Watch

Official trailer for The Golden Cobra. Jason’s contribution was freelance animation and background artwork within the wider production.

Character rigging & animation controls

Front-view character rig with animation controls for Nick — Nick character rig — front view, facial controls and body-turn setup.

Side-view character rig with animation controls for Nick — Nick character rig — side view and animation-control layout.

Character rig with animation controls for Basil — Basil character rig — facial, body and limb controls.

Creature character rig with animation controls — Creature rig — custom body, limb, blink and mouth controls.

Front-view character rig with animation controls for Jub — Jub character rig — front view and expression controls.

Side-view character rig with animation controls for Jub — Jub character rig — side view and performance controls.

Background art & visual development

The Golden Cobra background art showing a bargain ride — Background art — streetside bargain ride sequence.

The Golden Cobra background art showing Rassau Flats — Background art — Rassau Flats exterior.

The Golden Cobra background art showing a warehouse scene — Background art — warehouse scene and environmental storytelling.

The Golden Cobra background art showing a future city — Background art — neon future-city environment.

The Golden Cobra background art showing the Taj Molehole — Background art — Taj Molehole establishing environment.