Lilipip Creative Profiles - James Sugrue

James Sugrue - Animator, Character Designer, Distracted Dreamer.

Born in Brooklyn NY, James aspired to work in a field he would enjoy the most. The only problem was he did not know what he wanted to be! At the age of five he wanted to be a dentist, but a week later after seeing the wildly imaginative "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" he quickly abandoned cavities for cartoons.

James loved cartoons so much, he even wanted to be one. But his parents wisely told him that sticking his finger in an electrical outlet would not comically show his skeleton, but would lead to rather fatal results. Since he wanted to stay alive like all human beings, he decied to take the safe approach and draw himself getting electrocuted, as well as squashed, stretched, and twisted.

For the next twenty years, he continued to draw electrocution, squashing, stretching, and twisting, only with more refined skills and using different characters. Since then, he has graduated from New York's School Of Visual Arts and has interned and freelanced for such companies as Sony Pictures,  Discovery Channel, Frederator Studios, Augenblick Studios, and more recently, Lilipip.

James' goal is to keep improving his skills while finding work in animation and to someday produce his own cartoon series. James' claim to fame is his undying determination to succeed and his crazy but cute cartoon style. Not bad for a guy who likes to collect toys of his favorite cartoon characters and still lives with his parents.

James worked with Lilipip on the political animation for the League of Conservation Voters.