Mr. Headless

Overview

Oddform asked for a mascot with staying power. We gave them Mr. Headless: a round orange robot whose eyeballs ride on visible springs, so every emotion arrives half a second before he does. The short follows him through a morning where everything wobbles — and he doesn't.

Kids quote the wobble. Adults buy the message. The character now fronts Oddform's packaging and loading screens.

What the short entails

A full character package: model, rig with spring-physics eyes, walk cycles, expression sheet, and a two-minute hero film that doubles as a rigging showreel.

• Character design, modeling and spring-eye rig
• Walk cycles and a 40-pose expression sheet
• Two-minute hero short with three gag sequences
• Loading-screen loops and packaging poses
• Style guide so client teams can pose him

How we made it

The eyes drove everything. We prototyped the spring physics in week one and tuned the wobble until a single blink could read as surprise, delight, or barely-held-together — then built the gags around those readings.

Credits

• DirectionTweenwick Animation
• Character rigStudio 3D department
• AnimationCharacter team, four animators
• SoundBoings recorded in-house, frankly