It's no secret that many commercial artists move on to features films, TV series and the like.It's also not unknown for them to move back and forth between various fields. Ridley Scott, director of Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and many others, also directed the commercial that's considered by many to be the best ever, Apple's 1984.
Steven Soderberg, Spike Jonze, Spike Lee, McG and scores of other writers, directors, artists, actors and technicians have worked on commercials, theatrical and TV features, music videos and other media.
Many comic artists, including greats like Jack Kirby and Alex Toth, have done character designs, story boards and other commercial animation work.
Fans of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming love its edgy, anarchic and culturally self-referential animated features like Space Ghost, Harvey Birdman and most recently, TheVenture Brothers , a Jonny Quest pastiche (at the very least).
Artist Matthew I. Jenkins drew covers and interior art for DC Comics and worked on animation projects for HBO, David Letterman and Cartoon Network's Brak Show. He's also done character designs and more for The Venture Brothers.
In addition, he designed characters for Net1o's awesome No Evil ads, posted here, here, here here and here, along with a Scooby Doo-ish one-shot here.
Here are links to some of his terrific designs from his own site, which is well worth digging into.
