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Bob Holt is | [[File:Bob Holt's LinkedIn photo.jpg|alt=Bob Holt's LinkedIn photo|thumb|200x200px|Bob Holt's LinkedIn photo]] | ||
Bob Holt is the creator of [[hoops&yoyo]]. He is one of the animators and voices the main character, [[Yoyo]]. | |||
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== | === Hallmark === | ||
Bob Holt there | Bob Holt has worked on many things at Hallmark, mostly comedy projects such as Shoebox cards. When Bob got interested in animation, he thought he might want to do [[E-Cards]] for hallmark.com. He applied for a job there by doing a series of very short animations of a unlucky boy, and submitting them to the bosses. During this period, on his own time, Bob created "[[The Adventures of Green Bunny]]" as a short test animation. Green Bunny would later be recolored magenta and modified to look like a cat, named Pink Kitty, and used in "[[Happy 4th of July!]]" the first ever E-Card to feature the character. This would over time evolve into hoops&yoyo, as the characters where given names and voices, with Bob Holt voicing Yoyo, the green rabbit, and [[Mike Adair]] voicing Hoops, the pink kitty. | ||
Early on, the project was not well supported, and it was a constant uphill battle for Bob to get the characters off the ground. Bob Holt had several ideas for hoops&yoyo projects, however their bosses requested that they stop submitting ideas, as "they already had enough". Over time, however, the brand proved successful, as the characters quickly rose in popularity, and according to Bob "made them millions of dollars". Bob would go on to help write "[[Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas]]" however did not contribute to the writing of "[[Hoops and Yoyo Haunted Halloween]]" | |||
Bob was fired from Hallmark in 2012, no reason was given other then that Hoops and Yoyo did not fit into the "Humor" that Hallmark wanted. | |||
=== Post-Hallmark Work === | |||
Bob Holt has went on to both write and illustrate for several children's books, including "Let's Taco About How Great You" and "The Red Jacket". He has also created animated gifs for mobile apps, more greeting cards, and his own webcomic, called "Sweet and Sour Pork" which as a self described "Dark Humor" edge to it. Bob continues to work on projects to this day. | |||
Revision as of 20:12, 13 April 2025
Bob Holt is the creator of hoops&yoyo. He is one of the animators and voices the main character, Yoyo.
Career
Hallmark
Bob Holt has worked on many things at Hallmark, mostly comedy projects such as Shoebox cards. When Bob got interested in animation, he thought he might want to do E-Cards for hallmark.com. He applied for a job there by doing a series of very short animations of a unlucky boy, and submitting them to the bosses. During this period, on his own time, Bob created "The Adventures of Green Bunny" as a short test animation. Green Bunny would later be recolored magenta and modified to look like a cat, named Pink Kitty, and used in "Happy 4th of July!" the first ever E-Card to feature the character. This would over time evolve into hoops&yoyo, as the characters where given names and voices, with Bob Holt voicing Yoyo, the green rabbit, and Mike Adair voicing Hoops, the pink kitty.
Early on, the project was not well supported, and it was a constant uphill battle for Bob to get the characters off the ground. Bob Holt had several ideas for hoops&yoyo projects, however their bosses requested that they stop submitting ideas, as "they already had enough". Over time, however, the brand proved successful, as the characters quickly rose in popularity, and according to Bob "made them millions of dollars". Bob would go on to help write "Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas" however did not contribute to the writing of "Hoops and Yoyo Haunted Halloween"
Bob was fired from Hallmark in 2012, no reason was given other then that Hoops and Yoyo did not fit into the "Humor" that Hallmark wanted.
Post-Hallmark Work
Bob Holt has went on to both write and illustrate for several children's books, including "Let's Taco About How Great You" and "The Red Jacket". He has also created animated gifs for mobile apps, more greeting cards, and his own webcomic, called "Sweet and Sour Pork" which as a self described "Dark Humor" edge to it. Bob continues to work on projects to this day.