The Tick

PROJECT

live action main title sequence

STREAMER

Amazon

STUDIO

Josephson Entertainment
Amazon Studios

Shine designed and produced a graphic animated main title for Amazon, Sony Television and Josephson Entertainment's comic adventure series, "The Tick", created by Ben Edlund.

In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with mental health issues and zero powers comes to suspect his city is owned by a global super villain long-thought dead. As he struggles to uncover the conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero. They launch into an adventure brimming with crazed archvillains, blood-soaked vigilantes, and superhuman freakery.

Arthur's imagination

In a world where superheroes and villains have been real for decades, Arthur, an unassuming accountant with no superpowers, becomes embroiled in the middle of the battle between good and evil. When he realizes that his city is owned by a global supervillain who was long thought to be dead, he struggles to uncover the conspiracy. As he becomes obsessed with the conspiracy, most people think he's crazy. One person who believes Arthur is a mysterious new ally, The Tick, who is a bizarre blue superhero who may just be a figment of Arthur's imagination.

graphic animated illustration

Graphic characters were first sketched, then illustrated and later rigged to become animated characters for the main title sequence.