Perforce

Mascot design for Perforce.com prominent code management software product, Swarm.

Don’t worry, you do not really have a 404 Error. This was the initial usage of the bee character, on the Swarm product’s error page:

It was later animated for use in videos:

It is used in Presentations:

The bee design needed to be customizable so it would work in different character versions:

And on T-shirts:

And even as an icon within the product itself:

I was also commissioned to produced this steampunk bee in a totally different style for use as a mascot for a mentoring program the company runs:

About the author

I am an internationally published author and cartoonist. I am the creator, artist and writer of "Pewfell", a semi-autobiographical, epic fantasy sit-com that began it’s life on the interweb back in the early 2000’s.

I have created a large number of children's puzzle and activity books for various publishers, I also designed and illustrated the comic boardgame "Legitimacy" published by Minion Games, and have illustrated a number of other boardgames for Minion.

I am also known as the cartoonist for Goodman Game's 'Dungeon Crawl Classics' Role Playing Game. I am also the author of a puzzle book for kids called 'Wizard Pickles'--if you would like to publish it, let me know!

In my previous life, Chuck worked as an art director in the advertising world but I promises that I won’t do it again.

I was born and raised near the Basingstoke roundabout, but now live in San Francisco, CA.