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Archer Art Director Chad Hurd

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Psychology shows it’s a big mistake to base our self-worth on our professional achievements

Most of us have dreams that won’t come true. The question is—how do we respond to that disappointment?

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This is important.

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#archerfx art book up on my shelf!!!

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Some signatures I worked on this last year for a random thing here at the studio.

Archer’s and Malory’s already existed from the book we did, so we needed signatures created for the other main characters. We thought it’d be fun to do a bit of research and make the signatures really make sense, based off of their personalities. For example, the joke behind Krieger being Hitler’s clone, we made his signature similar to Hitler’s. Cheryl/Carol’s was modeled after Charles Manson. We have fun : )

I think my personal fave is Gillette’s.

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The Hot Shot Diner on set at Corsac Studios. This was a fun design! 1940′s diner on a period block with movie studio stuff across the street. It was a really fun blend. I had a lot of fun working on this design with @katstockton

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Veronica Deane’s dressing room and the hallway to Ellis Crane’s office. Designs by Ji Li and Jeff Faster, two of the best in the business!

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On the set of “Deadly Velvet” at Corsac Studios. I actually took the Universal Studios Hollywood tour to double check what we did for this episode. We did a pretty great job!

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Design of the front gate of Corsac Studios by Jeff Faster. This never got used in the show. I instead opted for a super high and wide shot to show off the scale of the studio. It was stupidly difficult, but my team is awesome and made it look incredible. Check out this link to see the wide shot:  https://twitter.com/ArcherFX/status/735929550333349888

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This is where our awesome fight takes place inside the Swindon Hotel. So much fun! Design by Ji Li. Check out @mellon storyboards here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aimsatellite/albums/72157665866075164

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The very posh, very exclusive Swindon Hotel. Ji Li and I designed this for Season 7 of Archer. Looked at many photos of nice hotels. Stayed in none.

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Fancy Hair Salon design from this past season of Archer by @katstockton

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Barber shop design for this past season of Archer by the talented Neal Holman

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Posh LA fitting room for this past season of Archer. Design by Shayla Hall!

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A few more billboard designs. Both of these were designed by the awesome Aaron Peebles and Veronica was drawn by @lovemochibaby

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Tuntford Arms Hotel design by Ji Li. I did lots and lots of research on old LA hotels. It was so much fun, and LA has such a rich history! 

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Archer going to LA was so much fun to design! One of my favorite parts was populating the city with billboards! Many of these are updates on familiar Archer brands, but some like “Sharknoid” were new to this season. So much fun!

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Inside the sketchy apartment. Design by @katstockton 

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I LOVE It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia! I’ve loved it for so long, and when I was asked to direct this short my head exploded. This is the most fun I’ve had directing animation, and I couldn’t be prouder of how it turned out. Big shout outs to the crew. @clairealmon​ @lovemochibaby​ @williamsbenji​ @katstockton​ Adam Ford, Deke Wightman, and everyone else I’m forgetting at the moment.