In the mid-1990's Dad did a ton of work for Reebok during an ad campaign called "Mad Balls." They wanted him to animate elements from every sport in a variety of ways. From what I remember, he was practically given carte blanche to create as many as he could think of and they just had a set dollar amount they would pay him per piece. I don't know if he ever had a gig like that before or since, but he ended up doing at least 48 pieces that we know of, because we have all of the originals (which are depicted below, hence the poor lighting from my camera phone). I will eventually add more of them, but here are a few to give you an idea of the work done.

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To me, this style was one of Dad's unique strengths. He had the ability to be so realistic, but when he married that with his ability to exaggerate and animate or humanize inanimate objects or animals, he did a tremendous job creating something interesting and fun to look at and analyze. Dad was also able to have some fun with his propensity to add in little Easter Eggs for his own enjoyment. A worm coming out of a chunk of dirt, shark teeth as a unique look for a football, creating a two-headed drooling basketball player he named "Double Dribble," or a creative way to add in the Reebok logo was all part of the fun for Dad.