“Speaking of animation” blog

Posted on December 14, 2009  | 1 Comment
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After Pixar and the Splinedoctors, Disney and the Animation Podcast, Dreamworks has now http://www.speakingofanimation.com/ a blog managed by a bunch of animators working mainly at the house of Shrek and they have started with a bang! The website is really really professional and was very well thought. They also started with a great interview of an ex Disney 2d animator: Ted Ty. I didn’t know him before but he definitely has a lot of great things to say!

Check it out and bookmark the website immediately, hopefully a lot of similar interview will follow.

http://www.speakingofanimation.com/

Ted Ty interview

Simplification in animation

Posted on December 8, 2009  | 4 Comments
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I wanted to post this for a bit but never found the time until today.

One very important concept in animation is “Simplification”. Looking at shots like the following extract from Pixar’s “Presto”, you will realise that animation is not about making hyper realistic motion but rather “to paint it”, with broad brush strokes.

Instead of painfully detailing how Presto unlocks Alec’s cage, the animator only “evokes” the motion of opening the closing mechanism.

“Rhapsody with James” short film

Posted on December 8, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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My ex-classmate Rok Andic posted his great shortfilm online. It is quite refreshing to see an AM shortfilm done with a custom rig and a customized soundtrack. The idea is very original which makes it delightful to watch.

Check it out!

http://rhapsody.rokandic.com/

Animator breakdown

Posted on December 4, 2009  | 2 Comments
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I was aware about those video but forgot to mention them on my blog. Here is the link to a cool series of old Disney and Warner short film where you can track which animator animated which shot. How cool is that??

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwMIE6JwLUk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

and here is the link to all the videos

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=cartoonexpert#g/u

“French roast” temporarily online

Posted on December 4, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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Hurry up to see Pumpkin Factory’s Award nominated “French roast”. I doubt it will stay up very long.

http://www.frenchroast.fr/watchfrenchroast.html

Related post:
“French roast” short film

Google street view protects your privacy

Posted on December 4, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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Wondering how Google street view protects your privacy? It is actually a very simple process done manually by machines. Still puzzled? This nice little stop motion video will explain the whole thing.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQGrIsYUm4c&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

“Lost and found” Amandine Pecharman

Posted on December 3, 2009  | 5 Comments
Filed under Animation, Character design

Amandine Pecharman

Amandine Pecharman, production designer on Studio AKA “lost and found” posted some really cool concept designs on her blog. Check it out it is really really nice.

http://amandinepecharman.com/

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Chico Chica Boumba

Posted on November 26, 2009  | 4 Comments
Filed under Animation, Portfolio

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8HgUscTqm4[/youtube]

Here is the teaser for the TV Pilot I worked on over the summer at 2 Minutes in Angouleme. There are about 2 of my shots (:21s and :26s), one of them got screwed up during Comp but you will finally be able to see what the show looks like.

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Double Duck, Topolino

Posted on November 20, 2009  | 1 Comment
Filed under Animation, Character design

Double Duck

During my summer in Angouleme, I met a lot of very cool people and one of them was an italian artist that kept talking about his time at Disney which I found really intriguing as Disney doesn’t have an animation studio in Italy but the Disney he was referring to was … a very different one.

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“Paperwalker” Florian Satzinger

Posted on November 20, 2009  | 2 Comments
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Paperwalker

Thanks to Jean Denis Haas at Spungella, I rediscovered the work of incredible Austrian character designer Florian Satzinger. I got acquainted with his work through an interview on Character design blogspot few years ago.

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