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субота, 24 грудня 2011 р.
середа, 7 грудня 2011 р.
Charles Brubaker just did a great series of posts on his blog about another 70s anime with pretty funky animation -- "The Gutsy Frog." I highly recommend reading them.http://bakertoons.blogspot.com/2011/11/gutsy-frog.htmlhttp://bakertoons.blogspot.com/2011/12/gutsy-frog-continued.htmlhttp://bakertoons.blogspot.com/2011/12/gutsy-frog-part-3.h...
пʼятниця, 18 листопада 2011 р.
This is a pencil test I shot about a year ago for school. It's not the best one I did, but it's my favourite. We had to animate a character jumping, and then skipping (I think the original idea was to have the character jumping rope, but there was a miscommunication and our class ended up doing this instead). Anyway, we had the option of either designing a character or using a pre-existing model sheet to work from, so naturally I picked Milton Knight's Robotnik design from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog.At one point the teacher commented that...
понеділок, 14 листопада 2011 р.
I've finally found another animator I like as much as Rod Scribner and Jim Tyer, thanks to Ben Ettinger's Anipages blog (which has really been on fire lately with some amazing posts).A while ago I did some posts about a weird Lupin III episode. Ben not only told me who was responsible for the wacky drawings in it, he also told me what else they worked on in the franchise. If you're interested, just read his recent posts on Lupin III, specifically...
вівторок, 25 жовтня 2011 р.
понеділок, 24 жовтня 2011 р.
I'm assuming everybody is aware of and loves "the 5000 Fingers of Dr. T," the 1953 live-action movie written and designed by Dr. Suess. If you haven't seen this movie, you should be ashamed. You are squandering the gift of life....Well to be honest, it's not that great as a whole (waaay too many forgettable songs), but the set design is amazing and Hans Conried is hilarious as the titular villain. I also love the Siamese-bearded twins on roller skates. The movie is probably best known, other than the Dr. Suess connection, for having inspired Sideshow...
неділя, 23 жовтня 2011 р.
неділя, 9 жовтня 2011 р.
Mary Poppins is one of my favourite movies. Who doesn't love it? Only crazy people, obviously. Anyway, I decided that it would be improved if George Banks, the father character played by David Tomlinson, rapped over a hip-hop beat. So I made it happen.I just hope the Disney lawyers don't take it down immediately. I tried uploading it a few times before but it was taken off within minut...
вівторок, 27 вересня 2011 р.
вівторок, 13 вересня 2011 р.
I was sorting through some books in my room today, trying to find some to get rid of. Imagine my delight when I found this Hagar the Horrible strip, cut out and filed away between two books.This is a real strip. Hagar's wife is having an affair with his dog. That's the only conclusion I can draw from this. There doesn't seem to be any joke, apart from Hagar's marriage that is. Hagar seems to be taking the news pretty well. I guess by this point their...
субота, 10 вересня 2011 р.
Yesterday I completed a two-week intensive Digital Background Painting course at school, before classes start full-time for Year 3. It was really fun and I learned a lot of Photoshop tricks. I'm also working on more Fester Fish cartoons, and some other smaller projects, but I don't have much I can show yet except for this work from the Digital BG class...This drawing might be familiar to Fester Fans.... It's the usual 'Fester's house' establishing...
четвер, 4 серпня 2011 р.
I'd been meaning to check out this anime film for a while. I had heard a lot of good things about it, especially from the Anipages Daily blog (one of the best animation blogs out there, and the few that has intelligent, rational discussions about anime). I finally got around to watching it last night, and I was completely blown away.I was expecting it to be a pretty bizarre experience just from the title, but I really didn't know anything about the plot. I assumed it was a heavy, serious psychological piece with a slow pace, with maybe one or two...
неділя, 31 липня 2011 р.
These are mostly pictures I put up on the Fester Fish Facebook page, one at a time. Here they are all together, so you can see Fester's evolution.Above: This is where it started-- after watching hours of 20s and 30s cartoons in my History of Animation class, I was inspired to make a parody/homage. I quickly decided that the character should be a fish because it seemed like the most illogical choice. These are the very first doodles of Fester,...
понеділок, 11 липня 2011 р.
A few people have been telling me I should make a Facebook page for Fester Fish. So I did.Here it is.I hope you "like" it. Ha ha ha! Get it? Cause I mean both click the "like" button AND actually enjoy it? Ha ha ha ha!...Seriously, hit the "like" button.Anyway, there will be some good stuff on it that should make it worth the two seconds it takes to click the button. I'll probably post most of said Good Stuff here too, but I think the Facebook newsfeed is more convenient for most peop...
субота, 11 червня 2011 р.
вівторок, 17 травня 2011 р.
Lots of new developments on the Fester Fish Front: Joe Murray featured it on the KaboingTV Indie Showcase! Canadian Animation Resources did a mini-interview with me! I'm also discussing pitching it to networks.Now that the cartoon is done, I can finally relax, because now I actually have a tiny bit of free time. I've been taking the opportunity to catch up on a lot of movies and anime I've been meaning to watch. Sadly there aren't a lot of Western cartoons I'm really interested in watching at the moment.I saw "Bridesmaids" recently, and liked...
середа, 11 травня 2011 р.
I'm really happy with the reception Fester Goes Fishing has been getting, especially since it's only been online for two days. I was worried it might be too weird for most people. It's getting more views than I dared to hope for, mainly thanks to four people -- Jerry Beck for featuring it on Cartoonbrew, Christopher Signore for sending it to Jerry in the first place, Arin "Egoraptor" Hansen for 'liking' it on Youtube and Aaron Simpson for featuring it on ColdHardFlash. I can't express my gratitude to you guys for helping me out. And of course,...
вівторок, 10 травня 2011 р.
вівторок, 3 травня 2011 р.
субота, 19 лютого 2011 р.
Here are a couple of movies I've seen recently, and my brief, unorganized opinions on them.Klute (1971)This was disappointing. I was excited about seeing the first two movies in Alan J. Pakula's "Paranoia Trilogy" after loving "All the President's Men", but I just really didn't like this much. The characters weren't likable or particularly interesting, the story was slow and meandering, and for a supposed suspense thriller, there were really only one or two brief scenes that I found remotely suspenseful. The ending felt like a cop-out, too. The...
середа, 16 лютого 2011 р.
I was hoping to get some animation done this afternoon, but instead I've spent the last hour or so reading this extensive 1971 interview with Bob McKimson that Michael Barrier just re-posted. Everybody read it now.http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/McKimson/McKimson.htmlWhat an amazing read. This is the first time, as far as I can recall, that I've ever heard McKimson's feelings about his work, the other directors, or.... well, anything, really. Is this the only interview he ever gave? It's startling how easily he remembers everything,...
понеділок, 10 січня 2011 р.
I should preface this post by saying that I'm a big fan of Chuck Jones. He was unquestionably one of the greatest directors in the history of animation, if not film in general. This is especially clear on the recent Looney Tunes Superstars single discs, because these releases focus largely on the end of the WB studio's output, which means lots of Friz Freleng's indistinguishable blackout gags, and Bob McKimson's overly-talky TV parodies. When a Jones cartoon comes on, it's almost cause for celebration because you know it's going to be a lot...
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