Monsters Inc.I saw this in its 3D re-release. I hate 3D and this was no exception, but I hadn't seen the movie in a while. I think it and the Incredibles are my two favourite Pixar movies. I don't generally find their movies that funny (although this one does have some good comic moments) but I really admire their tight, disciplined story structures. The plot hits its various peaks and valleys like clockwork, and every single line of dialogue is either a payoff or a set-up to something else, which is always said to be the goal in screenwriting...
неділя, 30 грудня 2012 р.
понеділок, 24 грудня 2012 р.
неділя, 23 грудня 2012 р.
Merry Christmas everybody! Here's a special gift for Fester fans.This one's a bit rough, but that's because I only started working on it about three weeks ago.At the beginning of the month, I started toying with the idea of doing a Christmas short. I knew I'd have to keep it simple and economical, which is why it's mostly dialogue-based. I didn't spend as much time on the story as I usually do, because I wanted to jump into animating as soon as possible. It's a bit disjointed because of that, and some of the animation is choppy and wonky, but overall...
неділя, 9 грудня 2012 р.
пʼятниця, 7 грудня 2012 р.
Been too busy to post anything, and haven't really had much to post lately anyway. Just wanted to let people know I'm working on a Fester Fish Christmas video! I'm not sure how long it will be yet but probably way shorter than the usual length. If I don't get it done in time for Christmas, I'm not sure what I'll do with it. It's going to use more limited animation than usual, because I'm looking at it as just a little bonus video rather than the...
пʼятниця, 30 листопада 2012 р.
Drawings from this week's Toons on Tap session.I should note that the model didn't actually look like Fester. Miscellaneous doodles from the session. The model's mohawk reminded me of Hayashida's magical mohawk from Cromartie High. And obviously whenever you think of Cromartie High you have to draw Mechazawa because .Some fast ones from the end of the ni...
субота, 10 листопада 2012 р.
My two favourite current cartoons are both Disney productions. This is pretty unusual for me.I think Wreck-It Ralph is their strongest movie in a long time (some might prefer Tangled, but it didn't do much for me apart from the visuals). I was initially eager to see Ralph because classic Simpsons vets Rich Moore and Jim Reardon worked on the story, with Moore also directing. The cast was another reason I wanted to see it-- It's rare that the celebrity-casting shtick in big-deal animated movies actually pays off, but John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman,...
субота, 3 листопада 2012 р.
As I think I've mentioned on the blog before, one of my favourite podcasts is the British anime discussion show "Dynamite in the Brain." In this week's episode I'm a guest, talking about the sixth One Piece movie (the one directed by Mamoru Hosoda, one of my favourite anime directors).Listen to it he...
субота, 27 жовтня 2012 р.
понеділок, 1 жовтня 2012 р.
Masaaki Yuasa's trying to crowd-fund his newest project through Kickstarter. He is a wise man.The world needs more of Yuasa's brilliant work! Give him some money! I did, and I'm really excited about the prizes, as well as the project itself obviously. If he doesn't reach his goal, I will cry a thousand tears.UPDATE:HE MADE IT!!!...
субота, 22 вересня 2012 р.
It only took me four days to finish the series. Probably the closest I've come to actually marathoning any show. I planned to spread it out over a longer period of time and savour each episode a bit more, but I just couldn't help myself-- Almost every episode ends on such a riveting cliff-hanger. I'd read that some viewers weren't satisfied with the way things progressed in the final episodes, but I didn't mind the ending. The villain does...
вівторок, 18 вересня 2012 р.
Considering what a huge fan I am of Masaaki Yuasa, I don't know how it's taken me so long to see his 2006 series Kemonozume. I just watched the first episode and it did not disappoint. It actually exceeded my expectations. That's the crazy thing about Yuasa-- no matter what order you see his stuff in, you can never be prepared for how amazing it will be. I'm currently watching Shin-Chan and seeing some of his earliest animation work, and I love it...
понеділок, 17 вересня 2012 р.
I suck at painting but lately I've been wanting to use watercolours. First I got some watercolour pencils, then I got some fancy markers. Neither really gave me the effect I wanted, but I enjoyed using the markers.This one is supposed to be Nick Kroll.On a semi-related note, the reason John C. Reilly (although it looks more like Shrek) has a shirt reading "Da Reillz" is because I've been listening to old Comedy Death Ray episodes.Yesterday I finally...
середа, 12 вересня 2012 р.
Time for another round of my thoughts on things I've watched lately.ParanormanDespite the main character being annoyingly passive and whiny for most of the film, I liked it a lot. The designs are great, both in the characters and their environments. They're full of unusual shapes and angles, and the result is a film with a really unique look to it, which is rare. The story and characters felt pretty familiar, but the filmmakers did throw in a couple of clever twists. The ending sequence was genuinely creepy, and featured really impressive...
понеділок, 10 вересня 2012 р.
понеділок, 3 вересня 2012 р.
I just found a bunch of cool GIFs from various Lupin III cartoons. This first bunch are animated by Kazuhide Tomonaga and taken from Episode 92.No idea what second-series episode this one is from, but it's funny: This is from the first episode of the recent 2012 Lupin series. Not sure who the animator is.I got all of these GIFs from http://cammadanar.tumblr.com/ although it's frustrating going through that blog because they don't actually tell you...
субота, 1 вересня 2012 р.
четвер, 30 серпня 2012 р.
Here are some cool pieces of fan art I got recently, in the wake of "Fester Makes Friends": This one's by Kevin Arsenault on DeviantArt.Fester graffiti by "Cormic IsNobody" or "Dick & Balls" as he likes to be known on FlickrAnd here's this "Pocket Fester" sewed by my friend Jane Archibald.Finally, here's a piece by Jesse Oliver.If you've drawn any Fester Fish fan art, send it to me and I'll post ...
понеділок, 27 серпня 2012 р.
https://vimeo.com/48257930Here's a higher quality version of Fester Makes Friends on Vimeo. It also fixes some minor technical issues that are in the earlier Youtube version such as certain scenes being one or two frames out of sync, and a couple of camera shakes where the edge of the background is visible. I noticed them before I uploaded the initial video but didn't have time to fix them. You might find it a little funnier now that the audio is more precisely synced up, for tighter comic timing.I've been working on Bakerman, watching...
четвер, 23 серпня 2012 р.
Aaaaand here's the third Fester Fish cartoon, finally! Did I say it was coming out on the 22nd? I meant the 23rd. I just kept making typos, you see.From rough idea to finished short, this took me about a year. The story of Fester going around town trying to do good deeds and make new friends came out of a desire to expand the character's world and introduce some supporting characters, since people kept telling me to pitch Fester to a network but all I really had was him and his girlfriend. I don't know that any of the new characters in this short...
вівторок, 21 серпня 2012 р.
Here's what I've been listening to while I worked on Fester Makes Friends:Beach Boys - Friends and 20/20 (Break Away is an underrated gem, right up there with the best of their 60s output)Talking Heads - Remain in LightFrank Zappa - Hot RatsStereolab - Chemical Chords Various Urusei Yatsura soundtracksDynamite in the Brain podcastComedy Bang Bang podcast (my favourites are the episodes with Paul F. Tompkins, James Adomian or Neil Hamburg...
понеділок, 20 серпня 2012 р.
Everything's going well and the cartoon should be ready for Wednesday as planned. I'm definitely going to be working on it up to the last minute before I upload it, but I think I've given myself the bare minimum amount of time needed to finish it properly. Which is exactly the kick in the pants I needed to get it done, so I can move onto my other jobs and projects.In less about 48 hours, you will get to see Fester meet a lady on a street corner with...
неділя, 19 серпня 2012 р.
Taking a break from the Fester Fish countdown to post something I found really cool, and infinitely inspiring.I'm sure most animation fans are already aware of Catsuka, but until recently all I looked at on the site were the model sheet pages. Recently I stumbled across the "Focus On" pages, which are fantastic galleries and collections of videos related to specific animators. And there's one for Masaaki Yuasa! The site's mostly in french, but it's still pretty easy to navigate through. There are MADs of his animation, and a whole whack of...
субота, 18 серпня 2012 р.
пʼятниця, 17 серпня 2012 р.
четвер, 16 серпня 2012 р.
середа, 15 серпня 2012 р.
вівторок, 14 серпня 2012 р.
I've only got a few shots left to animate, and a bunch of audio stuff to do. Other than that, this muthaclucka is pretty much ready to go. Fester Fish will return on August 22, 2012 in "Fester Makes Friends." It'll be about seven minutes long. I wanted to make it shorter because, you know, people don't watch anything over two minutes on the internet, but I just couldn't decide what to cut. So it's all in there! It's an epic tale of friendship (or...
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