tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77208127346035385702024-03-21T21:31:51.897-07:00Hand Drawn Animation NotesDiscussion , Notes, Links for Students of Traditional Hand-Drawn Animation Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-23753981509983439002023-01-25T09:54:00.003-08:002023-01-25T09:55:48.167-08:00The Hobbit animated film<p>Here is a rarity I ran across in the book <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">"Film
and TV Graphics 2: An International Survey of the Art of Film
Animation" by Walter Herdeg (1976, Zurich : Graphis Press ; New York :
Distributed by Hastings House.)</span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">This is concept art for a proposed animated version of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" , by Geoff Dunbar and Oscar Grillo (Dragon Productions, London). This production obviously never came to fruition , but it's interesting to see something pre-Rankin & Bass, pre-Bakshi era in relation to animation of Tolkien's stories (and yes, I'm aware of the Gene Deitch version).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0TsN62EC358cA3QvXf8HD3WWmebNHLvOU0rxexmRD9jFHje6ihiuOAiCb7JEAxMlwgkAQJT8SlxQq-iFPl7656mbZVjQWam4spC1F99atsskOpPsck6Jj64Megh_-F_WZpeMGfBMBd2zG7w3I7Jcehbl6VsPTlQpLFpIwSsY8wMB7L4B-PdfdwaS/s6348/Dunbar_Grillo_Hobbit_Concept_Art_1974.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3259" data-original-width="6348" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0TsN62EC358cA3QvXf8HD3WWmebNHLvOU0rxexmRD9jFHje6ihiuOAiCb7JEAxMlwgkAQJT8SlxQq-iFPl7656mbZVjQWam4spC1F99atsskOpPsck6Jj64Megh_-F_WZpeMGfBMBd2zG7w3I7Jcehbl6VsPTlQpLFpIwSsY8wMB7L4B-PdfdwaS/w640-h328/Dunbar_Grillo_Hobbit_Concept_Art_1974.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">(click to view larger)</span></p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">This is the cover of the book these pages appear in:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtISQRwIqabjCJmThzrUDRNM4l2U1UhJjpGOxXkIbakPt52xghAxymE3rkQ6sdjpLNQeoAv48dOHTdDXwusO9h8CSczmYXr4uJ0xRZ7Y16noLPiAocNxbX-WxhvyJtoSp3_gXgA8ga2wX--3aPDtZu-TMsCntPqOskze6mBOppzeSDM0PEpM9YnvEZ/s2048/Film%20and%20TV%20Graphics%202%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="2048" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtISQRwIqabjCJmThzrUDRNM4l2U1UhJjpGOxXkIbakPt52xghAxymE3rkQ6sdjpLNQeoAv48dOHTdDXwusO9h8CSczmYXr4uJ0xRZ7Y16noLPiAocNxbX-WxhvyJtoSp3_gXgA8ga2wX--3aPDtZu-TMsCntPqOskze6mBOppzeSDM0PEpM9YnvEZ/w400-h358/Film%20and%20TV%20Graphics%202%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">You can find a scan of the book on Archive.org .</span><p></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><a href="https://archive.org/details/filmtvgraphics2i0000herd" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/filmtvgraphics2i0000herd</a><br /></span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><br /></span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-53861985547541105552022-05-23T14:47:00.005-07:002022-05-25T07:02:39.984-07:00Hand Drawn Animation is not "2D" animation <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxw8gMtBFR8i-ZaUPNslCLVN0b4kmdGW4qNRmjpIPOR3WYe7mYkSTnbhhe51jEyMekLzWEN-gWVL28yXMmHCvY0VeZKKlIJwM7_L7b9aIbQdCL-caxtfNAid9rBlXRRVLe_xnXrqul3O0V0W0V234yHPNjMYyYEsG3bsHlfs3rDEJR10Oc5HfFeXz/s740/NOT%202D%20Animation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="740" height="486" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnxw8gMtBFR8i-ZaUPNslCLVN0b4kmdGW4qNRmjpIPOR3WYe7mYkSTnbhhe51jEyMekLzWEN-gWVL28yXMmHCvY0VeZKKlIJwM7_L7b9aIbQdCL-caxtfNAid9rBlXRRVLe_xnXrqul3O0V0W0V234yHPNjMYyYEsG3bsHlfs3rDEJR10Oc5HfFeXz/w640-h486/NOT%202D%20Animation.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Before the mid-to -late 1990's I never heard anyone refer to hand drawn animation as <i>"2D"</i> . In fact , most of us were endeavoring to draw our characters with solid construction so the illusion of the character existing in 3-dimensional space was convincing. </p><p>In traditional hand drawn animation it's all about making the drawings
look dimensional , as if these characters exist in real space. They're
not "2D" characters existing on a flat plane. We draw characters with
3D shapes, not 2D shapes: <i>Cubes , Spheres, Cones, Cylinders</i> , not squares, circles, triangles, rectangles. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHK7fFgcTQpV1f0C3Y3abh9DY1cl5TNQNpMsnBjCHzB6Z0Oxxs8iVREq-fHUinJ77pszn56TkHGbs3ZmfKt_eSO8vSHWpbNOhu4A0BeNDCF2CzJcnYUj3G0N3h_riMZwobLnlp-fCB3z-sbERvxhMlefIWESKU5JN_0116U1yHEoPw-Ec78bD3K7pO/s1105/2D%20compared%20to%203D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1105" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHK7fFgcTQpV1f0C3Y3abh9DY1cl5TNQNpMsnBjCHzB6Z0Oxxs8iVREq-fHUinJ77pszn56TkHGbs3ZmfKt_eSO8vSHWpbNOhu4A0BeNDCF2CzJcnYUj3G0N3h_riMZwobLnlp-fCB3z-sbERvxhMlefIWESKU5JN_0116U1yHEoPw-Ec78bD3K7pO/w640-h464/2D%20compared%20to%203D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>What is "2D" about this kind of thinking ? -- <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMfD4hrjBcpZlgPTKCUompE4TJl8uL7GSzw8HU8gU3UQ4Lou3JaK5K0FA6NrgDL5Ujvm9aTtbXDKvMuW5PAByt31ZMh0bkM37JeNpiKmSA3CMmXb-cvsmrJdU6QlRr0355MAm1y5lthJEGhE_pVNum3RQAkFn7GX32g-9bzC9IZdzZpVfVY4Ld4fI/s927/Perspective%20in%20Drawing%20for%20Animation_by_Preston_Blair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="709" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMMfD4hrjBcpZlgPTKCUompE4TJl8uL7GSzw8HU8gU3UQ4Lou3JaK5K0FA6NrgDL5Ujvm9aTtbXDKvMuW5PAByt31ZMh0bkM37JeNpiKmSA3CMmXb-cvsmrJdU6QlRr0355MAm1y5lthJEGhE_pVNum3RQAkFn7GX32g-9bzC9IZdzZpVfVY4Ld4fI/w490-h640/Perspective%20in%20Drawing%20for%20Animation_by_Preston_Blair.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2GbBKmcUsskHCi9wEWkA-gJ_bkeZ2SR9d_2hCH21-LaMrw-2TzNhFFDtVuWKUfi27zMgKgbU2q8qhV1kzuBHFstr7CVItqSbN196oAo6cNxtMoCyvxwnY3hBJuwk4A5Ny_XYiSwiBbY66mxe95rjQjQS4d9xTfpkAS8pshzjzbSkcymJXR9eKVR5/s964/Movement%20of%20Body%20Masses_Preston_Blair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="716" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2GbBKmcUsskHCi9wEWkA-gJ_bkeZ2SR9d_2hCH21-LaMrw-2TzNhFFDtVuWKUfi27zMgKgbU2q8qhV1kzuBHFstr7CVItqSbN196oAo6cNxtMoCyvxwnY3hBJuwk4A5Ny_XYiSwiBbY66mxe95rjQjQS4d9xTfpkAS8pshzjzbSkcymJXR9eKVR5/w476-h640/Movement%20of%20Body%20Masses_Preston_Blair.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>These drawings by Preston Blair reminded me of why we didn't ever think of our work as "2D". I still do not like the term "2D animation". I prefer the term hand drawn animation or traditional animation.</p><p>I'm reminded of Gene Deitch's video from 2009 where he discussed this at length. </p><p>The speech was called <i>"Quo Vadis Animation?" </i></p><p>Gene Deitch: <br /></p><p><i></i></p><blockquote><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">“The core of my speech is a pitch for the survival and eventual
return to primary favor of “drawn animation.” (Don’t provoke me by
mentioning the term “2D” in my presence!)</span></i></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>“I am here to raise a cheer for what I prefer to call Drawn Animation. We who have been raised on the tradition of animated drawings, attempting create what Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston called, “The Illusion of Life,” have been more and more pushed aside and given the demeaning title of “2D” animators. I am quick to remind you that anything projected onto a flat movie screen is essentially 2D. It’s a meaningless term. I repeat that the entire world of graphic art, every drawn or painted style can be animated in any fanciful way, which in turn would lead to the widest range of storytelling and endless visual variety.” </i></span></blockquote><p></p><p>The entire speech is on Cartoon Brew in written form:<br /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/gene-deitch-quo-vadis-animation-18033.html">https://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/gene-deitch-quo-vadis-animation-18033.html</a></p><p>Unfortunately the video of Gene delivering this talk is no longer available to view on Cartoon Brew. It's marked on Cartoon Brew as a "private video" . That's a shame , because it is worth revisiting , or watching for the first time if you've never seen it. </p><p>Fortunately some kind soul re-posted the video here:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxo5xxcBwkc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxo5xxcBwkc</a></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sxo5xxcBwkc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-90408361018847679892022-05-19T07:24:00.009-07:002022-06-02T05:41:18.424-07:00Animation Clean Up Drawings Line Quality Examples<p> Just posting these clean up examples here for reference , in no particular order </p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;">(click on images to view them larger in a slideshow) </span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000;"></span></p><span style="color: #cc0000;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvsJTbDjzAijXvob00W3C_GaUF0KmgnWMTnxNWSCaopUYrbmh2WZDlKlsLA8qKIJZsZYZ9FqIuqbMrHxOHZ8rRErZHHZ3rJPiJDVOj3vpRIv7tVkj9jr_fwa4oGxispSmF3ibmL_rzXK0H8kECZe59Scxcz-zcl4kRXnS-Lfm33TsfgRYrPXcEde8H/s4096/PEG_clean_ups_Dale_Oliver.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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by Richard Williams from <b>"Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure"</b>
(high-res. scans from the book "The Animated Raggedy Ann and Andy: An
intimate look at the art of animation its history, techniques, and
artists" by John Canemaker )</span></p><p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> Raggedy Ann and Andy Clean Up Model Sheet drawn by Richard Williams based on Tissa David's drawings of Ann and Andy :</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp0qwY3MwSKTFPQNdeQ_qtzXZRpsUpShwkTX2Rjz_o1OPPxPVE9z4-53imY65n6HxfC5dgle0SyImAS0UiaCHeseBeYIWflcCfLSmj5Kxuwgfc7_YRuBuaULMWYF_zbfq680aFl_i4-emnnOuibsv4Qt-itJ2Cj1Es_rWOX0eyEUfOPKY38IWtC1TV=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2048" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp0qwY3MwSKTFPQNdeQ_qtzXZRpsUpShwkTX2Rjz_o1OPPxPVE9z4-53imY65n6HxfC5dgle0SyImAS0UiaCHeseBeYIWflcCfLSmj5Kxuwgfc7_YRuBuaULMWYF_zbfq680aFl_i4-emnnOuibsv4Qt-itJ2Cj1Es_rWOX0eyEUfOPKY38IWtC1TV=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span><p></p><p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Tissa David's animation of Ann dancing -</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6Pwc429QixKTRwBWgD7qUdahxevL5tNa3NVOSGpPHbu5IoILlV8NgwrZh7YA1pA4jqUTpjSin-WdwjJh_OhSaxJbxBh9yAIoJALaiL4Gm2vgPtbv2HKfQ46EgE9SWCnVWO39viRAwkA5FIv2DU6NUwXOmfIhPdBbsvu-BQMqk4w5JZe1byUyBQFjEyU/s640/Tissa_David_Raggedy_Ann_dance_2.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6Pwc429QixKTRwBWgD7qUdahxevL5tNa3NVOSGpPHbu5IoILlV8NgwrZh7YA1pA4jqUTpjSin-WdwjJh_OhSaxJbxBh9yAIoJALaiL4Gm2vgPtbv2HKfQ46EgE9SWCnVWO39viRAwkA5FIv2DU6NUwXOmfIhPdBbsvu-BQMqk4w5JZe1byUyBQFjEyU/w537-h302/Tissa_David_Raggedy_Ann_dance_2.gif" width="537" /></a></div><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span><p></p><p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Clean up animation drawings by Richard Williams from </span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">Raggedy Andy's song "No Girl's Toy" , </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjInW_UsVIXyIl7KWNnGEyEJ9zDqEbagmyagMO8aZqeQxWwmgRSpcN1dJ3JZJjVC3oUSTuPMJl_TdmeIBAGWTDaPTh9Q4dz6TH8EW_1Jw56qdpoMBKbFbUht0CTlz6fmQFqQ4aSsi6nIytQowO7hIA3aMuUpa9HEEfhbj0LJij3AQnNTT_wdkiHHUfq=s2035" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2035" data-original-width="1549" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjInW_UsVIXyIl7KWNnGEyEJ9zDqEbagmyagMO8aZqeQxWwmgRSpcN1dJ3JZJjVC3oUSTuPMJl_TdmeIBAGWTDaPTh9Q4dz6TH8EW_1Jw56qdpoMBKbFbUht0CTlz6fmQFqQ4aSsi6nIytQowO7hIA3aMuUpa9HEEfhbj0LJij3AQnNTT_wdkiHHUfq=w488-h640" width="488" /></a></div><br /><br /><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span><p></p><p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql oi732d6d ik7dh3pa ht8s03o8 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb d3f4x2em iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"> </span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-61276547585950435852014-08-13T10:48:00.001-07:002017-02-01T08:22:42.582-08:00Inexpensive Large Format (11" x 17") Scanners for scanning Animation DrawingsIf you've ever priced a large format (11" x 17" tabloid size) scanner you know that they are generally very expensive (starting at $1,200 for basic 11" x 17" flatbed scanner , ranging up to $4,000 to $8,000 for an industrial strength Auto-Document Feed 11" x 17" scanner) .<br />
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EPSON now has <a href="https://epson.com/For-Work/Printers/Inkjet/Epson-WorkForce-WF-7620-All-in-One-Printer/p/C11CC97201" target="_blank">a series of large format (11 x 17) scanners</a> in a comparable price range as the Brother 11x17 Scanners. The advantage of Epson scanners in my experience is that the EpsonScan scanner interface in Professional Mode is much better than the default Brother scanner interface.<br />
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<b style="text-decoration: line-through;">Epson Workforce WF-7510 Scanner </b>(discontinued) <b> Epson Workforce </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForce-WF-7610-Wireless-Printer/dp/B00JXLGETI/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">WF-7610</a><b> or </b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForce-WF-7620-Wireless-Printer/dp/B00JXLGELG" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">WF-7620</a><b> Scanner</b><br />
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(currently the WF-7610 is around $150.00 on<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForce-WF-7610-Wireless-Printer/dp/B00JXLGETI/" target="_blank"> Amazon.com</a> , the WF-7620 is around $230.00 on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Epson-WorkForce-WF-7620-Wireless-Printer/dp/B00JXLGELG" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a> )<br />
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Another good scanner is the<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-MFC-J6720DW-Wireless-Scanner/dp/B00E8G8QYY" target="_blank"><b> Brother MFC-J6920DW</b> </a>. Same general price range as the earlier Brother MFC 6490-CW. Relatively low-priced for an 11" x 17" scanner. The others in this series are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-MFC-J6520DW-Wireless-Scanner/dp/B00EPY0JAI/" target="_blank">Brother MFC-J6520DW</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brother-Printer-MFC-J6720DW-Wireless-Scanner/dp/B00E8G8QYY/" target="_blank">Brother MFC-J6720DW</a> .<br />
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These run from about $169 - to - $229 on Amazon.com depending on the model .<br />
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I haven't used this particular model Brother scanner , but it's functions are similar to the older MFC 6490-CW scanner which I have. For traditional hand-drawn animation our interest in these scanners is that they are relatively inexpensive scanners that can handle full-size 12 Field animation paper. (and also cut-down 16 Field paper . Standard 16 Field paper is 16.5" x 13.5" , which won't quite fit in the auto-document feeder which takes paper up to 17" x 11" . But , for example if you use HD 16:9 aspect ratio your 16 field scannable area will be within an area approx. 16" x 9.75" , so 16 field paper that has had the top lopped-off so it is cut down to 16.5" x 11" size will run through the Brother's auto-document feeder or fit on the flatbed.)
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(for those of you using the Brother scanners I suggest ditching the default Brother scanner interface and using <a href="http://www.hamrick.com/">VueScan </a>as you scanner interface)<br />
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I own and use the older model <a href="http://www.brother-usa.com/mfc/ModelDetail.aspx?ProductID=MFC6490CW"><b>Brother MFC-6490 CW </b></a>scanner --- which retails for about $299.00 (although I've seen it for as low as<i> $199.00 - to -$219.00</i> after a mail-in rebate) is also good .<br />
The newer Brother MFC-JDW series of 11 x 17 scanners replace this one.<br />
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As you know if you've priced out an 11 x 17 scanner, until now this was really unheard of to find such an inexpensive 11 x 17 size scanner which can handle full-sized 12 Field animation paper fed through an Auto-Document Feeder (ADF) for very fast scanning .<br />
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Combined with an Auto Peg Hole Recognition system in software such as TVP Animation, Digicel Flipbook, or ToonBoom Animate PRO/Toonboom Harmony , this new Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner is a great tool for independent animators or students. In my experience <b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdgxxw_how-to-use-the-peg-holes-registrati_tech" target="_blank">TVP Animation's Peg Hole Registration</a></b> is the easiest to use and the most accurate. The Brother MFC-6490 CW scanner is aimed at the small business and home-office user, so I doubt that it is necessarily built to hold up for a long time under heavy-duty feature film or tv production use, but for the student or the independent animator on a tight budget this product at least puts an 11" x 17" scanner within an affordable price range. At this price you could actually replace it several times over if it broke down before it would cost you as much as the usual 11 x 17 ADF scanners from Epson, Fujitsu, Ricoh, Canon, etc.<br />
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Animation student <a href="http://onanimation.com/">Dan Caylor</a> first alerted me to the existence of this relatively low-cost 11" x 17" scanner. Here is Dan's review of the scanner on his site: </div>
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Dan is using it with Digicel Flipbook, but this auto-document feed scanner should work with any animation software that has Auto Peg Hole Alignment (such as <a href="http://paperless-animation.blogspot.com/2009/08/peg-hole-registration-with-tvp.html">TVP Animation</a>.) I've personally tested it with TVP Animation and it works fine. If you're looking for a relatively low-cost 11" x 17" ADF scanner for your animation drawings then you might want to consider it.<br />
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A good overview of setting up the Brother Scanner for a production system of scanning animation drawings is in this 8-Part Tutorial by Nate Foster. Nate is using ToonBoom Animate Pro (ToonBoom's "Optical Registration" peg reg. system is notoriously finicky) . If you use TVPaint then you'll find <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdgxxw_how-to-use-the-peg-holes-registrati_tech" target="_blank">TVPaint's Peg Hole Registration system</a> a lot simpler to use.<br />
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INBETWEENING is an essential skill . Good inbetweens make the animation flow smoothly , but bad inbetweens can kill a scene.<br />
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Here is <a href="http://youtu.be/U2H6tTLEITA?list=PLpyXxVvCbmX8LAj6PTnQpA5mNwfwV17Zb" target="_blank"><b>a playlist of 7 videos</b></a> I've found on YouTube which cover how to do inbetweening . </div>
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A lot of the so called "tutorials" on inbetweening found on YouTube are actually pretty bad , but these tutorials are good ones . The first six cover inbetweening . The seventh tutorial , titled "Animation Drawing Clean-up", is more of a "digital inking" tutorial , since it doesn't really cover cleaning-up sequential animation drawings (dealing with issues of maintaining consistency of volume and line weight from drawing to drawing) , but it's a good tutorial on how to approach cleaning-up a rough drawing .</div>
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The fifth video in the playlist is an excerpt from a longer DVD tutorial by Scott Petersen. I'd recommend purchasing the full set of DVD lessons from Scott -<br />
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For those of you using the program TVPaint Animation here's a print tutorial I put together on inbetweening in TVPaint :<br />
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The Animation Meat site has a good tutorial called <b><a href="http://www.animationmeat.com/pdf/featureanimation/10Steps.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">"10 Steps To A Perfect Inbetween"</span></a></b>.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-13711075582505263722013-09-25T09:19:00.000-07:002014-08-01T07:32:51.370-07:00 Justin Murphy to produce independent animated feature filmAnimator/director Justin Murphy is in the process of developing an independently produced animated feature film called <a href="http://kck.st/1fk6Bgs" target="_blank"><b>"Dawgtown"</b></a> .<br />
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Justin originally developed "Dawgtown" as his MFA thesis project at Academy of Art University. <br />
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The animation in Dawgtown will be traditional, hand drawn animation, but will be produced digitally with <a href="http://www.tvpaint.com/gallery" target="_blank">TVPaint Animation</a> , with Background art in Adobe Photoshop , and also some CG elements (vehicles and props) .<br />
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<span style="color: navy;">Dawgtown is the story of a young Pitbull named Max who is taken from his owner and thrown into the brutal world of underground dog fighting. As a competitor in the most well-funded pit-fighting organization in the world, he becomes a sign of hope to the others, and must lead them in a dangerous fight for freedom. It’s Gladiator meets Animal Farm. </span>
<span style="color: navy;"><i>“I’ve been researching this subject for years,”</i> says director Justin Murphy, <i>“and talking with various rescue organizations. In order to protect their anonymity, I cannot name them, but they’ve been involved in some high-profile rescues, including busting up Michael Vick’s operation.”</i></span>
<span style="color: navy;">Refreshing about Dawgtown is that it is being produced in the style and technique of traditional hand-drawn animation, which audiences are seeing less and less of these days with the proliferation of CG. <i> “This is indie filmmaking,”</i> Murphy continues, <i>“it’s done all the time with live action, why can’t it be done with animation? We have the talent on board, and the technology makes it affordable now. This is PG-13 material, and it deals with socially relevant issues about animal cruelty and the abuse of power.”</i></span>
<span style="color: navy;">The filmmakers are seeking to raise the $75,000 in pre-production money through Kickstarter. This will enable them to hire the actors needed for the voiceover (one of which includes an internationally known talent) and complete the storyboards for the entire film. The project runs from September 20 - October 20. A portion of this fundraising effort will go towards Pitbull rescue organization efforts. </span></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-40585160316717707332012-10-31T04:48:00.000-07:002012-11-21T11:53:38.494-08:00 Michel Gagne's Secret Production Blog for "The Saga of Rex"<a href="http://www.gagneint.com/" target="_blank">Michel Gagne</a> is making an animated film based on his graphic novel , “The Saga of Rex” . He is funding the film through Kickstarter.<br />
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Anyone who makes a contribution of $20 or more will gain access to <i><b>The Secret Production Blog </b></i>on the making-of the film<br />
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I'm excited about this film and hats off to John Kahrs and everyone else at Disney who is pushing CG animation in a new direction (combining CG with hand-drawn) but I guess what I'm still sort of scratching my head about is : if Disney wants to retain the look and appeal of hand-drawn animation , then<i> why not just DO Hand-Drawn Animation</i> ? Am I missing something ? Seems to me what has really hurt the advancement of hand-drawn animation lately is not the technique , but the the subject matter .<br />
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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-24210748468374438132012-06-12T16:55:00.000-07:002012-06-12T16:55:12.987-07:00Hand-drawn animation collectionsHere are links to collections of various hand-drawn animated films that I think will be of interest to readers of this blog:<br />
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<a href="http://paperless-animation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">TVPaint Animation blog</a><br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/calartscharanimfilms2012" target="_blank">Cal Arts Character Animation Channel on Vimeo<br />
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Sheridan College Animation Channel on Vimeo</a><br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/86961/videos" target="_blank">The Animation Workshop Channel on Vimeo</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/gobelins/videos" target="_blank">Gobelins Animation Channel on YouTube </a><br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/pegbarandgrill" target="_blank">The Peg Bar and Grill on Vimeo</a><br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/317504/page:2" target="_blank">2D Animation Channel on Vimeo</a><br />
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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-40910237550207558692012-05-25T05:45:00.000-07:002012-05-26T05:03:38.500-07:00Poe Project on IndieGoGo - Michael Sporn Animation<div>
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<b>UPDATE #1 , May 25, 2012 - </b> as of this writing only 8 hours to go. The POE project is at <span class="amount medium clearfix">$12,175 , just $825 short of the goal of $13,000. That's doable if only 55 people give the minimum of $15.00 each. 42 people could put them over the top with $20.00 each. </span></div>
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Director Michael Sporn has worked in animation since the early 1970's , first working with other notable Directors such as John Hubley and Richard Williams , and then running his own studio since the late 1970's . He also has one of the premier animation blogs which I highly recommend you bookmark and check frequently if you don't already have it: <br />
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Yet another project worth supporting has come to my attention . <a href="http://www.duncanstudio.com/" target="_blank"> Ken Duncan's studio</a> on Pasadena, CA, is making an interactive animated app called<b> <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461592703/duncan-studio-my-beastly-abcs-interactive-storyboo-0" target="_blank"> "My Beastly ABCs" </a></b><br />
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I think independent projects funded via pages like KickStarter and IndieGoGo are the way hand-drawn animation is going to survive in the short term , so if you want to see this kind of artwork continued to be produced by masters of hand-drawn animation and design such as Ken Duncan , then throw some support their way.<br />
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This doesn't have a KickStarter page , but if anyone is looking to support a worthy hand-drawn animation project check out the latest post on animator Mark Kausler's "Cat Blog" :<br />
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Mark already made the brilliant hand-drawn short <b><i>"It's the Cat"</i></b> a few years ago and has completed animation on his next Cat film <b><i>"There Must Be Some Other Cat"</i></b> .<br />
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The pencil animation for <b><i>"There Must Be Some Other Cat"</i></b> is finished (Mark showed the pencil test to me at CTN; it's great stuff !) , but the new film is still slowly inching it's way to completion in color. It's being done entirely traditionally , so it's<i> hand-inked and painted on actual cels</i> and then photographed on the last working Acme 35mm camera stand in New York City . (owned by the producer of the film, Greg Ford) .<br />
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Like I said, they don't have a KickStarter page, but Mark is selling the hand-inked Cels from the first Cat film to raise money for finishing the new Cat film and also has <b><u>set up a PayPal account</u></b> to take contributions from anyone who wants to help finish the film. See his<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://itsthecat.com/blog/?p=3215" target="_blank"> blog post linked above</a> for contact details.<br />
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Nice, humorous (slightly exaggerated) explanation of the production process. Made as an educational piece for clients wanting to use animation who know nothing about the way animation actually produced. A lot of production was done by students at <a href="http://www.animwork.dk/en/" target="_blank">The Animation Workshop </a>in Viborg, Denmark --<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/37445157">The Story of Animation</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/davidtart">David Tart</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: grey;"> The Story of Animation is an educational film about the process of animation. Although aimed primarily at potential animation clients, the film has something for everyone - animation students, animation artists, animation producers, and anyone who has ever wondered about how animation is made. Please see our website -</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey;"> The film follows the journey of "You" (the main character), a 3rd-tier technical writer who dreams of one day being a product designer. Working after hours, he creates a fantastic new product. When he presents his product to his employers, they inform him that it's up to him to create an advertising campaign for the product - an advertising campaign that must be animated. This poses a problem for "you" - he knows very little about animation, and is instantly filled with doubts, and thus his future hangs in the balance. This is where our friendly narrator steps in, to guide "you" through the process of making an animated film. Step by step, our hero's anxiety and doubts are put to rest, and in the end, he is triumphant!</span><br />
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<span style="color: grey;"> The Story of Animation came about as a solution to a problem: The Animation Workshop, an animation school in Viborg, Denmark, had been graduating a great number of incredibly qualified animators, animation producers, and CG artists over the past 10 years. These artists had been forming small companies and beginning to produce fantastic work. The problem was not with the studios, or the quality of work they were producing, but rather with the clients: Most of them seemed to believe that animation was a simple, uncomplicated process, and were often disappointed to learn that there were very specific stages in the animation process that required their participation (and finances). It's almost as if they believed that creating animation was as simple as pitching an idea, and then sitting back while a couple of animators with pencil and paper goofed off, told jokes, and drank copious amounts of coffee until "wallah"! the animation was finished! Furthermore, they seemed to think that there would be no difference in cost between an animated film created in flash, 2D, stop motion, cut-out, motion graphics, or fully rendered Pixar-style 3D animation! At the time Morten Thorning, Director of the Animation Workshop approached me with the idea for the film, I was experiencing similar problems with a client in Copenhagen. In fact, I'd just spent several days creating a presentation about the benefits of using animation for an environmental messaging campaign. I was tasked with convincing a panel of scientists, sociologists, environmental activists, and architects how animation could be used to create positive, engaging, and entertaining content for environmental action messaging - no small feat! </span><br />
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<span style="color: grey;"> After talking things over with Morten, it was decided that I would write and direct the project, which would be produced by Claus Toksvig of The Animation Hub, and animated at Tumblehead Studios. Tumblehead, led by Magnus Moller, did an amazing job on the film, assembling a team of character designers, animators, storyboard artists, and background artists (all graduates or current students of the Animation Workshop). Tumblehead saw the entire process through, from concept to post-production. The narrator was voiced by the awesome Richard Spiegel, and the sound design and score created by Mark Menza, whose many credits include sound designer and composer for "The Jimmy Neutron Show". Additional support was provided by Thomas Ahlmark (a veteran of many Animation Workshop productions).</span></div><div style="padding-left: 30px;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-51397161630414511492011-12-02T07:51:00.000-08:002011-12-02T08:03:49.123-08:00Setting the Scene : The Art and Evolution of Animation LayoutThis is a must-have book for anyone interested in hand-drawn animation.<br />
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<u>Let me rephrase that : this is a must-have book for anyone interested in any kind of animation or film making , period.</u><br />
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Beautifully illustrated, meticulously researched, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Setting-Scene-Evolution-Animation-Layout/dp/0811869873">"Setting the Scene : The Art and Evolution of Animation Layout"</a> by Fraser MacLean goes beyond a simple <i>"coffee-table art book"</i> (although it is certainly handsome enough to rate as a coffee table art book) , rather the author goes into the real nuts and bolts of layout using examples from well-known films and from some less well-known films from various animation studios. This book fills a void in providing highly detailed information on the art and craft of Layout . HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.<br />
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<div class="std"><i><span class="product-collateral">"The art of animation layout takes center stage for the first time in this gorgeous, full-color volume. Animation fans and students can finally take a behind-the-scenes peek at the history of layout, the process by which artists plot scenes and stitch together the many elements of animated works. With in-depth text by veteran animator Fraser MacLean, this extraordinary book features previously unpublished art from major studios’ archives—including Warner Bros., Pixar, Walt Disney, and more—as well as interviews with some of the biggest names in animation and a foreword by Academy Award–winning director Pete Docter. From the genre’s earliest pioneers to the digital world of contemporary cinema, Setting the Scene provides an enchanting journey into the history of animation." </span></i></div></blockquote><span class="product-collateral"><br />
<i>Fraser MacLean</i> has worked for Passion Pictures, Cambridge Animation Systems, Telemagination, and Walt Disney Animation Studios, on such films as <i>Space Jam</i> and <i>Tarzan</i>. He currently runs Penciltown Animation and resides in Edinburgh, Scotland. Pete Docter is a longtime Pixar filmmaker and the Academy Award–winning director of <i>Up</i> and <i>Monsters, Inc.</i> </span><br />
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An example of one of the many illustration in the books showing the craft of the Layout Artist at work .<br />
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</a></div>This L-shaped pan layout with camera move indicated is by veteran Disney/Pixar layout artist <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135252/">Scott Caple </a>, who , I should mention by the way, teaches two online Layout classes for the <a href="http://online.academyart.edu/schools/animation-visual-effects/">Academy of Art University</a> , ANM 377 and ANM 605 Layout Design.<br />
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Another book on Layout ? An embarrassment of riches indeed ! -- <br />
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This relatively new image capture station , the <a href="http://www.recordexusa.com/page152.html" target="_blank"><b>S</b><b>implicity Cam 5e HD Document Scanner</b></a> by Recordex-USA may be of interest to online students who are looking to purchase an image capture station or scanner for digitizing their animation drawings --<br />
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</a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">This unit is <b>compatible with both Windows and Mac OS</b> .<br />
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<b>Capture resolution up to</b><b> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><i>2560 x 1944</i></span></b> (which is actually higher than Academy Full Aperture 2K Film res. of 2048 x 1556).<br />
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<b>Manual control of White Balance and Exposure.</b><br />
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<b>Max. capture area of </b><span class="Normal-C5"><b><i>12.75" x 17.25" </i></b> (so this will capture the usable drawing area on 12 Field [12"w x 9"h ] and 16 Field [16" w x 12.75" h] animation paper.) </span><br />
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<span class="Normal-C5"><b>Image capture is much faster than scanning on a Flatbed scanner</b> , but the capture resolution of the <a href="http://www.fullcompass.com/product/403224.html" target="_blank">Simplicity Cam 5e</a> is equivalent to using a scanner and the resolution is much higher than most webcams or mini-dv cameras that are typically used for pencil testing on a down-shooter.<br />
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<b>Confirmed to work with <a href="http://www.tvpaint.com/v2/content/article/home/" target="_blank">TVPaint Animation</a> running under Windows and Mac OS. </b> (potentially works with any other pencil test software such as Digicel Flipbook, or Toki Line Test, or ToonBoom Pencil Check. But check with the Tech Support Dept. of the software you are using to be sure it meets the specifications for capturing images into your software)</blockquote><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><b>NOTE:</b> You'll need to add a peg bar and the base of the unit will need to be bolted down to a table top or a board so it can't be knocked over or jarred out of position (the base is weighted, but it needs to be completely locked down for animation) . </blockquote><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This reseller has it listed for <b>$178.00</b> (price visible if you add it to the cart) - <a href="http://www.provantage.com/recordex-sc5e%7E7RCDX005.htm" target="_blank"><b>http://www.provantage.com/recordex-sc5e~7RCDX005.htm</b></a></span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><br />
Lists for <b>$199.00</b> from this reseller: <a href="http://www.fullcompass.com/product/403224.html" target="_blank"><b> http://www.fullcompass.com/product/403224.html</b></a><br />
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</blockquote>More information about this image capture station can be found<b> <a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-animation-pencil-test-capture.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>:<br />
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<a href="http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-animation-pencil-test-capture.html" target="_blank"><b>http://animation-studio-stuff.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-animation-pencil-test-capture.html</b></a><br />
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</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-36547569745647705692011-09-19T08:44:00.000-07:002011-09-21T06:10:58.915-07:00The Lion King roars againTo mark the special occasion of the re-release of "The Lion King" to theaters (in "3D" ) master animator Andreas Deja has posted some pencil tests of his wonderful animation of Scar from "The Lion King" :<br />
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I have to say as someone who worked on this film back in 1993- '94 I'm feeling a bit of pride (pun intended) in the fact that The Lion King was the <a href="http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3274&p=.htm">#1 Film at the Box-office</a> in the U.S.A over this past weekend . It took in close to <i>$30 million dollars</i> (which is nearly twice what industry analysts had projected) .<br />
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<b>If you haven't seen it yet go see it now while you have the opportunity to see it on the Big Screen (as it was intended to be seen !). </b> It's actually playing in some theaters in conventional "flat/2D" projection, so if 3D projection is not your thing you can see it in it's original form.<br />
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<b>So now the debate starts:</b> Is it successful because it is "3D-ized 2D" film and the only way for hand-drawn animation to succeed in a big way at the box-office it to jump on the 3D bandwagon, or does common sense tell us that it is successful because a compelling, well told story with appealing characters and top knotch animation will always be a success whether it's done in hand-drawn , computer, or stop-motion ? (I say the latter is the rule , despite some notable exceptions that should have been hits, but were not , like The Iron Giant).<br />
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While I think the 3D conversion was done well for the most part and it didn't hurt the original animation overall , I think Jerry Beck of <a href="http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/review-3d-lion-king-and-3d-beauty-and-the-beast.html">Cartoon Brew </a>summed up the 3D conversion of The Lion King best: <br />
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<blockquote style="color: #0b5394;"><i>“Is this trip really necessary”? No. 3-D adds nothing new to the greatness of Disney’s <i>Lion King</i>. </i></blockquote><blockquote style="color: #0b5394;"><i> <b>But anything that returns hand drawn animation to the big screen, and to the attention of the public, is a good thing. </b></i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: black;">[bold emphasis added by me -DN]</span></span><i><br />
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<b>*UPDATE:</b> Andreas Deja has posted even more of his Scar animation and some drawings on his blog: <a href="http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2011/09/more-scar.html">http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2011/09/more-scar.html</a><br />
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Beautiful film by Nelson Boles. <br />
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It’s become a cliche reaction now, but I still feel compelled to say that when I see work like this (and Nelson’s other student film: “This one time…” <a href="http://vimeo.com/4566083%29" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/4566083)</a> I can’t understand why the major studios are not grabbing these artists and putting them to work on fresh, new hand-drawn films. This sensibility could truly reignite interest in hand-drawn animation. Films like this, or Ian Worrel’s shorts (<a href="http://vimeo.com/user407933/videos" rel="nofollow">http://vimeo.com/user407933/videos</a>), and the various <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/gobelins#g/u">Gobelins </a>shorts, among <i>many other examples which could be named</i>, show that stylistically and thematically there is still so much <i>new ground to be covered</i> with both hand-drawn short films and features which are not merely re-treads of earlier Disney or Warner Bros. styles. <br />
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Yes, perhaps <i>that particular model</i> of traditional animation production is <i>"dead"</i> (or maybe <i>"just resting, pining for the fjords"</i>) and is not likely to come back the way it was in the 1990's. There will continue to be hand-drawn animated features , but those will probably be for a niche market , smaller indie films, not necessarily major feature animated films like 'Beauty & the Beast' , 'Aladdin', 'The Lion King' , or even slightly smaller scale films like 'Lilo & Stitch'. It's possible that there could be a break-out hand drawn animated hit again on that scale , but it doesn't seem likely, at least not in the short run. (but <i>never say neve</i>r ... things couldn't have been much more "dead" than in 1985 - '86 when a couple of films came out that I think changed everything: The Great Mouse Detective and An American Tail . Momentum picked up after those , leading to Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Little Mermaid and beyond ...) <br />
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<i><b>BUT</b></i> that is not the only viable model of traditional hand-drawn animation production , and it never was the norm. Hand-drawn animation doesn't need to be "saved" or make a "comeback" , because it never really went away. I think there will continue to be smaller scale feature films like <a href="http://newvideo.com/secretofkells/">"The Secret of Kells"</a> or <a href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/theillusionist/">"The Illusionist"</a> , as well as more truly independent micro productions (one-person , creator driven features or features made by a very small crew) such as <a href="http://www.tulipthedog.com/">"My Dog Tulip" </a>, <a href="http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/watch.html">"Sita Sings the Blues"</a> , <a href="http://www.idiotsandangels.com/videos">"Idiots & Angels"</a> and Nick Cross's forthcoming <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/21896700">"Black Sunrise"</a> <br />
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There is so much hand-drawn animation still being done for advertisements , short films, games, and web applications (including iPhone/iPad and other tablet apps). And whether it's drawn with pencil on paper or using a Cintiq tablet in an app like <a href="http://paperless-animation.blogspot.com/">TVP Animation </a>, the traditional drawing-based skill sets are still essential to telling a story through images. <br />
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Here are a few projects I've seen recently which remind me of how hand-drawn animation is being used in the real world outside of mainstream "Hollywood" features: <br />
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<a href="http://storycorps.org/animation/">Story Corps</a> latest oral history animated piece , "Miss Devine" : <br />
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Clever animated advertisements animated by <a href="http://animationdog.com/home.html">Jason Doll</a> : <br />
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Music video animated by Anthony F. Schepperd for Blockhead's 'The Music Scene'.<br />
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TIJI Television Network "Colours" :<br />
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These are just a few randomly chosen examples from among many. IF you can think beyond <i>"When I graduate I've got to go to work at a giant studio like Disney/Pixar/Dreamworks/BlueSky/CartoonNetwork/Nickelodeon "</i> [not that there's anything wrong with that] you can find a world of opportunity out there for animation. (in particular the hand-drawn variety) . <br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-59068089241130420012011-08-09T13:35:00.000-07:002011-08-09T13:53:43.092-07:00CTN Expo - Behind the Scenes with Independent Filmmaker Mike NguyenHere is another inspiring video from a presentation given at the <a href="http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/">CTN Animation Expo </a>.<br />
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Animator/director Mike Nguyen has been working on the independent animated feature film <a href="http://www.julyfilms.com/"><b>"My Little World" </b></a>for many years now (working on it part-time between other jobs). <br />
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Mike Nguyen primary interest is the hand-drawn animation film making medium and aims to reflect beautiful thoughts toward this life on Earth.<br />
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Mike received his BFA in Character Animation at the California Institute of the Arts in 1988. Since then, he has worked primarily in the feature animation industry as a Character Animator in various studios, including Walt Disney, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks Animation.<br />
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For more about Mike please visit : http://www.ctnanimationexpo.com/mike-nguyen/<br />
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Mike's blog <a href="http://rainplace.net/"><b>"Rainplace"</b></a> is one of the best animation blogs on the web. Mike discusses the <i>"how to"</i> of animation in great depth, but also the <i>"why" </i>of animation , with a very creative/spiritual emphasis, using examples from his own work.<br />
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As in this post on <a href="http://rainplace.net/?p=355">"Rough Pass as Thumbnailing"</a> where he discusses taking animation from a first rough pass to a "tied down" version of the roughs :<br />
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All Images Copyright Mike Nguyen/July Films. Go to his blog , <a href="http://rainplace.net/">"Rainplace"</a> to see many more examples like this. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://animationschooldaily.blogspot.com/">Animation School Daily Blog </a></b></span><br />
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It's just started, so bookmark and keep checking back for more posts soon.<br />
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First two posts have some beautiful drawings by AAU instructors:<br />
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This beautiful figure study in charcoal by Associate Director of 2D Animation (Onsite) , Diana Coco-Russell -<br />
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and this terrific illustration -- "Young Walt" -- by Full Time Faculty (2D Animation - Onsite) Nicolas Villarreal -<br />
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Great stuff , eh ? More to come soon . Drawings, departmental news, inspirational art for classical animation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-31863634975987627912011-07-11T10:12:00.000-07:002011-07-11T10:13:00.772-07:00More Animation from FRANCE - Gobelins 2011Another crop of amazingly proficient grad student films from <b><a href="http://www.gobelins.fr/actualites/Decouvrez-les-films-de-fin-d-etudes-2011-">Gobelins</a></b>.<br />
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Google for the blogs of the individual students who worked on these films; some beautiful and inspiring work on their blogs. <br />
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(do yourself a favor and switch these to HD mode and watch full screen) <br />
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<b>À Travers la Brume </b><br />
(Through the Fog) <br />
Two brothers are hunting a legendary creature. As they hunt, the fog separates them...<br />
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A film by Théo BOUBOUNELLE, Violaine BRIAT, Marie-Clémence GAUTHIER, Clément GIRARD, Aude GUIBOURT, Clara VOISIN, Maïté XIA<br />
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<b>Les Chiens Isolés </b><br />
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On an oil platform, a story of friendship between two workers is compromised by the insanity paranoiac of one of them.<br />
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A film by Rémi BASTIE, Nicolas DEGHANI, Jonathan DJOB-NKONDO, Paul LACOLLEY, Nicolas PEGON, Jérémy PIRES, Kevin MANACH<br />
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<b>Who's Afraid of Mr.Greedy</b> ?<br />
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A blind man comes to get back his identity, stolen by an ogre while he was a child.<br />
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A film by Simon BOUCACHARD, Jean-Baptiste CUMONT, Sylvain FABRE, Guillaume FESQUET, Adeline <a href="GRANGE, Maxime MARY, Julien ROSSIRE http://whosafraidofmrgreedy.blogspot.com/">GRANGE, Maxime MARY, Julien ROSSIRE<br />
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Banned from his town because of his animality, a wolf man decides to make this segregation come to an end.<br />
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A film by François BARREAU, Marion DELANNOY, Claire FAUVEL, Rachid GUENDOUZE, Vincent NGHIEM, Benoit TRANCHET<br />
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<b>Eleanor </b><br />
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For Eleanor, the joy of living among other people is out of reach because of her extreme introversion, she shuts herself away in a depressive routine, with her cat as her only support, until the latter, hopeless for her, decides to leave home...<br />
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A film by Chloé BURY .<br />
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Two men look at a woman. One wants her, the other one gets her.<br />
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A film by Kevin MANACH. (made in 2011 as part of an exchange trip to CalArts (California) by Kevin Manach, third-year student at GOBELINS, School of Image.)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720812734603538570.post-80141479206805215502011-07-11T07:33:00.000-07:002011-07-11T08:22:24.399-07:00THE RABBI'S CAT - LE CHAT DU RABBIN - animated feature film<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5-Jg1SZE5sIM8sJRMGuzWHCpFxsHUX4JkbJV79HzUkqZLWqWTNpgxWti6yNe6g_lazj0YWH1R97rmABKWMEqrKswqmOMDmI2knDLxATxmLaNFHEaT7twbGz2YVRrF2wF4goA_dVyFWw/s1600/Rabbis_Cat_rough_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg5-Jg1SZE5sIM8sJRMGuzWHCpFxsHUX4JkbJV79HzUkqZLWqWTNpgxWti6yNe6g_lazj0YWH1R97rmABKWMEqrKswqmOMDmI2knDLxATxmLaNFHEaT7twbGz2YVRrF2wF4goA_dVyFWw/s640/Rabbis_Cat_rough_02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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Another hand-drawn feature length animated film from France ! <i><b>LE CHAT DU RABBIN </b></i>. I'll say it again: thank goodness the French did not get the silly memo (or they ripped it up) from Hollywood that decreed <i>"2D is dead"</i>. <br />
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Trailer for<i><b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rabbi%27s_Cat">THE RABBI'S CAT </a></b></i> - <br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/23253306">THE RABBI'S CAT - LE CHAT DU RABBIN - TRAILER</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6584121">Banjo Studio</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/23154405">Making of Le Chat du Rabbin - Banjo -</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user6584121">Banjo Studio</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<blockquote>The film (directed by Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvaux) is adapted from the graphic novel by Joann Sfar . </blockquote><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtbfo_dtQvVJPFefnG7G5kvP5huEml_m5WdbsxT3-SQSrcWwHgbtsER1Bkbab7AFZ7woE3bbtlWFwWsf-fCC1nAYGg0glgtAyJ7-FvA3cQ32b8vV2WSI8qNI6P8Y-mqMwq73tH5FuM0M/s1600/Rabbis_Cat_Cover_Art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtbfo_dtQvVJPFefnG7G5kvP5huEml_m5WdbsxT3-SQSrcWwHgbtsER1Bkbab7AFZ7woE3bbtlWFwWsf-fCC1nAYGg0glgtAyJ7-FvA3cQ32b8vV2WSI8qNI6P8Y-mqMwq73tH5FuM0M/s640/Rabbis_Cat_Cover_Art.jpg" width="488" /></a></div></blockquote><blockquote><br />
The studio <b><a href="http://www.autochenille-production.com/fr/index.html">Autochenille Production</a> </b>was launched in 2007 by Joann Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux and Clément Oubrerie with the aim to make <i style="color: #0b5394;">"author-driven, challenging films to appeal to children and adults."</i><span style="color: #0b5394;">.</span><br />
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The Rabbi's Cat was the company's first project. The production was made in collaboration with TF1 and France 3. It was pre-bought by Canal+ and CineCinéma and had a budget of 12.5 million euro. (17.5 million U.S. dollars)<br />
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One of the directors' sources of inspiration was American animation from the 1930s, and in particular from the Fleischer Studios, which Sfar described as characterized by multi-ethnical production crews and for portraying darker aspects of society, in cartoons such as Betty Boop and Popeye. In order to generate more personality for the drawn characters in The Rabbi's Cat, some of the scenes were staged in a Parisian suburb loft in the summer of 2008, with props and the cast fully costumed. As the actors performed and invented their characters' personal motion habits, the design team observed closely and drew what they picked up.</blockquote><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's a <a href="http://johncelestri.blogspot.com/">new animation blog</a> I want to recommend to you by a great animator, John Celestri. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">John started his animation career in his native New York City (working on the Richard Williams' feature film "Raggedy Ann & Andy", among other things) then spent several years at the Nelvana studio in Toronto as a supervising animator on Nelvana's ambitious first feature film , <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJCKhCtHF4k#t=1m19s">"Rock & Rule"</a>, as well the Nelvana television specials such as "The Devil and Daniel Mouse", "Intergalactic Thanksgiving" , "Easter Fever" (which he was also a Sequence Director on) , among others. I don't think these Nelvana specials run on TV anymore , but I'll tell you as someone who was a teenager interested in getting into animation at that time: in the vast wasteland that was television animation in the 1970's these fully-animated specials by Nelvana were a bright standout , which inspired people like me with the thought that <i>"hey, it is possible to still do full animation today, it's not just all in the past"</i>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u>*ADD ON: </u> Thank you to the Anonymous commenter who posted this in the comments :</span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">"On the old <a href="http://www.animationnation.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=000435;p=" rel="nofollow">Animation Nation discussion board</a> (which used to have many pros posting as members of the board) Dave Brewster (who is also a very fine animator) posted something about Celestri:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a long stretch in the Hollywood animation industry John moved back east to work as a freelancer from his home studio. He and his wife Cathie have also teamed up to write a series of mystery novels. Currently John is the Directing Animator and VP of Grace Animation Studios in Danville, Kentucky .</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the blog John is sharing his thoughts on animation technique, scriptwriting, the relationship between art and commerce , among other topics. </span><br />
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</h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><a href="http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283672&tpl=archnews&force=1"><b>http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4283672&tpl=archnews&force=1 </b></a></span></span></h6><blockquote><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">In March 2011 Cartoon Saloon started co-production on a new animated feature film version of ‘Moon Man’. Based on the best selling book by Tomi Ungerer, the feature will be directed by Stephan Schesch. The group is also currently working on a pilot for Disney</span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">‘Moon Man’ will be produced by Stefan </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Schesch</span> </span><span style="font-size: small;">, Le Pacte Film’s Jean Labadie (Himalaya) and Cartoon Saloon’s Ross Murray (Old Fangs) and Paul Young (The Secret of Kells). Irish animators who will work on the project are Cartoon Saloon’s Fabian Erlinghauser (The Secret of Kells), Sean McCarron (Song of the Sea) and Marie Thorhauge (Old Fangs). </span></h6></blockquote><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="color: black; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
<a href="http://www.cartoonsaloon.ie/">Cartoon Saloon</a> is also working on another new hand-drawn feature film<a href="http://www.cartoonsaloon.ie/index.php/2009/06/feature-films-song-of-the-sea/"> "Song of the Sea"</a> , directed by Tomm Moore (who directed "The Secret of Kells").</span></h6>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2