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A short animation/process drawing I’m making for my students to show the effects of hatching as a means of shading. Done with black fineliners. I hope to complete it later today.
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The boys shared a muffin on Valentine’s Day. Looks like they had fun.
As usual, Sherlock playmos are courtesy of mrsbananabrain.
The finished drawing. Below is the complete animation of its stages, and here the link in case the gif doesn’t work.
Paperman - Full Animated Short Film
One of my favourite Pixar shorts. Such a sweet little story :)
Brilliant. Makes me want to draw an animated piece again. If only it didn’t take so long …
This has got to be the best fan-produced Good Omens video I’ve ever seen. All of the character designs are spot-on, but I love the artist’s portrayal of Anathema and Newt in particular! Even the choice of music is curiously apt; there’s no Queen, but all of the song clips used set just the right tone. For a long time, I’ve thought that maybe traditional animation would be the best medium to use when it comes to adapting Good Omens into a film, and quite a number of fan-artists out there continue to sell me on the idea with their brilliance and innovation. And I confess I’ve grown to miss traditional animation!
Excellent.
“Sherlock and bee”
Some of my students are experimenting with simple animations in class, and so I thought I should do one as well as it’s been ages since my last. Very rough and sketchy and silly, just pencils on transparent paper.
Studio Ghibli Series by Fabio Castro
Posters for some of the best-known Studio Ghibli films.
Your informative post about the difference between animation and performance capture.
Yes, yes and yes! As someone who used to make short films consisting entirely of handmade animation (and I literally mean “handmade”, like drawing every single bloody frame or animating in stop-motion for days on end) I get annoyed when people don’t bother to differentiate, especially when it’s people in the film industry who should know better. Not to mention that I dislike the artistic and aesthetical approach of movies like Beowulf or Polar Express since I don’t see the point of replacing real actors by their CGI versions just because one can. Performance capture for creatures like Gollum is a completely different matter.
Anyway, thanks a lot for the explanation. Very well put. And much needed, apparently.
As Tintin is coming out this week, and because Spielberg - for marketing reason - still calls it an animated film, now is probably a good time to make a little explanation post. And when you have read it, spread the word.
So, the difference between animation and performance capture.
Here is how…
