Andreas Deja has an interesting post up about the animation process behind the scene above from Lady and the Tramp which while it was animated by Frank Thomas, both Milt Kahl and Iwao Takamoto went over the scene for ultimate drawing appeal. Iwao Takamoto if you remember was a very large part of Hanna Barbera’s style.
You can read the entire article here.
What is your name and your current occupation?
Josh Mepham, Director.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I was a bartender in Portugal where we would blast shots into our customers’ mouths with a supersoaker gun.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I’m really proud of the two seasons of Kid vs. Kat that I co-directed with creator Rob Boutilier at DHX Media. It’s a fantastic show and deserves all the success it has achieved. I’m also extremely proud of the show my company Slap Happy Cartoons has in development with YTV right called Nerds & Monsters. Slap Happy has also produced some animated shorts for the Vancouver Canucks that play on the big screen at the games. I’m really excited to be working with that organization seeing as I’m a huge Canucks fan.
How did you become interested in animation?
I’ve loved to draw ever since I can remember picking up that first crayon, and I’ve always loved watching cartoons. So I guess I’ve been interested in animation my whole life. I just didn’t think I’d be Continue reading
What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Jean Claude de La Ronde and I’m currently a freelance storyboard artist offering my pre-production services in the entertainment industry.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Acutally that would be my last job back in december 2011. I did storyboards for a horror film and the producer wasn’t really organized and it was just a big amalgam of confusion.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
My most favorite project was when I was working over at Makuta VFX in Hyderabad, India. I was contacted by one of the founders of the company back in 2010. They needed a freelance storyboard artist that could help them with their film project which was a film by SS Rajamouli. Rajamouli turns out that he’s the top Director in Hyderabad and I managed to go over there for a month and help him out with his vision for the “Eega” film. It was truly the best gig I had up to this day. The folks at Makuta were exceptionally welcoming and I made a bunch of friends when I was in charge of the Previz developpement.
How did you become interested in animation?
I’ve always been a cartoon fan since the day I discovered the
Engadget is reporting that Don’t Starve Shipwrecked is finally out of Early Access on Steam and ready for your consumption. Â Some good 2d animation here from the looks of the trailer and it’s got a rough pencil test sort of feel to boot judging from the trailer above.
From the site:
Don’t Starve: Shipwrecked, the nautical themed expansion for one of our favorite survival games If you’ll remember, this add-on is the result of a partnership between original developer Klei Entertainment and the folks behind Below and Super Time Force, Capybara Games. The single-player expansion (the co-op focused Don’t Starve Together released last year) introduces plenty of new deadly goodies like sailing, seasons and crafting recipes — all incredibly likely to put your ability to follow the game’s name to the test. As an incentive to give it the old college try, Steam has the game on sale for $4.50 during its launch period.
What is your name and your current occupation?
Hi, my name is Dream (mengqian) Chen, I am a freelance illustrator and independent animator .
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
I have worked as a librarian and labor worker at school, such as clean up studio, touch up walls.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I really enjoy making On My Planet, a stop-motion animation made in my grad school. it is quite unlikely to have absolute freedom to make animation when you become a freelancer. Therefore, I cherish every opportunity when I am able to do so. School has a good platform to provide everything you need and give you the maximum support. I am always attracted to stop-motion animation because I think it is a very unique technique that give life to a real object. However,it is really time consuming and labor heavy. On My Planet is a seven minutes long animation. I did everything by myself from building up the puppet and set to animate it frame by frame. It took me three semesters to finish all the work. But I tried to experiment with it as much as I could. In the animation I tried hand drawn on watercolor paper frame by frame, I tried making felt puppet and adding digital collage at same time. It was a lot fun and I would want to combine more medium in my future project based on what I learned from this film.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I come from China, My hometown is a tropical island located at the south bottom of China mainland. Both my parents are fine arts teacher in universities. Grew up in
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
This isn’t crazy, but I taught a 9-year-old how to animate her first film for a School District Competition. The girl, Ariana, had a piece where a young girl uses friendship to clean the beaches, one helping hand at a time. I felt like a school teacher because her and her best friend were the voice talents and I had to do parent/teacher conferences to make sure she did her animation work. She had to go through a little crunch time for not doing her homework, and fell asleep during the final composite 10 P.M. the night before. She won 1st place and gained a bit of confidence for kicking butt.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I was very proud to be working on a secret development project during my time at Disney. Our group, the Blue Sky Think Tank was comprised of 7 talented individuals with their own points of view and completely different backgrounds (Artist/Animator/Social Media/Writer/Filmmaker/
How did you become interested in animation?
As a youngin’, I grew up always interested in art and sketching cartoon characters. In middle school, I found out that my favorite TV shows, movies, and video games were Continue reading
