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Software: Paint Storm Studio
Paintstorm Studio is an impressive new piece of digital painting software, or at least it’s new to me!
It has many customizable features and seems to have an interface similar to Corel Painter which means that it takes a bit of getting used to when you first open it because there’s SO many options. Thankfully there are a number of tutorials on the Paintstorm to guide you through the learning curve.
After playing with it a few minutes I found that while it’s a VERY cool tool, in order to use it you’d need to take some time learning the interface a bit more but I’m pretty confident with a little practice it could be a worthy asset in my digital toolbox.
Paintstorm Pro is available as a trial download and for purchase at $19 for PC but a supposedly a Mac version is coming.
http://paintstormstudio.com/
Animated Short: “Shave It”
Animated short film by 3dar Studios. Based on a true story.
3dar.com
Also, check out the short behind the scenes video:
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CREDITS
Written and directed by
JORGE TERESO
FERNANDO MALDONADO
Art Direction
MARINA MUÑOZ
Executive producers
FEDERICO HELLER
GERMAN HELLER
JORGE TERESO
Graphic design and 2D animation
JULIAN DORADO
3D art
MARCO LOCOCO
SANTIAGO TERESO
FEDERICO CARLINI
MARTIN BERISSO
JUAN PABLO LANZO
Post-production
LUCAS SALVIETTI
Production Assistant
REGINA PORCHIETTI
NATALIA TORIANO
Sound Production
GERMAN HELLER
Music and Foley
CYRILLE MARCHESSEAU vimeo.com/cyrillemarchesseau
JULIEN BEGAULT
EZEQUIEL BARROS
Animation Director
FERNANDO MALDONADO
Animation
MARCO LOCOCO
PAULA RAMOS
JORGE TERESO
Rigging
VINCENT SOUZA
NAHUEL BELICH
Daytime Emmy Winner for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program: Dolby’s “Silent”
Check out this great lil’ short called “Silent” from directors Limbert Fabian, Brandon Oldenburg and Dolby Labs who won Outstanding Direction in an Animated Program this weekend at the technical Emmys.
Kevin D. A. Kurytnik
What is your name and your current occupation?
My name is Kevin D. A. Kurytnik and I am an animation writer/director who runs a small animation studio with my partner Carol Beecher called Fifteen Pound Pink Productions, named in honor of one of our magnificent cats. We tell our own stories in animation. I am also a permanent instructor who specializes in Animation, Motion Graphics and visual narrative instruction at the Alberta College of Art + Design in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Teaching infuses my animation with inspirations and energy and my personal creative work greatly informs my teaching.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Caricaturing in bars late into the night. The Horror. The Horror.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
I am very fond of our first large project, Mr. Reaper’s Really Bad Morning, which I wrote, designed and co-directed. It opened a lot of doors for myself and our company. A 35mm film print is housed in the Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, and at the Cinémathèque québécoise in Montreal, Quebec. Kevin Schreck, the writer/director of the fantastic documentary The Persistence of Vision, on the making and unmaking of Richard Williams’ feature The Thief and the Cobbler recently commented that Mr. Reaper was one of the best animations he had seen in a while. Kind words with an interesting connection – Mr. Reaper was made after I took one of William’s last Animation Master Classes which took place in Los Angeles in 2000. Mr. Reaper’s Really Bad Morning was finished in 2004. It has a bit of that Williams spirit somehow I think.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I am from Norquay, a small town in Saskatchewan, a very flat prairie province. Â I was in the Visual Communications program taking graphic design and illustration at the Alberta College of Art (not yet +Design) when I got a Continue reading
Thomas Estrada
What is your name and your current occupation?
Thomas Estrada. I’m a senior animator at Disney Interactive.
What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
Not really crazy, but the most unusual was working as a pest control technician for several years. Covering Hollywood and Encino, I killed the bugs of Gene Kelly, George Carlin, and Jaclyn Smith, among others.
What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
The Prince of Egypt, The Emperor’s New Groove, Treasure Planet, and the Toy Story 3 video game.
How did you become interested in animation?
As far back as I can remember, I loved to draw. I have memories of early grade school, drawing pictures of “Giant Robot†for school friends. I knew then that I wanted to this for a living.
Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley in Southern California. After graduating high school in 1988, I had no idea about how to actually be a professional artist. I enrolled into art classes at the community college, but was soon discouraged after a couple semesters, thinking a career in art required going to schools like Cal Arts or Otis Parsons, places I could never afford. So I quit school, found a regular job and did whatever freelance art I could find such as airbrushing t-shirts, drawing brochure covers and painting murals. Finally in the summer of 1996 my wife and I attended her family reunion and discovered she had a cousin who was a Disney animator. He gave me an honest assessment of my drawing skills, then Continue reading
