Your Story Through Art

Ran across this video from Cartoon Brew today while working on my kinetic typography project for Film/TV. Storytelling has always been important to me when I draw comics and write dialogue for the characters...or write the pacing of the scene (not every panel needs to fill up with text...silence is golden).

The speaker is Doug TenNapel, the creator of Earthworm Jim and Nickelodeon's Catscratch. I've enjoyed Earthworm Jim in the mid 90s, and I just wanted to add this to my blog. For inspiration. :)

Enjoy if you watch this.

Way to Go Jimmie!

Just gotta love it! :D

Awesome Music Video/Animation!!

Thanks Chris for showing this in class! Really inspirational, something I want to learn how to do for sure. :)

Trichrome Blue Animation

Today was the first time I have seen this animation by animator/illustrator Lois van Baarl, and I was truly inspired! I have seen her illustrations on deviantArt before, and they are inspirational as well.

Nice storytelling, the music is soothing, and I love the look for this project.

All I Want For Christmas is Animation!

Animator and cartoonist Meredith Gran, creator of webcomic Octopus Pie, created a short animation to Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas.

I've seen her comic for a long time, and what I like about her material is that it's unique while still being able to pay homage when she wants to. That's not an easy feat to do in cartooning or animation.

Anyway, I wanted to share this with you all, wishing you a Merry Christmas! :)

Simply Amazing

Animator Dalmiro Buigues showcases how he created this project for Cartoon Network. He mentioned using 3Dmax and After Effects.

To see the finished footage of this rendering, check out his vimeo profile.

:)

Roy E. Disney, R.I.P.

Roy E. Disney, thanks for your hard work in continuing with the quality work at Disney. As well as inspiring animation artists and enthusiasts, such as myself. Thanks for everything. Thank you. *sigh*