A response to reading Nik Ranieri's post regarding being let go from Disney Feature Animation after almost 25 years.
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Tribute to an animation and cinema pioneer, Ray Harryhausen. In remembrance, a video compilation of his work.
Art of Music Night 3: Pakistan
Two weeks after the last Art of Music event, we held our third night time event in the series at the Levantine Cultural Center. This time, I focused on Pakistan. The story turned from traveling in countries and connecting to cultures I had never met before, to going home.
Read More2D Animation Lesson 3 – Animating your Character
Now that you have a finished model sheet and construction drawings (character broken down into basic shapes) as well as some personality drawings, you are ready to plan your first animation with the character.
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2D Animation Lesson 2 - Character Model Sheet
In this lesson, we'll take the ideas learned from the bouncing ball lesson and apply them to a character. The ball was an easy shape to draw. Characters can be more difficult, but we can make them easier to draw by breaking them down into simpler shapes, like sphere, cylinders etc.
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These lessons are designed to help you loosen up your drawings for more fluid animation so that you are not limited to animating parts of a single drawing or rotoscoping.
Read Moremadguru.com Gul - Concept Art Added
The Gul(flower) concept art gallery gives a good glimpse into the design process, from taking inspiration from real life to re imagining it for the context of the story. A lot of the design process is about how you think about each element to make intelligent choices that drive the themes and purpose of the story home. A lot of time and care goes into each decision, while trying to balance the desire for spontaneity to bring in fresh, seemingly unrelated sources of inspiration into the mix.
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I spoke to the puppeteers for a while and watched all these interesting puppets do tricks. We talked for quite a bit about history, different arts and I tried to share how what I do is very much like what he did as a puppeteer, but on a computer. For me, that was really the most exciting thing, was to sit down and speak to a wonderful puppeteer.
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The kids were amazing as usual and it was a tiring, but incredibly rewarding experience. I jokingly said invited myself to come eat lunch at one of the children's homes as we were leaving after the workshop and she was walking home for lunch. She said she'd ask her mom what she cooked. So many dimples and funny little toes.
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I had peeked into the school the day before and I can't quite describe how excited I was to share animation with them. The children I met so far have really been an energetic and amazing bunch. Many are not used to discussion questions in class so carrying on an in depth class discussion has not really worked, but they are bursting with energy, creativity and most of all a genuine desire and willingness to try new things and learn. This really does a lot to make what I am doing with the children possible.
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Anjali, one of the amazing people at Manav Sadhana met me and within minutes was on the phone arranging workshops with the various schools in Manav Sadhana. I was really grateful for how everyone invited me in and trusted me with their precious time and resources. It is very humbling to walk into a group of truly dedicated and amazing adults and kids and to try and share something that you hope will be worth their time.
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