February 2012
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Artist confessions - ' Undeserving '
Really, this is my fault for letting my morbid sense of curiosity get the better of me and clicking on artist-confessions to read the posts. Every time I see what young artists are writing about each other it actually gets me depressed.
I see lots of ’ this person gets attention but I don’t understand why because here is a list of their flaws ’ and/or ’ this person...
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New Brave trailer on ITunes →
rufftoon:
More like an extended scene than a trailer…still great to watch.
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Watchpenciltests:
And here’s a fun clip about Glen Keane’s process for improving the animation on Tangled. He would draw over the shot as a reference for the animators so they could push the animation to be as good as it can be.
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rabbithearted asked: Hi! thank you so much for running this blog, I've learned so much in only two days that i've been following you! could you recommend some other blogs ( preferably on tumblr) about animation? thanks xx
nikipaprika asked: After seeing the latest post, I feel a bit down. I hope he goes far, but I'm annoyed at teenage self wasting away those years drawing sub par "anime" drawings. I never spent any of it properly looking into animation and art properly, and it stunted my growth as an artist. I am an animation student now, and have completely changed that way of thinking, but I'm still in the...
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alexds1:
Okay everyone, try not to panic I’ll do this slowly This guy (go look at his work)
This guy (super pro use of line shape and feeling)
is still in highschool .
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*screaming*
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This guy is a PURE example of knowing what he...
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Watchpenciltests:
Here’s a fun one.
A “Fred Moore girl” animated by Ollie Johnston in the early 40s. It’s assumed it was for a propaganda film of some sort for the US troops. Not the kind of stuff you normally get to see from Disney artists.
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Do as I say, not as I do
bobbypodesta:
Writing posts about philosophies on leading, my own past experiences, and things that have worked for me is great… for me. But for anyone else out there in the world who might be reading these posts, there is really only one sure thing you can get from them; what works for me will not work for you. Not to be a downer, but this is what I mean…
Each one of us makes a trillion...
January 2012
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I can't pay you now, BUT... →
lizabiz:
Wise words of Matt Rhodes.
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Its funny I just got a DA note the other day that sounded just like this. I really wish the people sending these messages would stop adding things like...
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"Pretty Art" and superficial appeal
pollums:
Okay prepare yourself for a long post anon ahahahah! Sorry!
I have this term that I’ve been throwing around for a few years to refer to a very specific tendency in art- I call it “Pretty Art”.
Pretty Art in its most simplest explanation is when an artist spends SO much effort on making the subject of their art “pretty” that the quality and progress of their work actually suffers.
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toppermostpoppermost asked: For the person that was asking about Flash, there is a similar, free version called "Pencil."
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Don't be a jerk
bobbypodesta:
During my first year at CalArts (way back in the 20th century), my animation teacher, Kevin Johnson, sat our class down and proceeded to give us what would become my first bit of professional advice. He had us look around the room at each other. Don’t be a jerk, he told us. The people in that room, he assured us, would be people we would know in some capacity for the rest of our...
Anonymous asked: I was wondering if any of the followers know a download link for a full version of Flash or any animation programs similar to Flash?
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words & pictures: One thing per season →
chrischua007:
Great advice from ex Pixar animator: Bobby Podesta.
bobbypodesta:
For most of us, especially towards the beginning of our career, our skill set usually looks something like this. You are really good at one or two things, you do an adequate if not stellar job at a bunch of things, and you have a nice little group of skills that you are just plain lacking. The…
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Passion, Enthusiasm & Emotion
cartoonretro:
Seeing so many Facebook posts about how miserable 2011 was, for some reason got me reflecting on how people and society have changed over the last 30 years.
I remember during the early ‘90’s a new kind of attitude starting to emerge in popular culture- a kind of detached irony, a dry sarcasm… a sort of “too cool to be impressed” type of thing.
Over the last 15 years...
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On greatness and killing your ego.
dearcoketalk:
Dear Coquette,
How do I accept that I won’t ever be great or outstanding? I always thought I had talent, and maybe I’m not bad, but a great many people are far better. I can’t stop thinking this and it’s causing me great anxiety.
Kill your ego, because nothing you do will ever matter. That’s okay, though. It’s not just you. It’s all of us. It’s taken 100,000 years for our species...
December 2011
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Watchpenciltests:
Someone asked if I had anything from “The Firebird Suite” from Fantasia 2000. I have this, which is a combination of several layers of pencil animation (mostly effects) and the final composites. An interesting watch.
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Artist Advice Tumblr →
animationart:
Thought I would pass this along to everyone that might find this useful. I’m actually one of the mods for it, as of today, but this is something that could help anyone interested in art, hobby or professional.