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Tim Samuels is one of the most acclaimed documentary-makers in town.
London Town. We’ve known Tim for a long time and have worked with him producing
animation and graphics on a selection of the films on his site including the influential POWER to the PEOPLE series for BBC3, Hardcore Profits series and the Poles are Coming.
His films – broadcast across BBC One and Two – bring serious journalistic ...
This entertaining character portrait forms the 3rd in a series from Director Liam St Pierre.
Dr Elvis is a
London GP and in his other life he’s Elvis’ twin brother with a fascination with all things Presley, including a kidney shaped swimming pool, Like Elvis had.. Except his is in Surrey and is often full of leaves !
from 26th March the popular
animation suite which brought you Princess Mononoke and Futurama amongst others. A firm favourite of Studio Ghibli is going open source.. That means there will be a free version and a Deluxe premium version while Toonz will be concentrating on add-ons, customisation and training to bring this powerful suite into mainstream use for a new generation of animators.
This delightful short
animation by Joe Bichard is worthy of a mention on our blog for it’s eleganct simplicity, efficiency and delightful character animation !
Written and Said by Alain De Botton
Directed by Joe Bichard
Music and Sound by Skillbard
Additional Voice Talent by Sophie Koko Gate
Additional Animation by Joe Sparrow
Desk Space Generosity by Moth Collective, Studio AKA and Joe Sparkes
This inspiring short film directed by talented Director & Shroomstudio collaborator Liam St Pierre and produced by Luke Goodrich explores one man’s quest to stop plastic from polluting the Oceans. With Liam’s signature style and some nicely invisible effects work by Alex Hatjoullis @ Shroomstudio, the film also introduces Fred Schmidt, a young actor with a certain charisma whom I’m sure we’ll see gracing tv screens everywhere in the ...
For all animators and especially character designers, this enlightening short film by Tony Zhou features some of Chuck Jones’ most memorable moments and interview footage with Charles himself provides a unique insight into the mind of perhaps the worlds’ finest cartoon director. “If you want to make great films, be inspired by the world around you & give your characters a well defined motivation”.
Australian Animator Gwynn Earl (BAD-EYE-DEERS.) Gwynn worked as an animator/illustrator on the Dreamland music video for Sticky Fingers. The video clip for Dreamland is a hand-drawn
animation using similar techniques to old style Disney films such as Fantasia.
Gwynn (Hoags) Earl worked with Shroomstudio back in 2009 and we were impressed by his native illustration skills.
http://movieweb.com/movies/2015/animation/
movie web has a comprehensive list of
animated films upcoming for release over the next year. Pixar’s Inside Out, The Little Prince, studio Ghibli’s When Marnie was There and the much anticipated Peanuts movie are amongst the listings, which is interesting for it’s blend of signature Schultz cartoon drawings rendered in 3d.
This short music promo for Canadian artist Omar Linx by Peter Huang, explores ideas about violence in nature, the cosmos and sex. Magically rendered by the flexible medium of rotoscoping, it is thought provoking, entertaining and in it’s own simple way, challenging in it’s approach to our notions about nature & humanity. The simplification of the rotoscoping technique brings a stark look focusing on detail without backgrounds, adding to the ...
