MAX_Yoga Pose

Bean Character Concept!!!!!!!!!

MR BeanStool!

'GooD GuY' Character Design

Assignment 3, Spaceship; ball and bouncing monster.

Animation History- Treasure Hunt Quiz

A man that inspired my childhood dreams and imagination- 'CHUCK JONES'
I'll never forget my well spent Saturday afternoons watching Warner Brothers greats.

http://www.chuckjones.com/

1. Which studio produced the two short animated films featured today?
Warner Brothers Studio.

2. Who directed the two films?The films were Directed by 'Chuck Jones'.

3. What were the names and dates of production of the two films?The Case of the Missing Hare produced in 1942.
The Aristo-cat producted in 1943.

4. Many of this directors films in the 1930's and 1940's tried to imitate the style of which famous studio?
Walt Disney's Studio

5. Did he ever work at that studio?
One of Chuck's first jobs in the animation industry was as a cel washer for former Disney animator, Ubbe Iwerks, 1932.  From this experience an opportunity arised for Chuck when he meet Frize Frelen, an aminator for Leon Schlesinger Studio (later sold to Warner Brothers.) He was hired in 1936. He remained at Warner Bros. until the studio closed in 1962.

Chuck did work for Disney's Studios breifly in his career after the closure of Warner Brothers.

6. After directing a film in 1942 he broke away into a new style of animation

humour and design. From the late 1940’s and into the 1950’s the animation

style and design in his films and characters were a leading influence in

animation history. What features of his style of animation and design made

his work stand out?
The film 'The  Dover Boys' was one of the earliest examples of a new animation technique called 'Stylized animation' . The technique used shape-heavy designs with minimal movement. 

7. Remember that Brad Bird, director of

Giant’

animated feature film

which cartoon by the animator you are researching today? (Film title and

year please)‘The Incredibles’ and ‘The Iron, paid homage to Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston… In the Pixar‘Monsters Inc’ (2001), the directors paid homage to

'Feed the Kitty'- produced in 1952.
And for your viewing pleasure!

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8. Is that cartoon, the one you answered in the previous question, one of

Frank’s favourite cartoons?
No Frank doesn't like cartoons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My First 2D ANNNNIMATION!

I LOVE ANIMATION!

This first task in 2D was great. I have learnt and applyed animation techniques that are starting to sink in. It's great to see them in action. Check out my Bouncing Ball; Bouncing Ruffs and my Bouncing Cleans. ENJOY!

                                                                   BOUNCING 'BALL'

BOUNCING 'RUFFS'

BOUNCING 'CLEANS'

Ray Harryhausen- Stop Motion Animation

The magical power of history shines bright when we view the knowledge and experience of those pioneers who have laid the foundation for which we all tread. Ray Harryhausen is one such pioneer in the cinematic history of 'Dimensional Stop-Motion Animation'. He is well known for his life works on fantasy films during the 1950's, 60's and 70's.

Ray derived a process were he could combine live-action with animation. It is similar to the split-screen process we see today.

His fundamental years of experimentation and exploration into new processes for combining live-action and animation began early in Ray's life. As a boy he created his first studio in his parents garage. One of his first experiments was filmed in a garden. He quickly learnt that sun light moves, effecting the shadows and continuity of his film. With this fundamental lesson learnt early that every framed exposure needs to be controlled, he began collecting lights and a Kodak Cine II camera that possessed a one frame shaft allowing him complete control over the scene.

During the time between 1938/40 Ray meet 'Willis O'Brien', the master animator who created the dinosaurs and animated them for 'The Lost World' and 'King Kong'. These two impressionable movies inspired Ray to follow his passion for animation. After meeting O'Brien at MGM Studios he received advice about his animation projects that would change the way he worked helping him create more fluid animations. "You've got to put more character into it and study anatomy to learn where the muscles connect to the bone". Determined and passionate Ray enrolled in night classes in art and anatomy.

Ray went on to develop beautiful films and also published books on the art of animation.

Although Ray has a list of successful films he worked on including 'MIGHTY JOE YOUNG" and "JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS" to name a few, my favourites have been his earlier works on Fairy Tales. Below is the 'MOTHER GOOSE STORIES' released in 1946.
Enjoy the work of a talented and passionate man who loved this amazing art form of ANIMATIONNNNNNNN!

Animation Principles

Today we focus upon the 'Principles of Physical Animation'. These main priciples were developed by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. Two of Disneys famous 'Nine Old Men'. The 'Nine Old Men' were a fundamental group of supervising animators pioneering Disney's unique style of animation.

1. Squash and stretch- Demonstrates weight and volume to a character.
2. Anticipation- Prepares the viewers for an action.
3. Staging- Directs the viewers attention to the storyline.
4. Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose- From the first drawing to the end drawing in sequence. And Pose to Pose uses key drawings done at intervals.
5. Follow Through and Overlapping Action- Character stops but their arms or hair need to catch up. Overlapping the character changes direction while his clothes or hair continues forward.
6. Slow In and Slow Out- Fewer drawings make the action faster and more drawings make the action slower.
7. Arcs- Natural action and better flow.
8. Secondary Action- Adds more dimension to a character. Supporting action.
9. Timing- More drawings between poses slow and smooth the action. Fewer drawings make the action faster and crisper.
10. Exaggeration- Extreme distortion of a drawing or extremely broad caricature of facial features, expressions, poses, attitudes and actions.
11. Solid Drawing (same or different as Weight)- Basic principles of drawing form, weight, volume solidity and three dimension.
12. Appeal- Easy to read design, clear drawing, and personality development that will capture and involve the audience¹s interest.

Animation History 101!- 'Lady & the Tramp'

Welcome, Welcome, Welcome! to the magical world of story telling. On topic today is the well loved CLASSIC 'Lady and the Tramp' by Disney. Oh bless them. They continue to inspire generations after generations. The realistic style of there animation is beliveable and in turn captivating. Joyfully we relate to there lovable characters and find ourselfs exscaping into there world of imagination.

How did Disney get his idea for 'Lady and the Tramp'? Who could ever really know. Many people around Walt remember the time he had an 'IDEAS' man working at his studio by the name of Joe Grant. This was during the late 1930's at Disney studios when Walt became inspired by a drawing Joe had sketched of his family pet, a spring a spanual. Some kind of cute dog. It is believed that Walt was invited to dinner by Joe and his wife. That night when Walt viewed the drawing the ideas for 'Lady and the Tramp' were born.
Work began on the concept and by 1943 Walt viewed the storyboard for the first time. He didn't like it. The problem layed with Lady. She was too nice. The mean 'Mother-in-law' with the crazy cats and the evil rate were not enough of a catalist for the making of a great strong story.

While the show had been put back on the shelf, Disney came across an artical in the Cosmopolitian magazine about a sinical dog named Dan- 'Happy Dan the sinical dog'. From the artical Walt had the idea of combining a 'sinical dog' with a 'too nice' lady dog. A great IDEA was born.
There may be many takes on how Walt concieved the idea but my favorate story was about the gift he gave his wife. Wraped up in a hat box was a puppy. Could this of been the birth of his original idea, may it simply be an evolutionary step for his idea or did it really happen at all? Retorical questions are always fun for coming up with new ideas.

The time had rolled by and Disney studios had servived the budget cuts and down scales impossed by the global confict of WWII. It was time to start making feature films once again. It was now 1953 and a new animator was helping Walt with 'Lady and the Tramp'. His name was Ward Greene. Joe Grant had left the studio and his initial contribution had been cut from the film. The evolving IDEA of a love story between two different characters from two different world became the main theme for the film.

This beautiful film entered the world in 1955. It was released to theaters on June 22. As a gratefull fane of Disney's works I would like to say that however this move concept was created it has become a gift to the world for all to enjoy.

Dream BIG!
Jac

No Time Like The Present

Hello All and welcome to my wonderfull world!

Yes there is no time like the present to be enjoying life. I definitely am.
So starts a new chapter in my life. New places, New faces and the big world of animation to enjoy learning.
True to my form I have set my mind to a plan and it only feels like now that my feet are begining to catch up. A very short time ago I was dreaming about this very moment. First day of class in ANIMATION :) , a new State to explore and interesting people to meet. As you can imagine it is nothing like what I had invisioned. Really I didn't have a clue what to expect. Luckily for me it has turned out to be better then anything I had imagined. 'Carpe Deim'- Seize the day!

The Art of ANIMATION
Art is my favorate love of life. I love it all. Art galleries, graffiti walls, music, street art, visual images in all shapes and sizes. I come from a photography background with a interested in the moving image. Maybe its just a natural instinict for a photographer to want to explore the world of a moving image. It would seem that way for me. The art of animation is a whole new world of limitless potential for making any idea a reality. Let the fun begin!

One of the many great things about animation is the study of MOVEMENT. This clip from 'Minnie the Moocher' is my favourite. The introduction to the episode is great swinging dance number and you see how they have applyed it to the ghost character in the cartoon.




Hope you enjoy!!!!!!!!!


Always remeber to dream BIG!

Jac