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CTN-X Recap: Living in a Studio World: The Survivor’s Guide

The Animation Mentor crew has returned from an action-packed CTN animation eXpo weekend (just as we promised). We started to unpack … but then we downloaded our photos … and yup, this unpacking stuff can wait because it’s too much fun to relive all the moments.

For example …

Our cofounder and CEO, Bobby Beck, held court with Mike Stern of DreamWorks Animation on Living in a Studio World: The Survivor’s Guide to detail the inner-workings of studio life.

Bill Desowitz, a friend of Animation Mentor (and author of his own blog, “Immersed in Movies”), joined the workshop crowd and wrote this quick recap. Thanks Bill.

Workshops like this are a lot of fun for us to put together — and they’re all for you. Nowhere else can you find such honest, in-depth, career-focused resources. Thank you for joining us and we’ll see you soon.

— The Animation Mentor Crew

It was really a great convention! I’m so happy I went

5 months ago 64 notes Reblog

penciltests:

How many drawings in a storyboarded sequence? Well, here’s one. Sequence, that is. At the end of Lilo and Stitch we were cataloging and packing up our story drawings. We got to talking about how thick the piles were. Eventually someone suggested we take a picture of the drawings for one sequence. We used the floor of a large open meeting room in the Florida studio, and brought in a scissor lift as a platform for the photographer. Then we spread out the drawings. We were all surprised just how large an area they covered. Bela Temesvary shot the picture. Then he suggested I sit in the middle of them for posterity. Now, if you’re still reading, bear in mind that this is not just one sequence from the film, but one VERSION of one sequence. Sharp-eyed observers will note that this is the obsolete chase sequence that featured a 747. That version was dropped after September 11. So this entire thing wasn’t used. Nor is this the first version of this sequence - I boarded it at least once before this. So this is probably version 2. I boarded it again from scratch at least one more time after this one was scrapped. Most people board on Cintiq now, but I still do it on paper. It’s nice to have original drawings to sit on at the end.

- Chris Sanders, Writer/Director of “Lilo and Stitch”

scurviesdisneyblog:

Minnie Mouse Animation

wannabeanimator:

A System for Planning and Timing Animation by Glen Keane

animationtidbits:

Rise of the Guardians - Shane Prigmore

Here I was playing with the idea of Pitch having to manifest/pull himself out of the darkness to take a brief, and eerie “human” form. I pushed hard throughout the entire development process (from early 2008) to not just treat Pitch like a dude in a costume, but only have him take a somewhat “human” form when needing to coerce or deceive (more on that later). In the end I lost that battle and the Pitch in the final film ended up being very much a dude in a costume. Making films is a long process with countless twists, turns, debates, and decisions along the way.

tempural:

I am quality character design blog 2012. golly gosh satan, if I change this Lizzy character’s design one more time. Her dad spoiled and sheltered her as a kid, bought her nice expensive shoes n’ clothes. She’s still mixing her eyeliner with chapstick to make black lipstick. Ha ha, oh boy!

The paper doll (and detachable parts!) in the middle is something I used for a small stop motion assignment. Bolding words makes me feel powerful.

no i don’t base my cartoons on my personal wardrobe

6 months ago 15 notes Reblog

marcanimation:

Oh yeah and here’s some model stuff as well

6 months ago 82 notes Reblog

wardkimball:

172. An early version of Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio (1940). Ward designed the final version using these drawings as reference.