"The Little Prince" International Trailer

 

The International trailer for "The Little Prince" directed by Mark Osbourne has finally been released! Unfortunately for English speakers, it's in french but I'm assuming a English trailer will be released soon.

It's great to finally start to see trailers and promotional materials be released to the public, this movie was amazing to work on and hopefully it will be received well around the world.

There's a Man in the Woods

Haven't had the chance to post anything in a while but I felt I had to share this short film by Calarts Student Jacob Streilein entitled "There's a Man in the Woods". Thought provoking, intense and with perfectly themed music I really enjoyed this.

Control Bear

Really interesting and very Miyazaki looking animation called 'Control Bear'

Cloudy 2 Whiteboard

During my time on "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" I decided to have a collaborative drawing whiteboard, and also something to remind me of when cutoff for director review was (as it usually changed daily). The idea was I would start with a blank whiteboard on Monday morning and either leave it till someone would start drawing upon Dan desk visit, or I would start with something small and simple which would grow by Friday (or Saturday).

"Animators are disturbed creatures"

"Pirate plant"

"Expressionist Animators"

"Too much coffee"

"Dino" - by Simon Black

"Bleeding Pac man ghost?"

"Poo joke" by Simon Black

"Bathtub monster"

"Julius' rabbit" by Julius Kwan

"Julius Kwan" by Philip Rudolph and myself

"Director visit" by Cody Cameron and myself (while drinking all my Jameson)

"No" by Julius Kwan

"We're done"

Laundry Day

Awesome 4th year film from Sheridan College student Guilllaume Chartier, entitled "Laundry Day".


Great unexpected ending to this.

Little Quentin

An amazing short entitled "Little Quentin" directed by Albert 't Hooft & Paco Vink from Anikey Studios



I love the style of this, it's like a mix of Tim Schafer's "Full Throttle" and Sam Kieth's "The Maxx" combined with film noir! Fwah, awesomes.

QuitSmoking 2d animation

Really cool 2d animations for Quit Smoking awareness.

Dumb Ways to Die

Very cute (and slightly disturbing) animation.


With a catchy song to boot!

Charles Santoso - Woodwork Exhibition

If you're in Sydney from the 1st - 13th of November this year, then head over to Kinokuniya Bookstore and check out the super talented artwork of Charles Santoso, who I am privileged to call a friend. Again I'm going to be in another country and miss out on this!

Facebook event page - https://www.facebook.com/events/354768631281074/

For more of Charles' work visit http://www.charlessantoso.com/wp/ and http://charlessantoso.tumblr.com/

Joe Bowers Interview Frame by Frame

Frame by frame breakdown of scenes animated by Joe Bowers on Disney's "Tangled". Very cool and detailed analysis from Joe Bowers himself, detailing Glen Keane's involvement in making his shots even better, and how he overcame some tough and challenging shots. There's also a section on Joe's work on Disney's "Bolt".


While on John Carter in London, Animation Supervisor Clay Kaytis from Disney stopped by to do his "Tangled" talk, and showed us some examples of Glen Keane's drawings over already really good poses. It was mind explodingly awesome to say the least. To work under Glen Keane's direction would've been amazing.

Eclipse - short film

Wow this short film from Gobelins students is amazing. I love the lack of dialogue, it's classic sci fi feel, tone and mood. It reminds me of the old Lucasarts game "The Dig". This has some great cinematography as well. I love the shot at 2:24.


Watch it in HD full screen with the music loud, it's worth it for it's haunting soundtrack, which has an 80's sci fi touch to it. Reminds me of the original "Tron" in parts, with a touch of "Alien".

Really awesome work.

Dreamworks "Me and My Shadow"

First poster look at forthcoming Dreamworks animated movie "Me and My Shadow" directed by Alessandro Carloni (How to Train your Dragon). The premise sounds cool and the idea of using 3d and 2d animation makes me really intrigued to see how this looks.

Read the premise here:

http://geektyrant.com/news/2012/7/24/poster-for-dreamworks-animations-me-and-my-shadow.html

The Art of Legend of the Guardians

Animal Logic in Sydney Australia have finally released their long awaited "Art of Legend of the Guardians". Working on Guardians was a great experience that I'll never forget. Can't wait to get a hold of my copy!

Order one now through their website below!:

Animal Logic

The Lion King CTN expo talk

I love the CTN videos on Vimeo. The celebration of "The Lion King" one is awesome, and a must watch for any Lion King fans. Always great listening to Andreas Deja and Mark Henn talk. Thanks for CTN for posting this!



Copied from the video info, here are the names of the speakers:
Roger Allers Director
Ruben Aquino Supervising Animator
Brenda Chapman Head of Story
Andreas Deja Supervising Animator
Mark Henn Supervising Animator
Andy Gaskill Art Director
Irene Mecchi Writer
Rob Minkoff Director

Key Lime Pie

A great animation by Trevor Jimenez entitled "Key Lime Pie". I saw it a while ago but felt like sharing it, it's worth watching it again and again. I love it's film noir style. Death's design is awesome!

Disney's Gravity Falls Opening

This looks really cool. Intro to Disney's tv show "Gravity Falls". Not sure what it's about but by this intro vid alone I'm interested to watch!

Murder - Short film by Yang Tzu Ting

Short film entitled "Murder" Yang Tzu Ting. Dark and disturbing with a very cool Frank Miller "Sin City" style to it.



Interesting concept, reminds me of the movie "The Prestige".

What's your interpretation of the ending?

Kagemono: The Shadow Folk

Short film from Cal Arts artist Sabrina Cotugno entitled "Kagemono: The Shadow Folk"



Wow really amazing work, really enjoyed this!

Deadlight Trailer

Trailer for upcoming xbox zombie game Deadlight.



Looks awesome, makes me want to buy an xbox!

Louis Gonzales interview

Great interview led by Bobby Chiu with story artist Louis Gonzales from the "Schoolism" website. I really like how he describes silhouettes as verbs that he aims to communicate the pose as clear as possible.

check it out here, its well worth the 40 minute listen:

Louis Gonzales - Schoolism