NYTimes: The Beauty of the Power Game

There's an awesome slow-motion gallery featuring top female tennis players over on the NYTimes website. 

The Beauty of the Power Game

Interview With Disney Legend John Hench

In this interview animator John Hench talks about his experiences working at Disney's during WWII. As a bit of trivia, Hench is also the longest term employee of Disney Studios. He was also made a Disney Legend in 1990 for Animation & Imagineering.

John Hench Interview Part 1  --  Part 2

6 Minutes of Super Slow Motion!

This is a great motion study! The large concrete block karate chop and the egg in the mousetrap are awesome!


6 Minutes of Slow Motion

Iron Giant test sequence

This is a great pencil test with Hogarth. Check out the full series of drawings here 'Ultimate Iron Giant'.




Iron Giant test sequence
Hogarth & Giant Levels
Lead Animator: Greg Manwaring

Disney Withdraws from Annie Awards?

Just had to pass this on:

Disney, Pixar Withdraw From Annie Awards via animation mag

 

 

Floyd Norman's "Memories with the Mouse"

This is a lecture give by Disney animator Floyd Norman from back in 2008. Norman shows slides and shares some fabulous stories from his years working at Disney Studios. He was named a Disney Legend in 2007.The sound on the footage has a bad echo but the content is great!

 You can also follow Floyd on Twitter (floydnorman) and through his blog Mr. FUN.




Part 1



Part 2


Part 3


Part 4

Inspiration: David Holt Plays Mountain Music

This TED episode really takes me back to my roots growing up in the foothills of Tennessee. David Holt's passion for folk music and storytelling is very inspirational! He plays "olde tyme" rhythms, instruments, and lyrics that echo from another era. The sweetness of contrast, melody, timing, exaggeration, anticipation, finesse, staging, etc. in music all apply to the craft of animation. I think the same basic words can describe all art forms (ever heard of the golden mean).
Anyhow, enjoy the performance and check out David's website www.davidholt.com!! 

Bowerbirds 'In Our Talons' -- Stop Motion Vid

This is just great stuff!!


Bowerbirds "In Our Talons" from Alan Poon on Vimeo.

'Danny & Annie' by The Rauch Brothers

This is one of those pieces that really gets you down deep. I mean REALLY deep. Love is the greatest thing on earth and it's beautifully represented in this short film.  Check out StoryCorps for more info about the project.


Danny & Annie from StoryCorps on Vimeo.

The Creative Person: Richard Williams (1966)

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Part 2



Part 3

'The Illusionist' pencil tests removed but....

[UPDATE]

Looks like the pencil tests for the 'The Illusionist' were taken down.

Inspiration! -- 'Vanishing Point' by Takuya Hosogane

This is a fun abstract short by Takuya Hosogane


Vanishing Point from Bonsajo on Vimeo.


Demonstration of graphics controllers:


VJ with Steel Battallion Controller (2) from Bonsajo on Vimeo.

'Tangled' Concept Art

Found a huge gallery of concept art for 'Tangled'! There's tons of pics! The color key boards and character dev stuff looks awesome!

// Tangled Concept Art

// Gallery 2

// Tangled Concept Art and Character Art via CGMeetup

A Tangled World: Creating the Look