#@calarts

[uselessalexis165]

“We need more complex characters!”

You guys can’t even handle them lmao

(electric boogaloo)

[elusive-outhouse]

right bellow cipher hunt. historical site. billford baby trap mpreg.!!!!!!!! in the real. real in the real realness real real wide wide world

alex you should please visit calarts again pretty please please please please please please ❤️pelase

-blueprints:-

bonus springtrap breastfeeding baby matpat kittens

[the-cal-zone]

(this was inspired by a diff post i saw earlier) (edit: i found the og, its @ackedack :3)

[admoooosa]

more stuff from my 4th year film ! I can't believe it has been a couple years at this point. (the last one was drawn more recently)

A dragon enters his living room, struggling to remember something important... He then goes to work.

Written/Directed/Animated/Designed by me, with help from Jay Lee, Chelsea Li, Sumin Cho, Ladin Kazman, and Kim Nguyen!

With voices by Joe Thad Deahl, Tim Eterno, and John Whinfield.

Music composed, and sound designed by Paul Michael Cardon. You can watch the whole thing here! <3

[janellefeng]

Portfolio updated! Here are some of my work for Annecy 2023 short ¡Que Onda Wey!2005

You can view the full portfolio on my website.

[dramartist]

The Art of Murder

I HAD to draw them all in their referenced styles. The pilot was so great, I NEED more of it. This show hits my artist/theater heart perfectly ❤️

Albie personally is my fav just because I used to heavily reference the Disney princess body type while learning anatomy (oh god their waists. those were the dark days before I learned proper anatomy).

[colinarmistead]

48hr film, the theme was Pirate

[minimuii]

:/

[teleostuber]

My first yr film don’t look at me, freak

[seawaveleo]

film character ideas and rough animation test

[basbird]

NEVER STOP HAVING TRUE VISION PT. 1 | Sketchbook 2/2022 This is one of my favorite sketchbook spreads of all time. This is one of my very favorite spreads, ever. My bread and butter will always be intense emotions, mouth shapes, and comically enormous sharp teeth. As I drew these strange clairvoyant animals, they started to transform.  I love the idea of transformation as a metaphor for catharsis.

[sjbattleangel]

Public Service Announcement: There Is No "CalArts Style".

Can't believe I still have to say this!

Despite everything you might have heard, there is no "CalArts Style." It doesn't exist. CalArts isn't an art-style or animation studio, it's actually a university for art and animation founded by the Disney brothers. (Yes, THOSE Disney brothers)

I know there's this image going around of these cartoon characters sharing the same head, eyes and smile...

but that's deliberate, misleading exaggeration. In reality..

They're actually very different from one another. Sure, they share a few faint similarities but overall each character and their respective series have their own style and identity.

Animation with those similarities? (Round eyes, mouthes and bendy limbs) There're actual names for that style of animation: Rubber-Hose, Bean-Mouth, Noodle-Arm, Fleischerian. take your pick.

But to call all animation with those little similarities "CalArts"? It's stupid, lazy and dishonest. CalArts didn't create or popularize the Bean-Mouth. Like all art-styles, it became trendy following the major success of shows like Adventure Time, Steven Universe, ect. And most importantly, there is no uniform style at CalArts. In fact, here, let me show you the work of noticeable CalArts Alumni:

Just look at the diverse art-styles and animation, all from former CalArts students!

On a side-note:

Rebbeca Sugar (Steven Universe) never went to CalArts.

Ben Bocquelet (Gumball) never went to CalArts.

Nate Stevenson (She-Ra) never went to CalArts either! (Something I find hilarious since She-Ra doesn't look anything like the aforementioned Bean-Mouth cartoons but rather a bold, modernized version of Sailor Moon)

Another reason why people must stop using the term "CalArts"/"CalArts Style"? It was coined by none other than disgusting predator John K. Yes, John K, the co-creator of Ren & Stimpy who used his influence to prey on teenage girls. (TW: sexual exploitation, grooming, gaslighting.) He coined the term "CalArts"/"CalArts Style" to bash works like The Iron Giant, Animaniacs, Gargoyles, Les Triplettes De Belleville (which is also ridiculous since Sylvain Chomet didn't go to CalArts) along with the works of Disney, Warner Bros., Dreamworks, Richard Williams and Don Bluth. In simple terms, he was a toxic piece of work who loved tearing anything that didn't meet his standards of zany, off-model grotesqueness.

Here, a friend of mine on social media explains better than I can:

Thanks for listening. Hope I helped.

[quirinah]

tomesaburou gekkans

[spongebob-connoisseur]

Aww hell naw they done Steven Universe'd Spunchbop😭😭😭

[elbiotipo]

also OH BOY I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CARTOON SET IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE. SUCH AN EXOTIC, UNEXPLORED SETTING. THROUGH ANIMATION, WE CAN MAKE ALL SORT OF SPECTACULAR AND AWESOME SETTINGS, SO WE SHOULD MAKE A CARTOON SET IN CALIFORNIA. EVERY KID IS FROM CALIFORNIA RIGHT? WE SHOULD ALL MAKE CARTOONS IN CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE NEVER MADE A CARTOON IN CALIFORNIA OMG.

[janellefeng]

Short film I made in 48hr, the theme was "rat"....so.......here he is

Music: Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in A Minor RV356