#animation 101

[briannas-casebook]

INTRODUCTION TO THE MAKING OF: MACKINNON AND SAUNDERS 30 YEARS AND BEYOND EXHIBITION AT THE WATERSIDE GALLERY. MAQUETTES.

A few weeks before my return to university after the holidays, I saw the Mackinnon and Saunders 30 Years and Beyond exhibit. Held from the 9th of November to the 25th of February. An exhibit dedicated to the animation and puppet-making studio that created the stop motion models and armatures for animated productions such as The Corpse Bride (2005), Fantastic Mr.Fox (2009), Frankinweenie (2011), Mars Attacks (1996), and most recently the Guillermo Del Toro's stop motion version of Pinnochio in 2022.

Coming to this exhibition with my family, I knew it would house many stop-motion puppets from notable productions like Del Toro's Pinnochio. But it was only until I saw these signs with the Mackinnon Saunders logo and the list of staff who worked on their productions. It was eye-opening knowing just how many productions this studio contributed to so many of the most iconic and critically acclaimed pieces of stop motion animation, yet the general public and animation fanbase credit the craft of these films to a single individual such as the directors of these films (Wes Anderson, Tim Burton Guillermo Del Toro, etc.). It made the concept of animation, especially films and feature films, a collaborative effort shaped by an entire team of talented artists rather than by a single genius auteur sink in.

Plus, it was incredible being up close with stop motion armatures from animated films that I've watched and continue to inspire me. As well as incredible to photograph and film them.

Overall, I found my visit to the Lauriston Gallery a fun and insightful experience and a great source of inspiration and primary research.

[catismylife]

#101

[scurviesdisneyblog]

A look behind the scenes during the production of 101 Dalmatians (1961) with animators Eric Larson and Frank Thomas and Anita's voice actress Lisa Davis.

[101suouexpressions]

You know the friendship is real when your first instinct against danger is to protect the group's little puppy.

This is one of the scenes that I adore SO much. You can tell that both Suou and Sakura made the decision to shield Nirei subconsciously. This is so important because usually Sakura would charge into the battlefield and leave Nirei in the care of Suou since he was aware that Suou could do that with ease.

The look of surprise on their faces when they saw the other doing the same thing is so priceless. I think at that moment they really realised how much they had grown on each other.

[happyheidi]

𝟣𝟢𝟣 𝖣𝖺𝗅𝗆𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖺𝗇𝗌, 𝟣𝟫𝟨𝟣

[taro-wong]

On learning to feel.

Sequel.

[uyallstars]

[tampire]

Cronus in the first and last episodes of Class of the Titans

[mikuyuuss]

I love that Mitsuri is a little silly and stupid at times, shes a girlboss AND a girlfailure to me <3 but apparently there are some people that genuinely dislike her for those things? I understand Mitsuri's character isn't for everyone, BUT WAIT, HEAR ME OUT.

I've always had this headcanon that Mitsuri had a somewhat sheltered childhood growing up, since In the Rengoku Gaiden, she randomly got discriminated by a stranger for her hair color, so I can only imagine that she probably got that on a daily basis.

I'm sure Mitsuri's parents don't enjoy seeing their eldest daughter bring harassed, so perhaps they might have coddled her a bit. Maybe that could explain why Mitsuri comes off as childish, innocent or """"stupid"""" as many people would say. For me, it's more like her personality just screams "sheltered kid", through no fault of her own tho.

(this is taken from the second fanbook, translated by @/violetheart08)

The fact that she's happy to have friends at the corps, suggests to me that she probably didn't have many friends growing up, she most likely got bullied too, and if that's the case, it's understandable that she can come across as overly friendly and excitable whenever she's befriending new people.

She's actually socially awkward like Giyuu, but just on the opposite end of the spectrum lol, that's why I love them both.

But still, it's not that Mitsuri is straight up incompetent. She's very creative and thinks outside of the box with her breathing style. She also adapts pretty well in high stress situations, we saw this in swordsmith arc, but also we see this very clearly in the Rengoku Gaiden too.

The fact that it only took her two years to become a hashira shows that she has a level of discipline to attain that title. Not only did Rengoku trained her well, this is also no feat that a truly "stupid" person can achieve.

The reason why I have this particular headcanon about Mitsuri is because some families do put A LOT of importance on reputation, especially asian families, when their kids start showing traits that would make them "different" they tend to "hide" the kids in order to protect their reputation so they won't lose their chances at marriage.

(Though I'm not saying all asian families are like this. This is mostly just based on my personal experience that I won't elaborate further)

It reminded me of this scene, when Mitsuri's family suggested that she can just stay with them forever when she was worried that she won't be able to find someone. I love Mitsuri's parents and they are VERY GREAT for their time, but also this is really relatable to me personally :(

And given how marriage was such a big deal in Taisho era, I imagine that it was a mixture of that and the pressure to conform and protect their daughter at the same time that led me to imagine that Mitsuri probably had a sheltered lifestyle.

And you know it's possible that I'm wrong about all of these lmao, but just the fact that she has a comparably normal childhood is a good enough reason as to why she's more positive and naive compared to her peers. I know this is all just a headcanon, but I do wish people can be a bit more considerate towards Mitsuri before hating on her for being "loud" "stupid" and "annoying"

[whitefireprincess]

Meet Grey

[briannas-casebook]

ANIMATION 101: BOUNCING BALL - FOOTBALL AND PING PONG BALL

In continuation of my bouncing ball exercise, I made two other bouncing ball animation tests. One that I based on the movement and physics of a football, and the other is based on a ping-pong ball.

I enjoyed getting into the rhythm of animating each part frame by frame, and there's always something satisfying about seeing the movement you created in an object or character come to life as you work on it.

Some problems I had while animating these two, particularly the football, was drawing each frame, or layer, of the football by hand and trying to keep the shape consistent. I wanted to train myself to be able to redraw the shape with consistency to the shape that came before. I did this by lowering the transparency of the previous layer in the procreate document, tracing over it in a new layer, and moving it slightly. This was easy for the most part, as the football was heavy. It didn't have that many contact points with the ground and lost momentum quickly. The ping-pong ball, on the other hand, is light. It isn't easy for it to lose momentum, and it is probably the ball with the most contact points with the ground. It also bounces higher too, compared to the football, so redrawing each frame would be impractical and an unnecessary strain. So I drew one drawing for the ball and copied and pasted it to each successive layer, moving it each time for each frame.

Another problem I ran into with the ping pong ball animation was that I ran out of frames to work with. as it turns out, a procreate document can only have a maximum of 88 layers. Thus I couldn't finish the ping-pong ball's movement in full, such as showing the point where it runs out of momentum and stops on the ground. As I couldn't figure out how to fix this or extend the project's layer capacity, I was forced to leave this test unfinished.

I like the animations I was able to create with this exercise. I hope to improve my skill in constant, solid-shape drawing and figure out how I can either increase the number of layers I can crate in a Procreate document or find ways to work around this limitation in the future.

[originalartblog]

1 year and 4 months later: ANIME EDITION (x)

[scurviesdisneyblog]

ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʀᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴍɪʟᴛ ᴋᴀʜʟ - ᴘᴇɴᴄɪʟ ᴛᴇꜱᴛꜱ

[etrevil]

The gaydar is off the charts

[galoogamelady]

Is buttons (fallout) allowed to be happy for more than 15 minutes at a time or is he the punching bag? He just radiates this pitiful vibe. I want to give him an ice pack and a little box of cereal to nibble on.

Meg makes him happier than anything or anyone in the Vault.

It's possible he would have crawled back in there to have a miserable rest of his life if it wasn't for his newfound freedom in the wasteland and the meaningful relationships he made along he way.

[chelledoggo]

what does my "just like me fr" squad say about me?