#anime pre-production

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Taarna animation drawings and cels - Heavy Metal (1981)

[chrisrin]

half the song’s boards are preeettyy much done! (YIPPEE!!) later half is going to be more action-y and dynamic (MANIFESTING) so itll prolly take me longer but im on solid pace rn with it

[gvnuzi]

Waste, waste away in the gutter with me. No, I can’t tell what is fake in my reality

I forgot to post this um 😭

If u know this song let’s make out

[brbgensokyo]

anyone serious about anime needs to watch magipokka to at least why its a brainmelter nearly two decades on

[slimecpu]

Very rough animation here - Dr. Fennel instructed Sylvie to use her magic to "make a cloud".

Animated at 10 fps

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

I have a question that I don't know the answer to. And I'm not sure if there's already an answer to this or not.

Why is Wally the only neighbor with no noes and no eyebrows? Was that like a way to make Wally seem like an outcast or something??

It droved me crazy with confusion the first time I realized this.......

And PLEASE don't see this as an ask of me "JUST noticing now". I noticed a month ago (ever sense I first started loving Welcome Home as a hyperfixation) but I kept it to myself because I was too embarrassed to ask to really know. And it's really ok if you don't know either.

oh yeah no to my knowledge we don't know why that's a Design Choice That Exists! could be to make him look a little more unsettling than the others (more out of place within his own niche to kinda mirror how he's Different despite filling the role he's made for & existing in the place he Should Be In) bc this is a Horror project, or just because no nose/eyebrows looked best on him-

but it might be something we're not In On yet! lore we haven't learned! we just don't know

[foxaroundthenight]

KAIROLAN + Sebrina’s World presents

FOX AROUND THE NIGHT

An indie Asian American production for an original animated series: a coming-of-age story within a modern day Chinese American fantasy.

Production on the pilot BEGINS NOW!

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE KOOKY, KITSCHY, OFF-BEAT EVOLUTION OF LAIKA'S PREMIERE SILVER SCREEN GRRRL.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on assorted concept art and/or character designs for Coraline Jones, the titular character from the 2009 stop motion animation film titled "Coraline," produced by Laika and Pandemonium, and directed by Henry Selick. Artwork by Shane Prigmore.

THE STORY: "While exploring her new home, a girl named Coraline discovers a secret door, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever. Coraline must use all her resources and bravery to make it back to her own family and life."

-- CHARACTER DESIGN REFERENCES/ART OF ANIMATION

Source: https://characterdesignreferences.com/art-of-animation-3/coraline.

[askstrangeweird]

Every once in a while I can make art I really like... Hope you like it too!

[faustinio27]

Guess who finished her micro-movie project?? 🥳🥳🥳

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Alice in Wonderland - Concept art by Mary Blair (1951)

[roisinkellyart]

Drunk Santa 2023

I did the Background Art for Mukpuddy Animation Studio's annual 2023 Drunk Santa skit. Watch HERE!

[pipii]

LONG POST! 💫The main character of Little Things always had a sheep esque design, even before having any meaning/adding in the sheep plushie at the end. As production went on, the sheep design came to symbolize a lamb walking towards its own slaughter. The character had to be simplified a few times. Colors were pretty difficult to choose, turquoises and blues were symbolic of life in the film, so I originally wanted to keep their hair blue, but pink was supposed to be symbolic of this "spirit realm". I went with the pinkish brown hair for the cohesiveness and also because SPOILER, the character isn't dead or alive and is somewhere in between. Plus the blue was more of an indigo anyways.

💫OKAY AND THE MONSTERS

I meant for watchers to either wonder what the monster's motives were or just think they were cute with randomly designed accessories - why are they determined to help MC? Do they want to eat them? Are they just cute little guys? Etc.

Animating 10+ characters was never going to be easy. I designed the monsters to all have the same base body shape with small changes like height. That way, it wouldn't feel like you were animating all 9 different monsters and instead it would feel like just 1. Personality traits were added which would tie into the family portrait during the void sequence, while also allowing clean-up/detailing to give the individuality. Plenty went into the designs themselves, but that will take forever to go over.

💫I'm very much an animator at heart, but I think this experience has given me more confidence and has made me realize that I actually do enjoy concept work. I love designing, but struggle with stagnancy which is why I struggle with turnarounds.

If you enjoy these BTS recaps, I have a Little Things page on my portfolio that you can check out!

[lighteraryloredump]

A little look behind the scenes for the animated short film I worked on earlier this year :) That will get its own post in due time, but for now I wanted to share a little bit about the strategies I used for the color styling in the film! I love combining more technical approaches with creative sensibilities to arrive at an outcome that supports my artistic vision while resting on foundational principles of art and design.

In my internship last summer I got the chance to do a lot more color styling work and ever since then I have loved getting to develop my eye for color palettes further <3

[twinkskeletons]

researching the production of the shrek series to confirm or deny band rpf truthing

[jpf-sydney]

Houses with a Story

Book review:

Step inside a series of captivating, imaginary homes and meet the cast of characters that live in them. This illustrated art book showcases 33 mini worlds that hail from a variety of time periods and genres.

Domesticated dragons feature in a couple of fantasy examples, Victorian trappings in others. There is a mobile home-on-rails consisting of a diesel punk train engine and living quarters carriage. Old Japan has several representations including an elderly clockmaker's house. Real world settings are also present such as a small boathouse on a river somewhere and sometime in North America or Europe. The inhabitants of the houses are full of personality and characterisation. A creekside hut is owned by a small Japanese oni. A live-in post office's worker delivers mail by dragonback.

Each home is brought to life in beautiful, full page, edge to edge main art. Supplementary spots are always provided. These come in the form of pseudo 3D cutaways and top-down floorplans. Thoughtful crafting is plainly evident in all the detail and there is great diversity to the settings and characters. Narrative is light and consists of a flavour paragraph and labelling captions.

Variety is immense but there are some patterns. Most homes are small, personal affairs although there is the occasional grand, multi floor, many roomed mansion. Stone towers and medieval cottage variants are the most frequently seen and there is a lean towards the rustic and the European. Timing is pre digital and SF is absent. Mod cons are sparing and the odd appliance or early generation fridge barely hint at electricity. Just one home has any semblance of power points. Not to be excluded, creator Seiji Yoshida also divulges his own personal world - that of a semi underground basement annex of his house where he does his art.

There is also a prevailing tinge of loneliness and solitude. Just one family is among the characters and the only other multi occupant dwelling being more of a novelty. All of the rest of the homes are the domains of singletons. Perhaps due to being envisaged as protagonists ready to star in their own stories - and to meet their friends or romantic partner enroute - it is a rare adventure that stars a settled family.

Shelf: 726.5 YOS ENG [Monogatari no ie. English]. Houses with a story : a dragon's den, a ghostly mansion, a library of lost books, and 30 more amazing places to explore. by Yoshida Seiji ; translated by Jan Mitsuko Cash.

New York : Amulet Books, 2023. ISBN: 9781419761249 (hardcover)

[iv], 123 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 24 x 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references. Translated into English from the Japanese.