#video studio

[conferenceoncamera]

Revisiting a photo/video studio converted from an 1800s barn

[silverlunarella]

Celebrate responsibly.

[dungeon-vault]

[olessan]

Ōkami prototype A (2004) | Ōkami Sequel (2024)

[douglasbradburyverne]

Larian should definitely give a raise to whoever's in charge of their social media

[smallpwbbles]

Let me quickly just put this here and get out of the line of fire y’all will aim at me

[swampjawn]

Time to talk an unnecessary amount about floors!

Episode 6 of Dungeon Meshi was produced in collaboration with a smaller studio, Enishiya - and it went way harder than I expected, for being made up of two relatively simple and self contained stories focusing on one character each.

And you can really see how those extra resources meant the animators could give full focus to both halves of the episode. Let's take a look at one piece that stole the show.

The first half was handled primarily by episode director/storyboard artist Keita Nagahara and co-animation director Hirotoshi (or Hiroaki? [1]) Arai. It's actually kinda insane how much of this section can be attributed to these two.

But the real star of the show is the second half, Chilchuck vs the mimic, led by co-animation director Toya Ooshima in his first animation director role for TV anime!

And the biggest aspect that knocked my dang boots off was something that's very consistent with Ooshima's style: background animation!

By animating the backgrounds rather than using painted still images, Ooshima and the team of other similarly skilled animators are able to create these beautiful dynamic camera movements that wouldn't be possible otherwise. Like these cuts by Takeshi Maenami where the camera becomes an expressive part of the scene, zipping forward and backward, and tilting to emphasize the speed of this murderous hermit crab. (Maenami's style is also very recognizable here - snappy timing and quick camera movements)

Or this cut by the incredible Kaito Tomioka which cleverly combines a traditional background for the walls with a fully animated floor. The level of detail in these tiles is just completely insane, and used to great effect with this wide, diagonal angle, and the way the camera tentatively drifts forward before reversing direction, and the tiles blur out as it speeds up.

I don't think I'm the only one caught off guard by how much they full-assed this little side story, but it was a pleasant surprise!

I broke down the entire episode in this video here. A lot of research went into this one, and I think it's the best one of these videos I've made so far, so if you're at all interested in more of this type of analysis in video form, I would really appreciate it if you checked it out, or re-blogged this post! Thanks

[1] It's listed as Hirotoshi on Anime News Network, but Hiroaki on a key frame that Studio Trigger shared on Twitter, so I'm not sure which one is wrong.

[xenarai]

[artsophiehml]

Mel Medarda study !!!!! i love my wife

[november32nd]

LOOKS TO THE MOON So far, all the illustrations that I've posted here have been fairly old, but this one is very recent. I'm not usually one for fanart but Rain World is both an incredible and visually stunning game and it felt wrong to not give it any love, so I sincerely hope you enjoy.

[dailyhatsune]

hatsune moji

[silverlunarella]

✨Patreon

✨Redbubble

[sabertoothwalrus]

these drawings are almost a year old, can you believe it? here’s the timelapse ✨ I usually skip doing lineart, but apparently I did for these!

[deathlywounded]

"Hunt" part 1. My tav Revna and daddy Halsin. Rev is a spore Druid/urchin wood elf (my favorite kind of Druid) they have horns due to spending the last years of their life living in isolation away from civilization, adopting the likeness of goats and cervines in the heart of the forested mountains. Such is their love for these animals they decided to keep the horns and the singularly colored eyes (also, they miss the weight on their head when not wearing them) Decided to make them a genderless beast because, hear me out, a shapeshifter being connected to nature n’ living away from human costumes studying fungal behavior. What would a being like that need a damn gender for? Nothing, the answer is nothing."

Here is my art Instagram, I´m far more active there. And do NOT use/repost my work without consent or credit, dammit.

[meillex]

Polle Meillex says: I'm still thinking A LOT about Mouthwashing

Play Mouthwashing 🫵🏻

[sd-toons]

Ever since The Owl House finale I wanted to update this little scene animation and I finally found the time too! The animation itself is super simple but I still love how cute it is! Brief description recommended and taken directly from anistarrose: A short looping animation of the Collector and King sleeping on the couch of the Owl House, looking peaceful and breathing slowly. The Collector is holding François with them under their blanket, and King is curled up around a doll of the Collector. Balls of golden light float all around them.