Anonymous asked: I plan on (trying to) animate clasically, by hand and such. Is there a type of paper to use for it? Or do you use regular printer paper to do it? Because I am confused and marvelled by hand animators.
CRAP PAPER.
Well okay not *crap* crap paper, but honestly I found that the best paper for animating was the thinner stuff; at school we had the fancy prepunched stuff with the right holes for the peg bar which was awesome, and you could have ‘rough’ or ‘clean’ paper. Rough was more like regular printing paper, clean was very smooth and beautiful to get sharp work down onto it, but didn’t grip the lead so well (I don’t press down hard like some people) and was quite thick. I didn’t use my desk’s backlighting function very much so the slight transparency of the rough sort helped me read the flow of frames a little better, and before that I’d been animating on cheap A4 paper from the super market which was even more transparent! Horrible to manage on the peg bar though, much too small for one.
So yeah man that’s my two cents but you can use pretty much anything, and certainly any sort of paper- that’s why so many animators have made flip books in the past.
If you weren’t aware, Disney’s been making these amazing short films without any fanfare or advert.
(And by Disney, I mean they’ve probably been commissioning joint work with writers and animators from all over the place. the style is mostly consistent across the shorts.)
I don’t want to spoil anything. For maximum enjoyment, i hope you’ve watched your fair share of Disney cartoons. They reference a lot of older classic works including some of the modern feature films.
That is an entirely appropriate response and the cartoon is so self-aware it makes itself uncomfortable.
i catch up on these from time to time and every time im absolutely delighted
the thing that is absolutely mind boggling to me about this is I have seen absolutely none of these being shown on tv in the UK which I can assure you would go CUCKOO BANANAS FOR THIS STUFF
A long, moody, French animation, but a totally engrossing Kaufman-esque conceit… should have a special resonance with makers of 3D animation and others of us who have a fragile grip on reality.
An allegory for racial discrimination and lack of representation in media, Cats Don’t Dance is an underrated cartoon musical made by Warner Brothers. The story is about a young, poor, naive cat named Danny who moves to Hollywood to fulfill his dream of becoming a star, only to realize that animals aren’t given the same treatment as humans are, and his idol Darla Dimple isn’t what she seems. Filled with innocent humour, supreme colouring, and stunning musical numbers, Cats Don’t Dance unfortunately premiered at the same time as Hercules, forever making it an underappreciated movie.
Unfortunately, this is the fullscreen version. The widescreen version is out of print and hard to find.
My dad got half his jokes and witty lines from this movie
Yessssssssssssss
oh hot dog it’s actually the whole movie as well HEY GUYS IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THIS YOU SHOULD DO THAT or save it until later but I’m guessing it’ll be taken down at some point so yeah step on it
i want to take a moment to talk about the movie ‘khumba’ because i just noticed its been added to netflix
EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHECK OUT THIS MOVIE!! i watched it a few months ago and i loved it, here’s the synopsis
Rejected by his superstitious herd, a half-striped zebra embarks on a daring quest to earn his stripes but finds the courage and self-acceptance to save all the animals of the Great Karoo
some cool stuff about this movie
the studio behind this movie is triggerfish animation, based in cape town south africa. it’s a pretty new studio, they did that movie ‘adventures in zambezia’ in 2012 (the one with the birds) i think it’s awesome to see a movie made in the same place it’s set
it’s BEAUTIFULLY animated and the art direction is pretty good too especially considering it wasn’t made by any big name studios. the character designs are more interesting and varied than a lot of cgi animated stuff disney has put out i’ll say that
the movie was inspired by and dedicated to the quagga project, which was an effort to save the quagga (which looks kinda like a half striped zebra) from extinction
the cast is really impressive for a 20 million budget movie too btw
CHECK KHUMBA OUT ON NETFLIX!!! REALLY WORTH A WATCH
OMG LOOK AT THE SECOND PICTURE
HE’S STANDING IN THE SHADOWS SO IT LOOKS LIKE HE HAS STRIPES ON HIS BUTT
THAT’S REALLY ADORABLE AND KIND OF SAD HHH
And is that a fucking African Wild Dog in the first? Omg they’re like the coolest canine ever I’m gonna watch this it looks hella cute
as someone who works in animation I am both confused and mortified that I haven’t heard of this before now
