r/animation

Hoping to find what cartoon this is a part of. Was found at a yard sale in Arizona. The seller did not know anything about it

I so badly want this animation desk. But it's so damn rare to come by. It feels as though this awesome desk is being gate kept by people. Which really sucks. (NOTE: I am just expressing my frustration and how my experience has been like trying to track down this cool desk. I'm not literally accusing people of gate keeping, just that it felt like it.)

I can't find any place which sells one. All of them are either sold out or are asking for thousands of dollars, which is ridiculous. The hobby of animation shouldn't have to be that expensive and inaccessible. So if a kind soul could just please provide an in-depth guide with measurements, then that would be awesome. So that I can just build my own, with budget friendly materials.

But if no one is going to be helpful and provide any building guides, then I'll just have to eye ball the thing as I build my own. And through trial and error, I will eventually come up with a good enough design, which I'll share publicly for free, for anyone to use and improve upon.

So I was playing Street Fighter 6, and "hey, pretty cool soundtrack, I should animate to this", and so I did.

Back in 2012 while I was at SCAD I somehow secured 10k dollars in private funding to try and produce a proof of concept for an idea I had been developing. I reached out to Clover at Wolfsmoke Studios (this was not long after Kung Fu Cooking Girls had come out) and Studio Mir which had only been open for less than 2 years.

Clover was very nice and professional about it, but Wolfsmoke passed. Mr. Lee the business planning manager at the time (now Vice President) for Studio Mir told me the budget was not quite enough but I was welcome to come and pitch the idea. I was in Korea visiting my wife (the greencard process had us separated) at the time.

When I arrived I was told that I would actually be meeting with Director Yoo Jae Myung (who was a lead animator on Avatar: The Last Airbender and Annie Award winner). My jaw dropped. We met in his office and I presented my project. I pulled out my FLCL Groundwork book to help explain what I was going for and he laughed because Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino had brought the same book when presenting Avatar at JM Animation.

We had a great meeting that lasted about 2 hours. At the end he told me Studio Mir was looking to go in a different direction but he offered to let me come and continue developing my idea at the studio for 2 weeks. My jaw dropped again and I quickly accepted. They gave me a cubicle with a light table next to one of the character designers, Kim Il Kwang, an amazingly talented artist.

For 2 weeks I came in around 8am and worked on test animation and designs while having lunch and talking to the team there. I had a few more meetings with Director Yoo as well. Everyday he would come around and chat with everyone, usually with Mir the dog who was a little puppy back then. The studio felt like such a wholesome place to be.

I'll never forget one of my lunches with Director Yoo when we were talking about influences. I mentioned Yutaka Nakamura and Bahi JD and how much I love high energy effects. He agreed that effects heavy scenes are wonderful but he gave me very good advice. I don't remember his words verbatim, but he said be careful of just having effects for the sake of effects. There should be a reason why these wild things are happening. That will give it more depth and be a better story.

One of the many highlights was getting to watch the Avatar Wan episodes in the private screening room a few months before they were going to be released. This was a while ago, but it will always stand out as one of the coolest and luckiest experiences of my life. I will always be incredibly grateful. I still keep in touch with some of the team, and was able to pitch a second time a few years ago but that's a different story.

When I left a bunch of the artists and producers signed an animation frame for me (second picture) and it is one of my most prized possessions. Thank you Studio Mir for being so awesome to a young animation student.

I post stop motion videos on my YouTube if you guys want to follow my journey. I’m new but have a bunch of characters and lore that I’m dropping!

Animation practice. Made with procreate dreams.

Last winter, I was fortunate enough to be Lead Animator on this beautiful film. The short follows the story of a carrier pigeon in a changing world and touches on themes of identity, purpose and survival in the face of automation (relevant much?). The short features 3D animated characters against a backdrop of beautifully painted 2D backgrounds, with special effects hand-drawn by Disney veteran Dan Lund. I am so proud of this project, and I’m beyond excited to share this trailer with you. Enjoy!

Looking for honest feedback on this idle animation. What feels off? Timing, weight, poses, spacing, or overall appeal—any critique is appreciated!

Версия анимации 0.2 ⚡️

Это шаблон анимации, чтобы примерно понимать, как будет выглядеть финальная версия.

👁 Далее будет этап 0.3, где созданы промежуточные кадры между «синим» Дантигом, чтобы анимация выглядела плавнее (мы увеличим скорость, будет не медленно и не слишком быстро).

👁 Следующий этап 0.4. Здесь уже будет реализовано моргание, смена взгляда в разные стороны, затемнение к концу.

👁 Финальный шаблонный этап 0.5. Здесь исправляются огрехи в предыдущих этапах, а также добавляется финальная кат-сцена.

Затем будут этапы готовой версии анимации.

Зачем вам это? Незачем, это скорее нужно мне..

A moody cinematic shot of a ship sailing through a stormy night sea, with a surprising underwater encounter.

Created in Blender, graded and sound designed in DaVinci Resolve. Whale and Ship models are not mine.

Feedback welcome! ⚓🐋

I’m sharing this today! It’s 38°C today, and I’m already sweating just from watching Safira move. The worst part is that it looks pretty hot over on her end, too.

Anyway… I finally finished animating these longest 13 seconds of my life. This took forever, and I couldn't have done it without Laura Pacheco Cadena’s references.

Cheers!

I gathered real life images of running foxes from Pinterest and tracing over the shape, outlining the poses.