tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post2492374587982273047..comments2024-03-28T09:36:03.521-07:00Comments on Deja View: How rough, how clean ? IIAndreas Dejahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10503659818150293229noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-9640971663551696212017-03-28T13:43:12.985-07:002017-03-28T13:43:12.985-07:00Hello!
I am very much enjoying bits of this blog!...Hello!<br /><br />I am very much enjoying bits of this blog! I am a descendant of Eric Cleworth, animator for Disney. I would love to get in contact with you about his work! Please respond to this comment and we can work out the details!<br /><br />Many thanks,<br />Courtney (Cleworth) SuchonCourtney Suchonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662625527640251197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-53323883543214282402015-11-19T22:39:01.985-08:002015-11-19T22:39:01.985-08:00Hi Andreas,
I'm an animator currently studyin...Hi Andreas,<br /><br />I'm an animator currently studying at Calarts in Character Animation.<br />I couldn't find a better way to get a hold of you directly so hopefully this reaches you and you get to read it.<br /><br />To cut to the chase - I'm avidly into traditional animation, but unfortunately its presence seems to be dropping off somewhat here at Calarts, and I've been noticing a worrying trend of the interest in traditional waning in the newer kids coming into the program.<br /><br />That sounds alarming and it's only a subtle decline (I've just got back here from a leave of absence so I’ve had the benefit of comparing the program from several years apart) - but its trend that needs to be nipped in the bud. <br /><br />The reason, as far as I see it and experienced it, is that the teaching here for traditional animation has changed somewhat. A lot of the faculty teaching traditional are either very young, even just graduates themselves and only worked in CGI animation within the industry itself, or approaching traditional animation from an overtly modern way - not embracing the technique but rather skewing it for use in a predominantly CGI animated industry. That’s not bad per se, especially if it was an aspect of teaching 2D - but when it’s the only method of teaching traditional here – it’s really starting to affect the passion, is not representative, in my humble opinion, of what traditional animation is – and importantly, what it could be. And that’s crucial because for it to blossom again it needs passion, needs to be understood as a technique, and needs to be used as the great tool and art form for storytelling it is. <br />Mabybe that's how they view it to be best used right now here, but for me - the only way it can really blossom again is for it to be properly embraced, and particualry the only way newer animators coming in can really get excited by it like I do, and obviously like you do yourself.<br /><br />My year's Trad teacher has recently had to take a post directing meaning he will not be in the area to teach. Leaving a space to be filled for next semester (and possibly beyond)<br /><br />With your passion for traditional, wealth of experience, and ability to really get to the heart of what makes traditional great - I'd like to ask if there's even the slightest possibility you would be available to have a more detailed convo about teaching Trad Animation at Calarts?<br />Currently classes are around 3 hours long, once a week. Often classes are split into two sections, so in that circumstance, it would be 6 hours a week. <br /><br />I fully understand and anticipate your schedule is far too loaded to be able to commit to this - but hopefully you appreciate I have to ask as I feel the art form we love could really do with an injection of passion here, at what is traditionally (excuse the pun) one of the hearts of 2D animation in America - especially for young, aspiring animators like myself.<br /><br />I know the love is there, but it's like the flame is dying infront of my eyes and I'm just trying to stoke it again – they just need that direction and I just know it can be something special like it often is. <br />Again, apologies for contacting you here – but it was the only place I knew I could do so. <br />For now, I hope to hear from you and maybe we can talk further.<br /><br />Thanks Andreas,<br />From a humble student animator.<br /><br />Trad.Animatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07609058252796157639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-7207045583639545172015-11-16T09:57:34.543-08:002015-11-16T09:57:34.543-08:00What a treat to read your commentary alongside suc...What a treat to read your commentary alongside such classic masterpieces of rough animation! Thanks for posting these.Jim Athertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094432637953806320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-8012711562422535432015-11-14T17:13:36.367-08:002015-11-14T17:13:36.367-08:00Moving lines... I Love the Roughs!!! Thank`s Andre...Moving lines... I Love the Roughs!!! Thank`s Andreas!!Nicolás.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00021128213963405412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-22047478836777026882015-11-14T13:08:40.968-08:002015-11-14T13:08:40.968-08:00You are correct. Jim. I am trying to get this corr...You are correct. Jim. I am trying to get this corrected in future printing runs. (You now own a collector's item ;)Andreas Dejahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10503659818150293229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-6436601506155922842015-11-14T11:50:20.696-08:002015-11-14T11:50:20.696-08:00Andreas, I am enjoying your book and will be soon ...Andreas, I am enjoying your book and will be soon posting an enthusiastic review on my blog ACME PUNCHED! But I wanted to ask you about an erratum I believe I have spotted in the Woolie Reitherman pages, in the sequence of Gus Goose images. On page 53 of the book, one drawing seems out of order, despite drawing numbers to the contrary: the drawing labeled 59A looks to me like it should be the first image in the whole group and cannot possibly come between 57 and 61. Am I crazy? If you want to answer directly I am at bradrick@olypen.com. Thanks!Jim Bradrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497180922922976943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-78013237478087717112015-11-13T11:43:45.665-08:002015-11-13T11:43:45.665-08:00I imagine this must be on your mind at the moment ...I imagine this must be on your mind at the moment as you are in the animation stage of your own film.<br />I'm going to have to check out more of Marc Davis' charts. Maleficent moves very steadily <br /> So I understand the even charting there, but Cruella is more contrast in her movement so it's hard to believe those charts would be even.Marc Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549932443429596568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-23136677205535927062015-11-13T10:33:16.540-08:002015-11-13T10:33:16.540-08:00I've been schooled again...Thanks for sharing!...I've been schooled again...Thanks for sharing!Brad C Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17666551699166809094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-12470723450339176132015-11-13T08:43:41.164-08:002015-11-13T08:43:41.164-08:00Fascinating stuff -- it's great to get a peek ...Fascinating stuff -- it's great to get a peek into the process, and to see how the artists' personalities come across in their work. Looking forward to getting your book! Gillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14852528655837557256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-22072122495414680412015-11-13T05:08:16.219-08:002015-11-13T05:08:16.219-08:00This information is golds, thanks for posting. The...This information is golds, thanks for posting. The insight into the focus it takes to animate at this "maestro" level daily, and that someone like Milt Kahl would be exhausted speaks for itself as far as revealing what needed to be invested. The greatest artists the world has known, not only in drawing images, but designing movement, and needing to imagine the acting and appeal from thin air. A process so complex when done well, the way it's done becomes a mystery. John O'Connell Concept and Visual Development Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722767908584488898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565467389318493488.post-62857103850335778742015-11-13T05:05:53.401-08:002015-11-13T05:05:53.401-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.John O'Connell Concept and Visual Development Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722767908584488898noreply@blogger.com