The 2014 Animation Oscar Contenders

Here's a list of next year's Oscars Animation contenders preview by Variety!

http://variety.com/gallery/oscar-animation-contenders-preview/

I expect some of the Nominees to be the obvious choices, but hopefully some surprises will arise.

Anyway, in a matter of support, lets put on some images of the *cross fingers* nominees.

Hjalti Hjalmarsson in The Joy of Animation: Tips Tricks and Techniques - Blender Foundation

Some people get to stardom for pure merit =) very interesting and helpful talk and very funny also.
I wish this kinds of talks didn't have time constraints, I have a feeling that Hjalti would been able to talk for a long time! And I would love to listen!

Sharing Animation - Music Video - Freak of the Week (Juanjo Guarnido, 2014)

It's actually pretty rare for me to share something as recent as this one short I am about to, but I have to say I was expecting this excitedly, and since it's finally here, oh boy I do love it! And also, let's be different since this is the official number 50 Must Watch Animation I've shared in this blog! And there's plenty more to come.

Juanjo Guarnido, the acclaimed artist of the comic book Blacksad and once a Walt Disney Studios animator himself, had this kickstarter going to create a music video for Freak Kitchen and now, after almost a year in production, it's here for all of us to enjoy!

HERE you have a blog dedicated to Blacksad where you can see the craft of this master draftsman.

But with no further delay, Freak of the Week, music by Freak Kitchen and animation by Juanjo Guarnido.

Check out the other short movies from the Sharing Collection HERE!!

See you soon with some more animation!

No copyright and related rights infringements are intended with these sharings, all these animations are properties from their respective authors or studios always credited in the post.

Eric Goldberg talk at CTNX

It's not too much to aspire to this kind of mastery =)

Big Hero 6 - Character Study showing the Power of having well defined characters

This is amazing! The power of acting and well defined characters all over. This would be an awesome exercise for anyone studying animation.

Amazed.

Sharing Animation - The Hat (Michèle Cournoyer, 1999)

Lately I've been thinking more than usual about adult content (meaning the whole range of material that isn't considered for children, and not just sex or violence) in animation and how unfortunate it is that animation is considered mainly a children audience medium. It's clear that a lot of animators and directors enjoy the thought of an animated film more directed to adult audiences, and you can actually see some examples of that, but you might agree that most of them are either japanese or sometimes french. But still I can't help but feeling that so many good story opportunities and good films, theoretically, are lost because of that... should we call it a stereotype? And this is a pretty well known subject inside the industry as well...

... which brings me to my sharing! I had this one saved for a long time, it's a brilliant short, but as you can see, this kind of movies are made in a quite experimental way. Do you think it might happen to be produced a mainstream, animated movie 'for adults' anytime soon?

The not so recent animation short, The Hat, by Michèle Cournoyer.

Check out the other short movies from the Sharing Collection HERE!!

See you soon with another cool animation!

No copyright and related rights infringements are intended with these sharings, all these animations are properties from their respective authors or studios always credited in the post.

Brazilian Fiat spots for safety in the streets looking awesome!

This spots are looking brilliant, and the studio has more cool stuff! Check out their Vimeo channel HERE.

Vacilão - Karina

Vacilão - Ernesto

Vacilão - Pereira

Vacilão - Armando

Love movies

Awesome awesome.

Sharing Animation - The Wrong Trousers (Nick Park, 1993)

Laika`s stop motion, and very expected movie The Boxtrolls will be coming out soon, and so the buzz for the stop motion animation is everywhere! Being so, I`ll share a classic one too that has been on my list for a loooong time!

They really were pioneers in this art form, pushed animation forward as a whole, made it bigger and better (and funnier) plus they kinda revolutionized stop motion! Of course I`m talking about the english gurus from Aardman Studios, of course I`m talking about the Academy Awarded short The Wrong Trousers AND of course it was directed by Nick Park.

Wallace and Gromit first appeared in 1989 in their first short A Grand Day Out, and Nick and those beloved characters already won 3 Oscars and were nominated for 1 more.

I feel, though, that Wallace and Gromit, Nick Park and Aardman don't need much of an introduction, and I really just wanted to share this wonderful wonderful stop motion short.
(I have a tiny huge crush for stop motion, even if I never really made one)

Enjoy Wallance & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers, by Nick Park.

Check out the other short movies from the Sharing Collection HERE!!

Will be back!

No copyright and related rights infringements are intended with these sharings, all these animations are properties from their respective authors or studios always credited in the post.

This is old but this is gold - An Evening with The Creators of Aladdin

I've seen this a while back, but only now am I sharing. Still awesome though.

Final Year Shorts Gobelins 2014

Gobelins is always impressing! And the work of the students coming out of that school is simply amazing! The true awesomeness! It just came out the last ones for 2014 and damn are they cool!

HERE's the website for the Gobelins l'école de l'image

And here they are!

MEET MEAT by Eve Guastella, Mael Jaouen, Christine Shin, Juliaon Roels, David Martins da Silva.



MORTAL BREAKUP INFERNO by Paula Assadourian, Marlène Beaube, Débora Cruchon, Maxime Delalande, Thibaud Gayral de Luca, Batiste Perron.



UN CERTAIN REGARD by Simon Masse, Semiramis Mamata, Anne Courtin, Rayane Raji.



DUO by Janis Aussel, Aron Bothman, Elsa Boyer, Mapie Demessant, Dorian Lee, Laurent Moing, Guitty Mojabi.



FOL'AMOR by Augustin Clermont, Gilles Cortella, Clément de Ruyter, Marthe Delaporte, Mailys Garcia, Pierre Rutz, Gaspard Sumeire.



WAND S WANDER by Nadya Mira.



EDGARD Eve Ceccarelli, Maud Girard, Mathieu Gouriou, Léo Schweitzer, Raphaelle Stolz.



8.9 by Pedro Vergani.

Studio Ghibli future?

Man... This news about being possible that studio Ghibli will stop making movies really sadened me.
If there is one studio that I REALLY was hoping to endure much longer was this one. I hope it's not true...

http://www.animationmagazine.net/features/ghiblis-future-remains-fuzzy/


A tribute for Hayao Miyazaki I found today on the internet. =')






And my little contribution tribute to the studio.

These amazing films

Sharing Animation - The Thomas Beale Cipher (Andrew Allen, 2010)

Sometimes I do share animations just for the technique and not for the story, and out of those most often it's because of the animation itself. This one I like the mood of it, the way it's told more than what it's telling. But also the technique is amazing.

Being an animator, I tend to dislike rotoscopy (wikipedia for that cute word), but this one is pretty awesome. It is rotoscoped, but it nevertheless makes us feel that we're in an animated movie, and that's what I like about it so much!

The story is based on an american legend (well legend seem to make it kinda even older, but it actually go back to the 1800s) that you can read about HERE (wiki as well). I guess it stands alone without knowing about the story.

One fun thing about this film is that, being about an undeciphered code, it has codes in itself. The director hid messages in the film, which I didn't lose much time trying to find, but I can recognise it's actually very cool!
HERE you can find the official website for the awarded film.

Here is The Thomas Beale Cipher by Andrew Allen.

Check out the other short movies from the Sharing Collection HERE!!

This was my first share in Paris! That's why I've been so away from this, kinda busy times! Want to get back on track! See you with more soon!

No copyright and related rights infringements are intended with these sharings, all these animations are properties from their respective authors or studios always credited in the post.

Big Hero 6 Excitement

Well this is exciting!




And this awesome posters!!!

New Job! Illumination Mac Guff Paris!

Now it's official and I would like to share! Finishing Animation Mentor Online school in last april, it was with great surprise, and a HUGE amount of happiness that I was called to work in a animated feature film at Illumination Mac Guff in Paris!

For those of you who don't know the studio by name, it's the production company behind huge box office successes such as Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 and  Dr Seuss' The Lorax. It's a filliated company of Universal Studios. Having this opportunity for me is a dream come true, having my first step in the industry and working in such a huge studio means so much to me that I still don't quite believe it! Mostly when they're making me move to Paris! What a bummer right? =D

It was definitely hard work to get here, but the real work is what comes now, and I plan to grab this chance by the... hair, and from here just keep improving myself and my skills and art! It will be a huge challenge and I'll do my best to keep up with the awesome work the studio delivers worldwide. I can't imagine no place better to improve and do AWESOME work at the same time and work with such talented artists!

I'll be working on their next production (after "Minions" that premieres July 2015) which doesn't have a name yet! =)
You can find what it's out about the movie HERE and HERE.

I'm starting in July 28th! And yes, the moving process is already on going! Here I come Paris!! YEAH!