He likes to suck up to Mother Nature... Fucking Green Nosers.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Betty Boop in Out Of The Inkwell (1938)
BOOP BOOP BA DOOP. Here's an "Out of The Inkwell" cartoon that didn't make your Animation history class; watch to see why not.
My favourite part of this cartoon, animation wise, is when Betty Boop mimes climbing the diving board and jumping into a pool. You can really feel her hit the water and slow down against the friction.
My favourite part of this cartoon, animation wise, is when Betty Boop mimes climbing the diving board and jumping into a pool. You can really feel her hit the water and slow down against the friction.
The smears in this cartoon are subtle and, if you key through it, you'll notice that a lot of Betty's movements have little bit of strobing on them to make her movements more readable. I also noticed some remenants of rubber hosing on her arms (check around 2:20 for an example(when she is scolding the black man for the second time)).
Anyways here some of my fav moments;
Friday, April 23, 2010
The Dover Boys (1942)
Apparently growing up, Jonesy, Chuck Jones that is, wasn't allowed to speak at the breakfast table and instead was forced to read novels. His most loathed reading material were pretentious sliver age detective stories like The Hardy Boys, Enid Blyton books or The Rover Boys. It was this hate that inspired The Dover Boys (1942) a story of three jerks, er-uh brothers, and their mutual fiancée, "Dainty" Dora Standpipe (a play on the name of the Rover Boy slut "Dora Stanhope").
This is an early example of Limited Animation, or, the term I prefer, Stylized Animation. Limited Animation always seemed to have a demeaning connotation, like it was a lower art form. But I digress. What ever that means.
The animation choice that stood out the most in this piece were the smears (something 3D animation hasn't really figured out yet). Keying through the animation you'll see that basically its pose-smear to pose animation throughout the entire film, giving the animation a real snappy feel.
Anyways, I'm happy to have posted atleast one item on both the Anination and the Animachine before I peaced to Honduras for a visit with my parents and south american crime lords. See you in 2 weeks and enjoy the cartoon.
SMEAR SCREEN CAPS
This is an early example of Limited Animation, or, the term I prefer, Stylized Animation. Limited Animation always seemed to have a demeaning connotation, like it was a lower art form. But I digress. What ever that means.
The animation choice that stood out the most in this piece were the smears (something 3D animation hasn't really figured out yet). Keying through the animation you'll see that basically its pose-smear to pose animation throughout the entire film, giving the animation a real snappy feel.
Anyways, I'm happy to have posted atleast one item on both the Anination and the Animachine before I peaced to Honduras for a visit with my parents and south american crime lords. See you in 2 weeks and enjoy the cartoon.
SMEAR SCREEN CAPS
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