A big part of the appeal of Klaus resides in its Character Design. Meet the person responsible for it all, the uber-talented Torsten Shrank, and have a look at his process while designing some of Klaus’ most iconic characters.
Category: Pre-Production
The Art and Making of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the most visually ground breaking film of the year. The artists and technicians on this project were specifically tasked with pushing the boundaries and setting new bars for what’s possible in animated features, and their …
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Borja Montoro Shares Beautiful Rough Animation for ‘There’s a Rang-tan In My Bedroom’
We’re giving Passion Animation Studios a lot of (much deserved) love today. Veteran Animator, Borja Montoro, has recently uploaded this gem to his Vimeo account, and shares insight with us on the project. He animated the entire short himself over …
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Brad Bird Talks Incredibles 2, Writing Process
Jeff Goldsmith welcomes Brad Bird to The Q&A podcast show to discuss his career, Incredibles 2, and his writing process. Stop by iTunes to listen.
Beauty and the Beast Screenwriter on Writing for Animation
Linda Woolverton (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Homeward Bound) talks to John August on Script Notes Podcast about her experience writing animated features, from the parallel processes of writing and production to her paltry paycheck for Beauty and …
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A Quiet Place: Telling a Story with Sound
I loved this film. It’s particularly interesting to learn about the adjustments the writers made to the screenplay. Sound always plays a particularly important role in the horror genre, but A Quiet Place takes this a step further, making sound …
Monty Granito’s Awesome Comic Book Story Animatics
Featuring scenes with Batman fighting thugs, Spider-Man and Winter Soldier taking on Thanos, and Captain Marvel duking it out with Venom, these animatics are full of great ideas and possibilities executed masterfully.
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William Salazar Shares Prince of Egypt Pencil Tests
Veteran animator, William Salazar, shares three pre-production pencil tests from The Prince of Egypt via YouTube. William writes: The Character Designs were from Carter Goodrich & Pete de Seve. We had about 6 months to explore the animation style and …
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Ted Ty’s Disney Pencil Tests
Ted Ty shares his animation pencil tests from Mulan, John Henry, Brother Bear, and Lilo & Stitch.
‘Dipper Candle’ Pencil Test
James Baxter shares a pencil test in rough and tie-down form from the title sequence of Gravity Falls.
