Parisian Blogosphere Animation and Musiq in the code of life

When I first saw images of Mr. Bean’s Cartoon, I thought: Oh, its in flash. And I wrote it off as limited animation. I don’t know the outfit behind the series, but I was way off. They’re doing some nice animation—much better than I thought for a children’s show.

This has been up for a while, and its really awesome. Sorry it took so long for me to post. Been über busy as of late! The player has a link to the contest and the HD version on the AM site. Enjoy!

Photoshop anyone? Haha, this is Disney back in the early 90s presenting their digital painting program.

This is just a really touching story with fun animation. A student at AM posted it on someone’s workspace and I thought I would share it with everyone, as well. Its a sad one, but a good one. Synopsis below:

Danny Perasa and his wife, Annie, came to StoryCorps to recount their twenty-seven-year romance. As they remember their life together from their first date to Danny’s final days with terminal cancer, these remarkable Brooklynites personify the eloquence, grace, and poetry that can be found in the voices of everyday people when we take the time to listen.
CREDITS
Directed by: The Rauch Brothers
Animator: Tim Rauch
Background Layout: Jim Smith
Background Painting: Bill Wray
Audio Producers: Sarah Kramer & Michael Garofalo
Music: Fredrik
Label: The Kora Records
Publisher: House of Hassle

This is another goodie from my former mentor Dave Vallone. Its only awesome!

From Jeff Fowler and Tim Miller: The Goon

Based on the cult comic from Dark Horse Entertainment, created by Eric Powell in 1999, the comic follows the adventures of a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer for a feared mobster. The stories have a paranormal and comedic edge to them and concern ghosts, zombies, mad scientists and “skunk apes.” ~ from Giga Trailers.

Last term at Animation Mentor (AM) my teacher Dave Vallone showed us a short from that great French School Gobelin. It was called Burning Safari. Welp, I found the making of from the main guy’s vimeo account. C’est si formidable, Florent de La Taille!

Check out the clip:

Burning Safari from Florent de La Taille on Vimeo.

Check out the making of:

Making of Burning Safari from Florent de La Taille on Vimeo.

PS:You can see the work I did for Dave here.

Wow, I was checking out the latest winner from the 11SecondClub Contest this month, and again wow! A Norwegian fellow by the name of Arthur Gil Larsen won this month, and rightly so, in my opinion. See his blog here for more delightful work. What a talent!

Check out his Show Reel below:

I already have a page dedicated to my Animation Mentor progress, but its so much easier to post here–also my feed picks it up. In this shot I have Stewie (the rigged character we are provided with at AM) dressed as if characters from Reno 911 and Police Academy had a baby. check it out!