From: Panache the Squirrel (1978), dir. Tadanari Okamoto, Echo
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From: Panache the Squirrel (1978), dir. Tadanari Okamoto, Echo
Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
From: The Lion and the Song (1959), dir. Břetislav Pojar, Kreslený a Loutkový Film Praha
Concept art by Mary Blair for Cinderella (1950), dir. Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi and Wilfred Jackson, Walt Disney Productions
Concept art for Ernest & Celestine (2012), dir. Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar, La Parti Productions Art by Benjamin Renner, Zaza and Zyk
She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...
Background paintings from The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions
Some of Stephane Chung's effects animation reel for Calamity: A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (2020), dir. Rémi Chayé, Maybe Movies
From: Doctor De Soto (1984), dir. Michael Sporn, Michael Sporn Animation An Oscar-nominated gem of a film
From: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (2006), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G
From: Allegro non Troppo (1976), dir. Bruno Bozzetto, Bruno Bozzetto Film
Concept art by Maurice Noble for What's Opera, Doc? (1957), dir. Chuck Jones, Warner Bros. Cartoons
From: Heroic Times (1984), dir. József Gémes, Pannonia Film Studio
A selection of shots animated by Svend Rothmann Bonde for Robot Dreams (2023), dir. Pablo Berger, Arcadia Motion Pictures
Concept art by Yoshitaka Amano for Angel's Egg (1985), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Studio Deen
The Pixar clothing ad Pinheads (1995), dir. Jan Pinkava An early Pixar experiment in dropping photorealism and using "the medium of computer graphics much more creatively, not just to reproduce reality" (according to Pinkava)
From: The Tale of the Fox (1937), dir. Ladislaw Starewicz and Irène Starewicz
Background paintings by Shuichi Kusamori for Ghost in the Shell (1995), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Production I.G
From: The Good Soldier Švejk (1954), dir. Jiří Trnka, Loutkový Film Praha A really charming and funny stop-motion film we've been loving lately
From: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959), dir. Jiří Trnka, Loutkový Film Praha
Concept art for The Iron Giant (1999), dir. Brad Bird, Warner Bros. Feature Animation Pieces by Dominique Louis and an unknown artist
From: Wizards (1985), dir. Dóra Keresztes and István Orosz, Pannonia Film Studio
Background paintings by Jenny Gase-Baker for Batman Beyond (1999–2001), created by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm and Alan Burnett, Warner Bros. Television Animation
From: High Noon (1988), dir. Viktor Kubal, Slovenská Filmová Tvorba
A pencil test by Thierry Torres for The Illusionist (2010), dir. Sylvain Chomet, Django Films
Background paintings by Jenny Gase-Baker for My Life as a Teenage Robot (2003–2009), created by Rob Renzetti, Frederator Studios
From: Uproar in Heaven (1961–1964), dir. Wan Laiming and Tang Cheng, Shanghai Animation Film Studio
From: Hen Hop (1942), dir. Norman McLaren, National Film Board of Canada
Background paintings from Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios Pieces by Scott Wills, Jenny Gase-Baker and Nadia Vurbenova-Mouri
