Comments on: Design: UPA Done Right http://animationresources.org/?p=751 Provides resorces for self-study for animation professionals, students, educators and researchers. Thu, 16 May 2013 02:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Liim Lsan http://animationresources.org/?p=751#comment-64589 Liim Lsan Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:52:12 +0000 http://blog.animationarchive.org/?p=751#comment-64589 I think they’re confusing ‘making an effort but hasn’t been taught how good animation works’ with ‘making an effort but hopelessly crude’ ‘does not care and hacks it out,’ and lumping them together under ‘lousy animation.’

Because the first type is kinda interesting when the animators just don’t know that better… like in the early Nelvana specials, alongside the blandness there’s often glimmers of quirky, sickly animation that’s just captivating to look at. (Take ‘Devil and Daniel Mouse”s skunk bar owner, monologuing whilst trying to disco dance. It’s disturbingly fascinating to watch.)

But I think what the comment was getting at was comfirming to CalArts grads that not everything has to be slick and mathematically perfect and look like Kahl and Blair… nobody recognizes this.

]]> By: Mckay Boxberger http://animationresources.org/?p=751#comment-36263 Mckay Boxberger Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:17:22 +0000 http://blog.animationarchive.org/?p=751#comment-36263 Man this debate is so confusing to wrap my head around! I personally think animation has the ability to covey the story and have aesthetic ability to be a work of art regardless of how limited the animation is. I grew up with Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon in the 90′s and still my most preferred TV show to watch was Bakshis’ New Adventures of Mighty Mouse because it was wacky and filled with energy and artistic flair (most of the time) but the point is I personally think that started the creative-driven era of cartoons I mean “Ren and Stimpy” “Dexters Laboratory” None of those shows would of had happen without Mighty Mouse. Even then they had a flat style that worked well.

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