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ANIMATION
The Hand-Drawn Process
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The animation above is the first animation I created. One of the station's anchors saw my comics then asked me to create an animation for his special report. At the time I had no idea how to animate but told him, "give me three days." On the first day, I watched hours of Hayao Miyazaki animate. I then got to drawing and produced the animation above in two days. It aired on live TV in front of thousands of people on our most-watched newscast.
After my animation aired on TV, I started contract work with a studio based in Indonesia: Ploopy Animation. I was tasked with creating a music video for an organization that focuses on mental health through music. The client told me they wanted a mix of clouds and thought bubbles. I provided multiple samples and they decided on simplistic. Since movement was minimal- I added movement to the outlines to give the drawings an extra touch of life.
After the music video, I continued to work with Ploopy Animation on background art and in-between frames.
TEACHING MYSELF, FRAME-BY-FRAME
I am continuing to teach myself how to hand-draw animation by creating my own film. I am currently mapping it out digitally, then I will hand-draw each frame. When I am done, I plan to enter it into film festivals.
The animation will be called "Be Like Me," and follows the story of a woman who's in an abusive relationship with a member of the Yakuza.
This is a 10 frame animation, that uses distorted and impact frames in-between the key frames. The distorted frames make the movement more interesting, while the impact frame adds a sense of strength before the bat makes contact with the object.
How does the process start?
CHARACTER DESIGNS, CONCEPT ART, STORYBOARDS
PRODUCING THE ANIMATIC
ANIMATIC 1
1/5 of animation's rough draft
complete
WARNING:
This is a story centered around Yakuza, so this animation is a bit violent.
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