Chronicles of an Animator

Some time ago, I posted an interview with Mark Henn about his work on The Princess and the Frog. This time around, it is an interview with with Ruben Aquino (supervising animator on the TPATF) :

Once again, that has been found @ Martin K‘s.

And there is the official trailer of the movie:

Found at Martin K‘s

The National Film Board of Canada web site has a recording of a Masterclass given by Cordell Barker filmed during the 2009 edition of Get Animated!

If the name Cordell Barker does not ring any bells to you, maybe his short films will:

When the cat came back:

Runaway:

Found @ Academy of Art Animation Notes

Short clip with Pixar animator/director Doug Sweetland (Presto).

Found @ Martin K‘s

I have found an interesting audio clip where Brad Bird talks about the traits that an animator should have. He says that animation is not about making something look real but making something that feels real.

He also talks about caricature and how it can be applied not only to the aspect of the character but movement.

Inspiring thoughts!

Brad Bird on Caricature

Found @ Spline Doctors

Found @ Alonso´s

The guys over Speaking Of Animation have a new podcast with Jason Ryan.

In the podcast, he talks about how he got into animation, his professional experience as well as his projects (Jason Ryan Animation and the upcoming training program iAnimate).

Click HERE to download the MP3
Click HERE to see the original post at Speaking of Animation

Note: The interview’s running time is 1h 10min

Have you seen this video? It is a cool mix between stop-motion and timelapse:

Make sure to check out the “Behind the scenes” as well:

Thanks Ale for the heads up.

And here is another great shortfilm. I guess that it’s been done by the same people as “I’ll get the ice creams”:

Short, simple and yet entertainment.

I love the timing and how the story is told.