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Making of “The Bear & The Hare” John Lewis Advert
I had initially thought it was just a traditional hand drawn animation composed against a physical set when in fact it was almost somewhere between a stop-motion and hand drawn animation.
Why go to the extra length? Perhaps for the shadows you might not so easily re-produce on the computer, or maybe for the sheer hell of it, nevertheless I am impressed by the labour of love.
Making of film directed by Jake & Josh
jakeandjosh.co.uk
The Bear & the Hare is the first John Lewis campaign to embrace the emotive power of animation, a filmic technique so evocative of Christmasses gone by.
Elliot and Yves took the two most traditional and time-honoured animation processes – stop-motion and traditional hand-drawn 2D animation – and combined them to create something innovative and unique. Their aim was to do almost everything in camera, using real lighting, lens and film craft to build a world where the audience can see and feel the painstaking work behind it. The 2D animation’s physical interaction with the set and the human imperfections inherent in the process create a hand-crafted piece full of heart and integrity.
The animation process involved constant shifts between 2D and 3D worlds. In order to achieve this complicated combination the whole film was first created in Blinkink Studios as a 3D previsualisation animatic with all the sets and characters built to scale. This allowed everything to be developed and planned alongside the modelmakers and animators, thus integrating the different disciplines and processes before the set was built or the characters were printed.
Aaron Blaise (Brother Bear, The Lion King, Mulan) and his team of veteran Disney animators at Premise Entertainment in Orlando, Florida, designed and animated the characters. The 2D-animation frames were printed onto mounted paper and cut with a laser. Each frame (nearly 4,000 in total) was then individually hand-labelled before going on set. Feature-film stop-frame animators then spent 6 weeks bringing the world to life.
The set was built by our production designer John Lee (Aliens, Fantastic Mr Fox, Frankenweenie) and his team at Shepperton Studios before being transported to Clapham Road Studios ready for the stop-motion shoot.
Post-production was done in-house in Blinkink’s animation studio, and the final grade was completed at MPC.
Winter Tale [advertisement]
Cartier is a prestigious French jewellery business established in 1847. For the last 4 years they have ran a christmas advertisement campaign called “Winter Tale” featuring leopard cubs, usually walking among the jewellery they sell in a snow setting.
This year they have chosen to an animated feature (as oppose to realistic CGI) with Cartier’s couriers acting like jewellery Santas, dropping off jewellery to various homes whilst accomplished by a cute leopard cub who might as well just be a cat but with a vicious ancestry.
Celebrating the magic of the holiday season, Cartier is proud to present the fourth installment of the Winter Tale film series. A magical walk through Paris featuring an enchanting baby panther and Cartier pages will take you on a nostalgic journey to the 1920s.
Directed by: Bibo Bergeron.
And as a bonus here’s the video L'Odyssée de Cartier, a cinematic celebration of Cartier’s history.
L'Odyssée de Cartier
Discover the new Cartier film, a journey between dream and reality.
For the very first time, Cartier has decided to create a cinema epic focusing on its history, its values and inspiration, its artistic and universal scope.
Directed by: Bruno Aveillan.
More information on: http://www.odyssee.cartier.com
You might encounter killer rabbits if you cut your cable
In the first video, a man with a gaping hole in his chest (get it?) is bicycling on a road through the desert when he happens upon a little bunny he believes to be in need of his help. He gets off of his bicycle and approaches the seemingly cute and friendly rabbit. Upon closer inspection, we see that the rabbit actually has glowing red eyes and sharp, jagged teeth. The man doesn’t seem to care.
Then, the all too important question is asked: “Give ‘em cable” or “Cut ‘em loose?”
The cable cutter continues to embrace the bunny, and offers the small creature a ride on his bicycle. The rabbit then leaps up and latches on to the man’s neck, biting down and continuing to hold on despite the man’s struggles.
“And because he didn’t get the news,” a tablet tethered to a cactus reveals, “he didn’t know mutant bunnies were on the loose.”
Speaking as someone from the UK, I never quite get the situation in the US about cable. Still, my interest in linking to this is purely for how mind numbingly ridiculous this propaganda video is. And it features killer rabbits.
What does reddit think of my scrapbook badges?
Mikenesses
Adventure Time and Bravest Warriors cartoonist Mike Holmes draws himself and his cat Ella in the style of different artists, mimicking and paying tribute to their signature aesthetics.
In their wordsAn art project I started in October 2011, Mikenesses is a series of self-portraits in the style of 100 different illustrators, animators and video games that have influenced me, or that I just really like. It became a sort of illustrated biography of the art that means something to me, and to a lot of artists.
Rating
Suitable for all ages. This site has no offensive content.
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F-craft
A server for furs to play Minecraft together.
In their wordsF-craft (Furry craft) is a Minecraft server for furries but everyone is welcome as long as keeping to the rules.
The server originally started back in February 2011 as a fun thing that had no intention to turn into anything big.
This is a public Minecraft server with most users expected to be over 18. Those under 18 may require parental supervision.
STREAMING FURRY ART!
this guy is streaming his art! hint its me :D http://vaughnlive.tv/rentoza
check me out! i really want viewers!
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Does Anyone Else Have Trouble Finding Role Playing Partners?
I have. Its a strong possibility that /r/transformation, /r/dirtypenpals and /r/eroticpenpals are simply bad places to look, but I''ve consistently have had trouble finding any. Is it me? Probably. In my opinion, at least.
And to the coward who made an account for the simple act of flaming me:
Thank you. You're post, no matter how nasty, did open my eyes to my mistakes and unforgivable behavior. But if you believe that you''ve heard the last of me, you are dead. Wrong. Rather, I've taken the opportunity to repair the damage I have caused, and become a productive member of the internet.
The post of the process forums has been repurposed into a general discussion on transformation role play, rather than my own overblown personal add. It will remain that way with little to no changes be me.
My spam has been removed. No need to clutter up those subs, is their? And I am no longer interested in role-playing, as I am not particularly good at it, and it I not productive.
And creepy much? You stalked me across half the internet! I'm slightly more worried that you went through all that trouble to insult a stranger. And insulting my writing was both underhanded and not related to the problem at hand. But, I will take your advice and improve to the best of my ability.
Once again, I thank you for flaming me. Do you know what flame does to steel? It tempers it. Makes it stronger. I''ve been tempered, and I cannot thank you enough.
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Possum coroner. Furries have jobs too!
Hey, /r/furry, I think you'll like this...
So! Every year a Belgian radio station organizes an end of the year charity event. This year you could choose from 700+ charities for which you could organize a benefit for.
Well... I did that. And combined it with fursuiting.
Here is a video the camera team took and edited when we were out gathering money for Alzeimer patients. It's in Dutch though.
And here is us being interviewed by the radio presentator herself after we gathered money.
In the end, when I counted the money, we gathered 250 euros which is roughly 340 dollars that is going to people suffering from Alzheimers.
EDIT: A letter.
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Archer (Edited Repost to Add Forgotten Bow String XD If anyone cares to see the fixup.)
What are people's con experiences?
What are your best and worst con memories? Would recommend going to a con?
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Who here has used FurryMUCK?
And would you suggest anything to someone who was thinking of trying it out?
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Trades? A few requests maybe? c:
Hi! My first post on here. :3 I realized I don't have enough examples of my work online, and I want to expand a bit as well. I'm offering to do trades of any sort (within reason I guess) and maybe a few requests. If you put in a request I may or may not get to it, it just depends. These could be done digitally or traditionally, whatever I prefer at the time.
If anyone is interested, let me know. .^ I'm not the greatest but I really would like to improve. Thanks!
submitted by AuroraPanthera[link] [18 comments]