Crimson Alpine

Spotted this animation a while ago and thought it would be great to showcase it to our class as it as the animator also showed the process of making it and thought it would bring some insight and tips. the creator goes by Resh on YouTube and has other projects on his channel. this can be accomplished using the paint brush tool as shown, that is how he created the outline look but he also mixed 3d which i thought he did very well.
Warning: there is some blood, and guns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZSkFLJx4fE

here is the prosses video:

Augenblick Studios

http://www.augenblickstudios.com/

Initially, I revisited Shorties Watchin' Shorties
(http://www.cc.com/video-clips/moygm1/shorties-watchin--shorties-evel-knievel)

Immediately, it struck me it was made with Flash.
Free Transforms, Tweening, Graphic Symbols, Layering.
Reusing Symbols and assets for new scenes.
Is very exciting to see from just inside the tools how things were kinda produced.
The show is definitely a bit coarse for posting to a school forum, so if you guys
are unfamiliar with the show please be forewarned: It is not for the feint of heart.

But the animations themselves are a really good resource for Project 1.
Simpler characters with multiple different examples of how Easing and Free Transforms can be applied effectively in a pretty straight forward way to get really delightful expressions of emotions and actions and exaggerations.
With a bit of observation these clips are good studies for how to layer character parts, too.

In re-watching these clips, eventually I got curious who had been the animators and if they had other stuff.

Which brought me to Augenblick Studios.
Is amazing to see these guys were also responsible for lots of beautiful animation.
Their Main Page is clean and efficient and I can't help but feel kinda giddy knowing the ENTER button is a Button and is UP: Red / OVER: White / DOWN: White (or a frame extension of OVER)
/ HIT: is the font size itself (also probably an extension of the OVER frame.)

Ugly Americans is really pretty.
(http://www.cc.com/episodes/atpo45/ugly-americans-pilot-season-1-ep-101)

In the opening they use Parallax Scrolling.
If you like this style you might like Charles Burns graphic novel Black Hole
(http://www.fantagraphics.com/artists/charles-burns/)

^Fantagraphics is awesome too! They have a store in Seattle.


They made some Super Jail episodes.
(https://www.adultswim.com/videos/superjail)
This style is really nice too.

Is very cool.
Am excited to begin searching up the chain for more things I've loved.
Once I remember them. :)

P.S. This interview animation is really good too. Is from their page.

http://www.augenblickstudios.com/home/video.php?item=jefftweedy

Cat City

Cat City is an animation made by Vewn (Victoria Vincent). She is an illustrator and animator; uploading her animations to YouTube. Cat City is one of Victoria's most popular works. It tells a story about a cat who decides to run away from home to live on his own. At first, he feels as if everything is working out fine. As the days go on, everything gets worse and worse. The screaming becomes louder, and the music and animations play faster. These all symbolize that the cat's life was going to shambles. He confronts what's been bothering him, and at the end, he finally decides it's time for him to go back home.
I particularly love the line art and coloring of Victoria's animations. At some points, it looks like crayons were used to color in certain objects or backgrounds. The colors she used are very soft and the line art makes the animation look sketchy. She has a very unique and cool art style and great animations that relay a message.

Cat City by Vewn

Vewn's YouTube

NOON

Noon is a short 2D animated film. It was animated by Cindy Yang; she graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts. She is currently a character animation student at CalArts and working as a freelance artist.

This film is about a student who sleeps at noon, and finally gets up and makes herself lunch. 

The reason why I chose this short film is that she uses a watercolor effect. What really stood out to me is the calm music, it creates the perfect atmosphere. It's a nice and relaxing film to watch. I loved the contrast between the busy life in the streets compared to the quiet apartment. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUoTMfU1P8o
https://vimeo.com/tzucin929
https://www.facebook.com/ddtzucin929/

The Senile Scribbles

For my animation, I chose something a little different from the others shown. I chose a series made by YouTuber called Seanzoz, real first name only known to be Sean. This is a series I've watched since it first began way back when. I found it by chance when I was interested in the game it's based off of. The reason I chose this was for it's sentimental value you to me and just how entertaining someone was able to make characters that are essentially just paper cut outs that have been rigged up. The humor, while vulgar at times, plays with the subtly in the animation and characters as well as the references to the game, Skyrim. On top of that, I have an admiration for the skill, talent, dedication that was put into this animated series. Through years of work this creator ended/slowed work on the series with nearly an hour of total animation with the videos spanning from 2011 all the way to the end of 2019. There is a visible improvement to the art and animation over time that can be really noticed and appreciated.
I look up to creators like this who can show so much passion in their work, relay so much creativity, with out the same budget or styles as the industry animations.

First animation of the series
Full main series

Most recent animation made

The Man Who Was Afraid of Falling

This is a short story created by Joseph Wallace. It was shot with a Canon 5D and Dragon Frame and almost everything is made from cardboard. This is a graduation film from the Newport Film School, that shows us that being overprotective does not make you fragile life secure.
This film shows how I go through life everyday trying to be careful because I am afraid of falling or becoming paralyzed. And this expresses that and I like how it was created, oh and it took them eight months to create it. Hope you like...

The Man Who Was Afraid of Falling (Future Shorts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCZAf_qLgkY