Something I struggled with a lot in school was getting my animation done on time (or even at all). It seemed like no matter how hard I worked, none of my shots were ever “finished.” I started to dread those looming deadlines and in the process caused myself a lot of unnecessary stress and anxiety. Which led to more procrastination. Which led to more unfinished work. It got so bad during school that when I finally did graduate, I didn't have a whole lot of animation that showed off how ...
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Holy cow! New clips from the upcoming Sylvain Chomet film "The Illusionist". Sylvain Chomet was also the director of "The Triplets of Belleville" so if you've seen that film, The Illusionist has his style written all over it. I can't even start to describe how awesome these are...so I won't! Enjoy!













This one has to be my favorite clip. Chomet’s films have a such great knack for caricature. Not just caricatured drawings, but caricatured movement and acting too. I can’t get enou...
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