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The making of The Art of Pho.
Bruce’s friend from London, Jeremy Southgate, just sent us a neat link about the making of a particularly cool motion comic, The Art of Pho, based on the graphic novel by Julian Hanshaw.
You see, we’ve been brainstorming ideas for the My Robot, an ebook for kids we’re developing with Jem. Jem’s going to be producing the “book” and we’ll be contributing the “e” to the project.
Motion comics, or graphic novels whose images have been somehow animated or moved onto a digital platform, have been a great point of reference during our creative process. Seeing how others have approached this medium will help us eventually make decisions about how to stylize our own technique for My Robot. We’ll keep you posted on the project’s status!
Tidbit: See some of our kid-friendly projects!
Jimmy Rigger + XBox Kinect come together. (That's Philip, one of our animators, moving the smiling Mr. Jimmy)
We recently got a sweet 47″ 3D (flicker-free!) TV in our office, along with an XBox Kinect and a Playstation 3.But it’s not all for just fun and games. Sure, we went through some melee training and fought some gladiators in Medieval Moves, but it’s all part of the artistic process (really!)
You see, we’re about to start production for Impromptu, a 3D short that Global Mechanic is co-producing with the NFB. We posted some preliminary character sketches a while ago – stay tuned for more next week- to give you a sneak peek at what the movie is going to look like (you’ll notice Matisse and Javier Mariscal are a huge inspiration).
It’s funny though, ever since 3D made its way into our office on a more physical level, I’ve been noticing all [...]
Sound sculptures by Linden Gledhill.
I know we’ve finally arrived to “the future” when we can make colour dance.
Dentsu London just launched a project in collaboration with photographer/biochemist, Linden Gledhill, to reinvigorate the Canon brand and promote the PIXMA colour range printer. The project “brings colour to life” through “sound sculptures” made of paint droplets captured in vivid detail as they “dance” in response to sound waves.
Using a high-speed camera – the Canon 5D Mark II, to be exact (with a 100mm lens) – Gledhill will be capturing more mesmerizing formations of vibrant water-based paints. When you see it on video, it really looks like rigged animation, but it’s not; what you see, is really what happened in real life.
How do they do it? Dentsu explains on its blog: “The ‘colour sculptures’ were created by stretching a balloon over a speaker to form a membrane. A few drops of paint [...]
Check out the new PSA spot Global Mechanic created for Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Chez, GM’s director for this project, beautifully walked the line between cartoon and live action worlds to deliver a hard-hitting message about the sad realities of drunk driving.
Lauren Gregg created the art for this awe inspiring stop motion piece. 2 years, 288000 jellybeans and a labor of love. See the video. Lauren is half of the director duo Kangaroo Alliance, represented by Global Mechanic.
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