Recent content by Noirlax

Yes I think some people think breathing life into a character is the only goal there is which is quite limiting and going overboard is distracting. My work actually is more about clinging onto life as time passes as I age and jade (although sometimes I'm concerned if that's all I'm saying) so...

Oh well there's no need to be sensitive about age, I'm above 40 myself and never really animated anything until I was 30. I agree Disney's principles are just rules that guide but can be broken. I'm curious what led you to that conclusion?

I'm glad they accepted your work Rusty, when I think age ghetto I was thinking "animation is for kids" mentality which luckily is more a thing of the past. I think acceptance of CG or other animation approaches such as stop motion probably depends on the festival as well. The festival I went to...

Lost & Refound is my first short film for an online contest which I just missed out on prizes. But I had better luck with this on film festivals. The characters & designs are a spinoff from my main personal project.

Thank you for the welcome! Is there a good place here to post WIP work?

Animation is a lot cheaper and easier than it has been, I'm glad for the software such as Clip Studio since I'm 2D anime inspired. However depending on what you're doing it' can be still very time consuming. In terms of directing I agree with Rusty that animation unfortunately is viewed as a...

Hello everyone, I'm Ricky and I'm interested in talking to fellow independent filmmakers. My particular interest is animation and in particular a small animation studio called Bee Train that operated in the 2000s but I have an interest in directing as well. I've created two short animated films...