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Enjoyed this! Great sound integration and the b&w has a good feel (contrast almost like old silver nitrate stock?). The space scenes were from a preset pack? They're pretty amazing! This isn't a criticism, but an observation - I did find it a little bit jarring when the astronaut took off his...

I've recently come across animation film festivals that have a separate category for AI animation. I think this is great as (let's face facts) AI is here and will only gain in influence, so AI driven works should be judged against other AI works and not thrown into the pot with human-made...

Not necessarily broken, but internalized early on and used judiciously. If you're doing character animation they will breathe life into the character (if that's your goal). Some animators go overboard and it becomes distracting.

Sorry - I misunderstood. I meant all the animation, scenes and setup was done in 3D (Blender) except the gear backgrounds. Stuff like the broken-up scene, layering etc., was all done in post...all I did was make dupes of the render and cut up the dupes (old school paste and scissors, lol)...

Ah - yes, there was a lens distort used in the "cave" scenes. Other than that, blurred masks and vignettes did the trick.

I do have to be honest, though - the only overtly 2D parts are the layered coloured gear backgrounds...pretty much everything else was done in Blender. I did the backgrounds that way specifically to act as a graphic foil to the rest.

I'm pretty sure it's already out in theatres as of the 8th ( I saw it listed at the Cineplex). Its premiere was at TIFF in September. What a massive undertaking, especially at his age; I expect it was one of those projects that he just had to do as I think it was, in part, based on his childhood.

Noirlax - sorry I completely misunderstood your comment about age...maybe I'm just a wee bit sensitive about age???? 🙂 The 12 principles are one of those things that you really need to acknowledge when you're just starting out, but then you can ignore them (mostly because they'll be there in...

Thanks so much for watching and commenting, Nate. As you suspected, I was going for a bit of a juxtaposition of techniques without being jarring; ties into the theme a bit, I guess. And yes...it's an art film so I guess that's allowed, lol! 🙂 And now for a really dumb question - I don't use AE...

https://vimeo.com/rustybolttheatre/epicycletrailer?share=copy This is from a recent project. I did this trailer a little differently than usual - I used stills from the film with overlays of some of the animated elements. It just gives a little taste of the aesthetics of the film itself without...

I like your approach to animation!

I know that AI is definitely the elephant in the room here. While I have the utmost respect for people like you who put the hours in to making quality creative images using your own pipeline, I for one won't be going that route any time soon. I know I'll be steamrollered over by the new...

Some great points from Noirlax! The animation software one uses today can be quite simple or extremely complex - there's an incredibly wide range of possibilities. I'm working mostly in 3D these days (with Blender), but also incorporating 2D elements as that's part of my animation background, so...

That's quite true - I work completely solo (except for VO and sometimes music) and can usually produce 2 or 3 shorts a year, depending on the quality. I'm presently working on some incredibly detailed stuff, so probably 6 months for a 7-minute short. The software tools available now can be truly...

Yeah, some animation styles take a lot of patience - and stop motion is top of the list! I don't have the patience or stamina to do those any more, so I stick to hybrid 2D/3D now in my advanced years, lol. ;) I always read your posts and updates on the making of your film to get some insight...

I really like reading the posts about the actual making of a film, but can't really comment as I'm coming from a whole different angle. As I mentioned in a reply to another thread, I'm an animator, so while the "bread" on the filmmaking sandwich (pre- and post-production) are pretty much the...

I'm really interested to follow this as I'd like to see how live action films unfold - I do animations and it's such a different approach for the "filling" of the filmmaking sandwich (rehearsing, the actual shooting/compiling/animating scenes) although the "bread" (prep, storyboarding and then...

Thanks so much! 😃

Thanks! So glad you enjoyed it! Louie's one of my favourite characters; he's got a voice that you wouldn't expect, but it sure grows on you (he's got a lot more lines in other shorts)! For music, I wanted something like "Magic Carpet Ride", so I think it worked!

Just a fun little short (2 minutes) for a Monday morning! Dreams again, but QUITE different from the other one I posted. Just another one of my "styles". Hope you enjoy!