mercoledì 9 ottobre 2013

Other three practitioners

As part of preparation we should also choose other three artists from other student's blog, so here they are.

1) Eyrie by David Walter from http://maintainraisinoptions.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/blind-searching.html
I really like the animated stories that can narrate without dialogs and this animation is an example. I liked this hand drawing.


2)Chris Sanders, director of The Croods from http://thisalexwilson.tumblr.com/
I enjoyed watching The Croods, I liked the story and also the character/creature design.

http://thecroods.tumblr.com/

3)Michael Alyn Pondsmith from http://lesiecmoni.tumblr.com/
When I studied for a year how to use Blender I've understood better than before CGI animation and when I saw this trailer for this videogame called Cyberpunk 2077 with life actors mixed with CGI I have been amazed.Mostly know as a Mike Pondsmith is an American computer game designer.He was co-working with games like Mekton, Cyberpunk syries or with Matrix movie.He works on programs like Maya,3D Max ect.Curently work with CD Project Red on new game “Cyberpunk 2077” which is a big deal in computer game world. It is a game use for adults.


Three of my favorite artists

As part of our work and study we have to identify three contemporary practitioners whose work attracts, repulses, interests, intrigues, or otherwise engages us and writing a bit about them. So after a long time thinking which 3 artists I might write here they are.

1) BRYAN KONIETZKO
Bryan Konietzko is one of the creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Legend of Korra and a writer of Avatar comic books. He is an American animator that works in U.S.A., still working in the Avatar series. I choosed him because the cartoon series of Avatar are one of my favorite animated series, I like the creature and character design that he has created, the story of the cartoon that even is a Nickleoden series it has not so childish stories, so even boys and girls of different ages can watch it. He mixes american animation with some japanese animation, and you can see it sometime on the facial expressions but without exaggerations.
references:http://www.animevice.com/bryan-konietzko/20-64545/ ; http://comicsalliance.com/?submit_button=&s=Bryan+konietzko

2) GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY
Genndy Tartakovsky is born in Russia and when he was 7 years old he moved with his parents to Chicago, and now he is an animator who works in U.S.A. . He created different famous cartoon series like Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls and the 2D animation of Star Wars: Clone Wars for Cartoon Network. I like how he draws with that poor style of drawing but that gives great expressions to the characters, how he is good to write stories changing from humouristic to more serious and sad stories. Furthermore I like how he uses colors for backgrounds. Recently he directed Hotel Transylvania.
 


references: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tag/genndy-tartakovsky ; http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/GenndyTartakovsky ; http://www.ocweekly.com/2012-09-27/film/genndy-tartakovsky-hotel-transylvania/full/ ; http://animatedtv.about.com/od/samuraijack/p/tartakovsky.htm
3) NEIL GAIMAN

Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire, UK, and now lives in the United States near Minneapolis. He is not an animator, he is a writer of books, comic books and script of movies and tv series. Some of his most famous works are the comic book Sandman, Death, the book American Gods. From his novels they did two movies, one is Stardust with actors like Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer and the second is Coraline, a stop-motion animated film directed by Henry Selick. I like this writer for how he writes stories for children and for adults and because he is able to write adult fairy stories, one of my favorite book written by him is The Graveyard Book.



references: http://www.neilgaiman.com/p/About_Neil/Biography ; http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Ca-Ge/Gaiman-Neil.html ; http://www.mousecircus.com/MeetNeilGaiman.aspx ; http://www.famousauthors.org/neil-gaiman