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Sorry for spammin with the videos today, but this deserves to be seen.

This is a senior project by the very talented Josh Bullock. Now, this thing is twelve minutes long. Nearly all of it is animation (pretty much everything but credits) and Josh hand drew every single frame of it. He spent a year and a half just animating this. Lots of sleepless nights, ramen noodles and tears went into making this. I had the pleasure of helping with what little I could do.

Josh is now graduating. I barely got to know him but I’m glad I at least got to know him a little. He wants to show this to Cartoon Network and get it picked up. I have faith in him, he’s a smart, funny and talented guy. He even won “Best in Show” at the SOCA awards out of everyone in the department.

Good job, Josh.

Heroic (x)

filmrevues:

Tekkonkinkreet (2006) - dir. Maikeru Ariasu

The screencaps above don’t really let you in on just how intense this film is going to be. Studio 4°C’s animation is the best you’ll ever see. And I mean the best. The story follows two orphans named Black and White who form a street gang against other orphans and gangs alike. Throw in some police officers (some of whom are crooked), the Yakuza, a new crime figure named Snake, and some mystical beast named simply the Minotaur and the whole film spirals out of hand pretty quickly.

Clearly adapted from a much longer manga, Tekkonkinkreet never really bothers to slow down, Ariasu never stops long enough to let you catch up and the film may not make the most sense that first time through - but oh lord is the journey back into Treasure Town ever worth it.

In my opinion - Tekkonkinkreet is the most underrated film out there.

9.6

Ball Bounce assignment. Whoo.

We were told to tell a story using only bouncing balls and so we did. I wish some of my timing was a bit slower, everything happens really fast, but it’s done and it’s time to move on.

Get Flash or Toonboom and look up some tutorials on Youtube and START. And don’t ever stop. If you stop you’re done, that’s fucking IT. Don’t stop. DON’T STOP. KEEP DOING IT. Animation takes a long fucking time and I didn’t end up answering questions from fans on Reddit overnight. It took years. And even now I’m not at the point I want to be at. GO. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR.