The Animation / Disney Thread

[agentJ]

I note that a lot of Ringling, SCAD, CalArt etc guys hang out here and more importantly a lot of them are animators. I think we owe it greatly as well to all the tradtional hand drawn animations out there, From Lion king to the early days of Donald Duck and black/white.

I'm equally mad at the fact Micheal Eisner has ROYALLY screwed over Disney and turned it into a sick money grubbing machine. I don't go to Ringling but I know a lot of illustration majors there look forward to working for Disney and now with all the recent events it seems that Disney has finally fallen in the gutter.

It's a sad hope but:

http://www.showbizdata.com/contacts/picknews.cfm?id=34363

A number of animators fired by Disney when it closed its Florida animation studios last year have formed their own company, Legacy Animation Studios, and announced Thursday that they plan to set up shop in Winter Garden, Florida later this month. "We believe that traditionally animated films are still a viable form of entertainment," Legacy's directing manager, Eddie Pittman, said in a statement. "Our goal is to create quality animated films with compelling stories and strong characters and to continue Walt Disney's legacy of hand drawn animation."



Here's hoping there is hope and traditional animation lives on *raises glass*
:eat:

[AnarchyAo2]

I like hand drawn animation much better then 3D animation. Hand drawn animation has alot more character then 3D does. Its way more entertaining in my opinion.

[agentJ]

http://www.jimhillmedia.com/legacy/...tm~contentFrame

http://www.legacyanimation.net/

here's hoping

[cybercyst]

You should check out the AWN Forums (http://forums.awn.com)...it's like a gathering place for both 2D and 3D animators. In fact, I learned about this forum thanks to the AWN forum, and word is spreading quickly about the kick-ass art over here. In the AWN forum, we just finished a "Dickensian Ghost" character design contest, and the winner will receive an Adult Swim DVD package. Yaaay!:)

[ClocktowerArtworks]

damn...that's exciting...but how are they allowed to show work on their site that they did for disney...just doesn't seem like disney would give permission to a bunch of artists that they just fucked over. ah well...i'll be waiting at the box office. oh...and one more vote for hand drawn 2-d animation...much warmer...more life and energy...3-d still feels cold and unhuman to me. cheers all.