Despite my great love for animation I only watched Spirited Away for the first time yesterday! Unexpectedly I came across this and thought I'd share. Despite liking Spirited Away I much prefer both Howl's Moving Castle and then even more so Princess Monoke. I think what sets Studio Gibli anitation apart is definitely the uniqueness of the fantasy worlds that they create. All the underlying concepts are the hero, demons, spirits, transcendence into the other world, but they're all unlike any other. It makes me wonder about the parallels between Western fantasy and Eastern fantasy and why we both have a passionate culture of fantasy but they are both so distinctly different. Obviously the human imagination is then a constant between the two but why do our fantasy concepts follow similar lines, is it unconsciously brought out of our inherent biology, or do we reach outside of ourselves to intuit it?
Friday, 26 April 2013
Thursday, 4 April 2013
I have a love hate relationship with 3D animation. I love the final result but the technicality of the process to get there can be very infuriating. Sometimes however, someone will blow your mind away with whats possible in 3D and one such man is this guy http://www.behance.net/timcooper3D. Clearly a long term professional in the field, I just came across his work and though I'd share. Behance is also an amazing site and great reference for what is the current cutting edge standard of modern visuals...
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