Oct
5
2007
Lunch Date with Ryan Guimond
Ryan Guimond, an animation student at the Illinois Institute of Art, animated his short, Lunch Date, on paper first. Then he scanned the drawings, inked them and colored the drawings in Flash. Guimond, who obviously holds John K’s work in high regard, describes that the whole process took about a month.
Tags: John K
October 6th, 2007 at 12:34 am
ryan g.
Can you tell me what tools you use?
Wacom, (which model Wacom), Windows or mac?
Good job on the cartoon!
October 6th, 2007 at 12:54 am
There’s much better traditional/digital combo animation out there. Why this?
October 6th, 2007 at 1:36 am
Hard to tell if that’s a rhetorical question, but I’ll answer it anyway - I enjoyed the punching at the end. Saw some funny-ass drawings in there. And I’ve never posed this site as “best in class, everday,” or I’d never have anything to write about. It’s a growing catalog of animation I enjoy, or that has become noteworthy. If you’ve been keeping track, nearly all traditional/digital combo that could be considered “best in class” has already been posted here. But I encourage you to prove me wrong. Got any links?
October 6th, 2007 at 2:14 am
Thank you for responding to my post! I’m glad that you’ve cleared up my misconception. It’s still not my personal favorite but I understand where you’re coming from. A good example of ‘blending’ is the link below. This is a TV commercial was done by a ZAM Studios, a local animation studio and its a blending of both traditional, Flash and After Effects. The main character (flamingo) and close-up birds were done traditionally while all other animation/characters/props were done in After Effects and Flash. Maybe you could feature it too, I’m sure they’d appreciate the publicity!
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=19500786
October 6th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
fun stuff.
the eyeball peck is my favorite.
October 7th, 2007 at 5:03 am
That cartoon was ridiculously bland. The characters were uninteresting, the poses were mediocre at best.
I felt like I was watching subpar animated versions of Preston Blair’s “How-to-draw” examples.
I just feel like a lot more imagination could have went into the character design process.
October 7th, 2007 at 10:00 am
I thought the carton was cute and Ryan G. has answered my question elsewhere.
October 9th, 2007 at 4:39 am
Wow! I didnt even realize this was on here! Im honored Aaron..Thanks. Thanks for the comments guys.
Anonymous: Hey thanks for the critisism. I realize the characters are bland, but I really wanted to work with simple shapes and not be bogged down with complicated character design with tons of details. I only had a month to do the storyboard, backgrounds, animation, scanning, inking, color, sound, editing, etc.. The actual assignment called for 15 seconds of animation.
Hopefully in the future, I can work at my own comfortable pace, with out the restriction of a deadline.
This was my first time using flash and Im honored that some folks out there find it noteworthy!
Thanks again Aaron!