The Guardians watch their trailer.
Posted 1 month ago
Rise of the Guardians Trailer.
I’ve been asked what I have been working on a few times over the last couple of months and for some reason I’ve had a difficult time explaining the premise for Rise of the Guardians.
I’d usually say something like. “It’s about Santa, The Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy and the Sandman taking on the Boogeyman, but it’s good!”
I was met with a lot of blank stares.
Well, the trailer is finally up and I think that it does a great job explaining the premise as well as representing the story that we are actually telling in the film.
From this point on, I will no longer attempt to explain the premise. I will just point people in the direction of the trailer.
Posted 9 months ago
Circle of Life for an Animator.
posted on Google plus by Stonzi Morgan.
Posted 10 months ago
Holiday Housekeeping
I took some time over the holiday weekend to organize my site a bit. I grabbed all of the bits I had floating around the internet and tied ‘em up in one place using cargo collective. I also took the new look and feel of the site and shared ‘em back to this blog.
Posted 11 months ago
I have a quick question, but you probably receive this quite a lot. I really want to ask you how you became an animator. Like was it hard to get to where you are today? Should I really say is, how did you land a job with DreamWorks? Was it hard?
This is kind of what's been floating in my head for a while so I just had to ask.
Thanks! Much Appreciated!
This is kind of what's been floating in my head for a while so I just had to ask.
Thanks! Much Appreciated!
seasaltisland askedWithout a doubt. Starting a career as an animator is challenging. There is a lot of competition. At this point the work on your reel needs to look like the work that is on the big screen in order to be considered.
That being said studios are always looking for new talent. The path in is challenging but the work is really rewarding.
Animation was a second career for me, so my road was different than most. I went back to school to study animation after working in the advertising industry for three years.
These links have some more details about the path that I took.
Posted 11 months ago
My partner recently saw "How To Train Your Dragon" and noticed a strong resemblance between the dragon and our black cat Raven. Did you cats inspire your characterizations of dragons?
almasferas askedYes! We used a ton of animal reference. For Toothless we used a lot of cat and dog reference as well as eagles and bird reference for the flight. Nadder movement was influenced by parrot and big bird movement. Gronkle had some bumblebee in there and Monstrous Nightmare was inspired by lizard and bat movement.
Mike Stern
