Hello,
Yes, that's right, the 49th international Animation festival has been and gone and I was blessed enough to be there not only to watch fantastic features such as 'Coraline' which, incidentally won the big crystal prize, but also to see some small scale short productions that were no less inspiring such as Slavar (also got a prize) and some beautiful stop-mo work from Jean-François Lévesque in the form of his film 'Necktie' http://www.awntv.com/videos/the-necktie-clip. One thing I foolishly missed but will endeavour to find on DVD when it comes out was 'Mary and Max' by Australian director Adam Elliot, which apparently had people in tears at its closing. Another big highlight was Mifa which ran alongside the festival for most of the week. This allowed for all sorts of industry pro's to showcase their work as well as students to have a sniff around at the stands and have interviews with companies such as Disney and pixar. I didn't go for an interview as there weren't any stop-mo companies present, but I did bump in to some inspiring talents from the world of stop-motion and beyond. But enough about all that; I have resolved, as of today to try as best I can to weekly update my blog with new and exciting things for y'all to have a gander at. Here's some of me character designs to kick- off with. Enjoy.
