Posted by Migo on Oct 24th, 2006
When I saw this on Digg the headline said “Non-animator creates hand-drawn Wii commercial on notebook paper!”. So, of course, I had to check it out. The following quote told me a few things though. One, that Digg submitters don’t always pay attention to what they’re posting, and two, that if they do pay attention they don’t bother to get the details right. Here’s the quote:
“I made this animation over the past month showing different uses for video game characters using the Wiimote. 700 pages is a lot to hand draw. After Effects, Maya, Flash and more were all used to make this happen. Considering I’ve never done hand animation before I’m quite pleased with the results.”
So most normal folks just sit around, draw perfect animation and have a few extra copies of Maya sitting around the house? Nah, I’m not buying it. The creator is quoted as saying he’s never done hand-drawn animation before, not animation in general.
Anyway, that’s neither here nor there. Just one of those little things I notice. The video is actually pretty well done. It reminds me, vaguely, of a Bill Plimpton Plimptoon. I think that my be the jittery linework/hand-drawn animation look though, I’m not sure.
You can find the video, entitled “A Hand Drawn Revolution”, at http://wii.hansv.com/ available in three sizes of Quicktime video, or at this page on YouTube.
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p.vande
October 27, 2006 at 3:20 am
Actually, as both the creator and the poster are my brothers, I may have an authoritative thing or two to say. ;)
Firstly, getting it out of the way, the creator is currently going to school studying filmmaking.
Has he done animation before? Yes, he’s done a little work in Flash - dabbling, getting a taste of keyframe animation (an entirely different style). Saying that the level of work he’s done makes him “an animator”, however, would be roughly equivalent to calling me “a chef” because I pour my own cereal on occasion.
The trial version of Maya was more than adequate for what he needed it for (perspective verification), and even the copy of After Effects expired the morning after he finished.
Overall, for someone who doesn’t generally sketch particularly well (or often), a 700-page hand-drawn animation is somewhat noteworthy; a first attempt at a hand-drawn animation [with a looming deadline] that draws in over 1000 diggs and nearly 100,000 views (on YouTube alone) is pretty darn good. :)
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Migo
October 27, 2006 at 5:47 am
The animation is good, I was impressed by it actually. All I’m saying is that calling him a non-animator is misleading. Calling him an animation student or aspiring animator would’ve been more apt. That’s just me though.
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