As you're probably more than aware, I love art. I am by no means an expert, or even a fanatic, as I'm not nearly educated enough to be either. I merely find what I find and see what I see. I love all forms of art. Natural and man made. Every medium. Personally, I write, paint, draw and do a lot of experimenting with relationships and personal interactions. I try to find the art and beauty in everything. Lately with the daily stresses I've been having a difficult time finding artistic bliss on a daily basis. Today I have decided to dedicate this blog to the art of animation.
First, Jason Steele and all those at FilmCow. My personal favourite is Charlie The Unicorn. I also enjoy Llamas With Hats and Marshmallow People.
Second, David Firth and all those at Fat-Pie. My personal favourite is Salad Fingers. I also highly recommend the stop frame film Crooked Rot.
Third, Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox. This is an epic masterpiece, to put it simply.
Fourth, two videos by Tool. Adam Jones is the genius behind these. Most of their videos include some form of animation, but these two feature it prominently. Prison Sex and Sober.
I think about the thought process to create these. I think about the internal struggles to write down what their imagination is coming up with. I think about whether the end result is what they initially pictured. I think about how many hours of stress and work and effort and frustration and tears and sweat it took to create a mere few minutes of video. The creators of these are artistic geniuses, and I am SO incredibly fortunate to be able to enjoy these.
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