Former Disney animator Ruben Aquino has revealed to Rotoscopers.com that he and “a handful of other former Disney 2D artists” are in negotiations with an independent studio to make a hand-drawn animated film. Aquino says, “If it happens it’s going to have to be different than anything we’ve ever seen.” Continue reading
“I think I’ve been lucky because I’ve been able to participate in the last era when we can make films with paper, pencil and film.”
Hayao Miyazaki, receiving an Honorary Academy Award on 11/08/14.
Look at Disney’s Frozen booth from this year’s D23 convention. Notice something odd? 99% of the artwork decorating the booth was done in pencil, yet the film itself is CG!
A similar thing is happening on Disney’s Tumblr. In the week spanning Oct. 9-15, there were eight posts promoting Frozen. Only ONE of those featured a CG still from the film. HALF were hand-drawn character sketches, the rest were film-clips.
Why, if you’re promoting a CG film, would you INTENTIONALLY advertise it using images and art styles NOT FOUND in that film?
Marketing MUST have a reason…right?
