Hi all,

Thank you for the good session yesterday, it was very good to see your progress and can't wait to see your designs in motion!!

Some time ago I mentioned some early German expressionist movies that were a great source of ideas for many contemporary directors, and guess what?, I found the movie 'The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari', a real gem of stage design and weirdness....as it is a silent movie, you can even watch it listening to your own music :)

Now after so much work, we all deserve a break, but still an inspired one:


and I could not resist posting my fav Manga 'Aachi & Ssipak' a blazing fast and twisted violent animation with great characters and crazy storyline! Please click on the link for the full movie in HD!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgop-8awFJM

Craig McCracken interview

an interview with a creator of powerpuff girls cartoon in which he describes a bit his workflow in flash....

http://coldhardflash.com/2009/01/powerpuff-girls-10th-anniversary-interview-with-creator-craig-mccracken.html

Ian Worrel

two animations with a nice 'hand drawing' feel.....just for inspiration/motivation :]

http://ianworrel2.blogspot.com/

http://ianworrel3.blogspot.com/

and their maker's blog

Shane Prigmore, the character designer of 'Coraline' has a nice interview with many sketches of his work, check it out here

some inspiration for the start..

Erwin Madrid, pretty cool illustrator...i think his personal work and blog are the most inspiring..

http://erwinmadrid.blogspot.com/

http://www.erwinmadrid.com/

Lego Rocks!

Who needs 3d when you can do it with a box of lego and stop motion animation??

Say Fuggy fuggy!

This animation is great: a simple theme, basic storyline, endless variations, easy to draw=easy to animate...;) enjoy!
Here is the link