To help further my practice I enjoy reading art books, especially the making of books...
Despite not having a focus in stop motion, I loved the Making of The Fantastic Mr Fox, seeing the process, the directors notes and the concept art was fascinating because it is such a visually stunning film and is a good reminder that I could still work in stop motion (which does interest me!) within character design.
The Making of Spirited Away and Ratatouille are incredible in regards to character design, I always adored the variation and different character silhouettes that they both display in the films. It's a stark reminder that I have a long way to go but is forever inspiring.
I have also fallen in love with Heikala from Instagram, her watercolour painting progress videos make it look SO easy and have influenced a new drive to be able to have the skills to incorporate watercolour/gouache into my work, and being able to flick through her book Once to see what is possible with traditional paint is great.
It is always useful as an animation student to see these films deconstructed in books, but also to have an influx of the films in action, I recently saw The Isle of Dogs as I loved Wes Anderson's direction in Fantastic Mr Fox so much. Even in the opening sequence I was in awe of the smooth, weighted motion of the drummer boys. I loved the unique characters portrayed in the dogs, a cast of dogs could've easily restricted the depth portrayed but a lot of emotion was shown in the film.
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| Once by Heikala |
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| Ratatouille |
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| Fantastic Mr Fox |
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| Spirited Away |
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