June 6, 2008
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Bakshi in LA!
Next week at Meltdown on Sunset, the man hisself – Ralph Bakshi – appears in store to celebrate the release of the very fine ‘Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi’ anthology.
‘Unfiltered’: Awesome designs from Coonskin (click for larger image)
As animation books go, this is right up there, crammed with sketches, designs, stills, and BGs that show Bakshi’s contribution to animation.
Okay, we are partial to the occasional dwarf, princess, superhero and green ogre in our animated films (actually, that’s not entirely true. We have no love for green ogres), but can you imagine animation without Bakshi? We can, and we are eternally grateful that he went out and did his own thing.
On to things Fwak!-related…we are storyboarding our ‘Rocquita’ short for Cartoon Network by way of Toon Boom Storyboard Pro. It’s an awesome tool and I just wish I’d have had this for Los Campeones. Next step is the animatic, then we finally get to give Toon Boom Digital Pro animation software a workout!
Screenshot of Stoyrboard Pro showing Rocquita panel (click for larger image)
