Lizzy Hobbs’ G-AAAH (2016)
Rendered on a portable typewriter, you can see the film as Johnson’s daydreams manifesting through a dreary day job, the excitement of early aviation rendered in a few pieces of punctuation and some dabs of colour.
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Rendered on a portable typewriter, you can see the film as Johnson’s daydreams manifesting through a dreary day job, the excitement of early aviation rendered in a few pieces of punctuation and some dabs of colour.
It’s hypnotic in a way that’s hard to describe, like staring at a fire—there’s something in the pattern of movement that’s just inherently compelling.
unlike most cut-out animation, which tends to treat its canvas like a two-dimensional platform, Voltova is more than willing to push her camera angles and distort her perspectives; it makes for a much more dramatic and energetic piece of animation than paper cut-out usually allows.
Posted Mar 13, 2024
Deadline: June 3, 2024
The Intermediate Animators Production Residency is a production-focused program offered by the Quickdraw Animation Society (or QAS) intended to assist an emerging or mid-level animator in completing an independent animated short film, and targeted towards animators developing their practice.
Posted Jan 23, 2024
6 week residency, to be completeted approx feb 13 to mar 23
Recently, Quickdraw has acquired 2 Rokoko Smartsuite II motion capture suits and we're excited to support ONE resident artist to explore the ways this technology intersects with their discipline, depending on their interests and abilities.
Posted Dec 05, 2023
Exhibition Call deadline: December 20, 2023
CAOS would like to show you off! As part of the Festival of Animated Objects and in the spirit of fully fleshing out the journey of a moving object, CAOS will be producing a feature exhibition showing the process behind stop-motion puppet animation.
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