Keywords: member spotlight
From Ana: My name is Ana and I love cartoons more than anything. I was born and raised in Venezuela where I studied Arts and […]
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Keywords: monday short, nagmeh farzaneh, scent of geranium
Nagmeh Farzaneh’s 2016 student film, Scent of Geranium, is about the shock of confronting a foreign culture, and seeing your preconceptions challenged at every turn. […]
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Keywords: troy kokol
An award-winning Canadian singer, producer, video director and songwriter, @TroyKokol is also a talented animator. We’re proud to share his new video for “Like a […]
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Taking the day off? Looking for some Canadian shorts to watch? We’ve got you covered with a collection of films new and old that we’ve […]
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Keywords: lénaig le moigne, monday short
L’après-midi de Clémence (Clémence’s Afternoon) is as muted in tone as it is in its colour scheme. It’s a mood piece, set on a lazy […]
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Keywords: calarts, huntress janos, monday short, upside downtown
If I describe Huntress Janos’ 2018 CalArts film Upside Downtown as a proof of concept, it’s only because it sets up its world so fully […]
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In a sense, all animated movement is choreographed. Although it’s more often described in terms of acting or puppeteering, the conscious arrangement of movement within […]
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Keywords: member spotlight, rachel bulman
Rachel Bulman is enrolled in 3D Modeling at the Visual College of Art and Design in Calgary, Alberta. A fun, creative person who loves to […]
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Keywords: member spotlight, samantha lucy
Samantha Lucy (@sadnesscoach) is an illustrator, animator and graphic designer. She only recently got involved with animation, starting with a course at Quickdraw, followed by […]
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Keywords: monday short, quest of the battling gods, tokyo university of the arts, yosuke tani
Since it started its festival run in 2018, I’ve had a few chances to see Yosuke TANI’s Quest of the Battling Gods, and the same […]
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Keywords: daria dedok
I don’t know if Daria Dedok’s A Boy I Never Knew was created during the COVID-19 pandemic or if it’s just well timed, but it […]
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Axis-Z Media Arts (AZMA) is a Calgary-based artistic collective interested in creating genre-blurring digital art experiences that step outside the confines of the rectangular screen […]
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Keywords: nina patafi
Nina Patafi is a 4th year AUArts student whose focus is illustration and animation. Her current project is a stop-motion animation using cut-outs and pieces […]
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Keywords: esther cheung, in passing, monday short
Set in a towering apartment complex in 1970s Hong Kong, Esther Cheung’s In Passing is an unusual sort of documentary. A typhoon looms in the […]
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Keywords: greg doble
Greg Doble is a Montreal-based animator and illustrator who specializes in 2D animation. His work is easily recognizable by its playful absurdity and whimsical nature. […]
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Keywords: julia kansas
Every Tuesday and Thursday, we’re celebrating the work that Quickdraw’s members have been creating. Today, we’re sharing DAY BY DAY, a new short animation from […]
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Keywords: monday short, sam lane, spell of the west
The precise tone of Sam Lane’s Spell of the West is tricky to pin down. The opening moments aren’t sinister, exactly, but the low-rumbling synth […]
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Keywords: richard reeves
Richard Reeves is a kinetic film scratcher, visual music maker, animated traveler of time and space, light sensitive, looper of loops and collector of motion […]
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Every Tuesday and Thursday, we’re sharing projects our members have been working on. Today’s spotlight is on Kayla Twaddle, an upcoming graduate of the Alberta […]
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Keywords: erin kim, monday short
The sound of cracking joints is bad enough even when it’s harmless—a sort of reverse ASMR that sends pure discomfort own the spine—and it isn’t […]
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Keywords: abbey bennett
Abbey Bennett is an artist and animator from Calgary, Alberta. Recently laid off from her job, she’s been looking for ways to nurture her creativity […]
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Keywords: thomas van kampen
Every Tuesday and Thursday, we’ll be sharing projects from Quickdraw’s membership as our way of putting a spotlight on this amazing community. Up first: Thomas […]
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Keywords: canigou, hideki inaba, monday short, tape
If there’s a single word to distill Hideki Inaba’s animation style, it would be “intricate.” His 2015 video for Dutch producer Beatsofreen (commissioned by BC […]
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Keywords: maya erdelyi, monday short, phosphena, tv on the radio
Maya Erdelyi’s Phosphena is a story of a mating ritual gone wrong, loosely inspired by the intricate constructions of bowerbirds. Described in those terms, it […]
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Keywords: monday short, Páraic McGloughlin, weval
Last week’s short, Persistence of Vision, was an example of a replacement animation with a narrow concept—taking a single, static image and using the patterns […]
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