Casting Shadows - Independent Film

jwlane · Post by **jwlane** » Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:38 pm

http://vimeo.com/animatedlane/castingshadows

I used Anime Studio Pro a LOT on the characters in this series of shots. I had to have something that would map natural brush strokes onto animal characters. ASP worked fine, though I did do a lot of spline keyframing with the tiger stripes.

The open and all compositing was After Effects. All the scenic elements were hand painted with traditional stick ink and brushes.

AmigaMan · Post by **AmigaMan** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 7:58 am

That's beautiful!

GCharb · Post by **GCharb** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:23 pm

Nicely done, very soothing, who's the lovely lady in the film?

jwlane · Post by **jwlane** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 3:58 pm

GCharb wrote:Nicely done, very soothing, who's the lovely lady in the film?

Paget Kagy is an LA based actress and jazz singer. The project is directed by one Ms. Angela Park. She was my boss on the project.

Ps: I still like to use the word 'actress', and I know the arguments. But, to me 'actor' could denote Ernest Borgnine or Charlton Heston. 'Actress' has been historically applied to such luminous forms as Audrey Hepburn and Catherine Deneuve. Sorry Dude's (Erny, Charles), but art has a different kind of warmth than politics.

hayasidist · Post by **hayasidist** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 4:43 pm

love the blend of live action and animation. nice!

kellz5460 · Post by **kellz5460** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:17 pm

i want to watch it but when I hit play it just blinks and doesnt play

anybody know why?

jwlane · Post by **jwlane** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:26 pm

kellz5460 wrote:i want to watch it but when I hit play it just blinks and doesnt play

anybody know why?

Vimeo, the host, is usually a good quality video platform. However, they do experience the occasional growing pain. Try again, and try with a different browser. I really like the functionality and security of Firefox.

uddhava · Post by **uddhava** » Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:06 pm

Very beautiful in general and the scenery looks especially nice.

patricia3d · Post by **patricia3d** » Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:17 am

Great, But I am greatly inspired by your surf rider
http://vimeo.com/31754912

J. Baker · Post by **J. Baker** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 8:58 pm

Nice work John! I really enjoyed that.

chucky · Post by **chucky** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:01 am

Beautiful, Jw.

Dj Manik · Post by **Dj Manik** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:25 pm

Very Cool !!! how long did it take to put this together ??

I loved it !