I introduce my short animation 'Transcendance' - I made this in my final year at art college in Dundee, Scotland, in 2005. It took 8 months to make, and was done traditionally, and then scanned to computer, coloured in photoshop, and composited in after effects and premiere.
It was an exploration of human anatomy, in motion. Being a fan of martial arts, I decided to use it as my vehicle of movement, and the theme of inner struggle and all the Buddha stuff, well that was used to justify having a monk fight his firey inner demon. Please watch it, and give me your honest opinion! thanks! Ken :D
OH, and please also stop by my art blog: www.kennethanderson.blogspot.com
About Me
- Ken
- Character designer, illustrator and occasional animator based in Scotland :D For freelance enquiries email me at: contact(at)charactercube(dot)com All work © Kenneth Anderson
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33 comments:
Hey there!
Wow! This piece is amazing! Aren't these senior thesis animations just killer to make? :P You must be so proud, this is beautifully and skillfully done! I just love your pencil-work and your anatomy and timing is so good! I really enoyed watching it....again...and again....
Keep it up! I can't wait to see more stuff, drawn, animated, or otherwise! :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog, btw!
~Sera
thank you!
I didnt know anyone had commented on this blog hehe.
yes they definetly are killer! but worth it I think, and a great learning experience! thank you for you kind words about my film, it really means a lot. wow! what a compliment! :D
thanks again, and feel free to check out my other blog - i post lots of stuff there!
and no worries, i will be sure to return to your blog
Ken :D
cool!! beautiful!! I love kung-fu too! I guess you know..
I am going to see "fearless" this weekend..and " science of sleep" also... I have been waiting looong time!
thank you for comment on my animation.
I will finish it!!
hi marilla,
thanks for checking out my animation! Yeh kung fu rocks - you into it to? nice one. Do you happen to train it at all?
ah good old jet li! Ive not seen fearless yet - but hero is one of my favourite films. Of course, u cant beat the master - Bruce lee ;)
science of sleep? I havent heard of that - i will check it out!
no worries, i look forward to seeing the finished piece. Thanks again!
honest opinion:AMAZING work dude!!!I love it!!Love the movement and the colors!!!
thanks alexei!!! :D
good stuff, really good starting point. you should keep up the animation. i think it's clear that you could be a great animator
hey, very nice piece. think you got all in it, precis timing, nice drawing, considering anatomy and style. it is very well cut also. nice action :)
lovely...great job across the board...storyboards...bg's...fx...
and the pacing is great...
very refreshing look too...
and the action and timing and design is sooo well done...
great portfolio piece..
wow...
absolutely phenomenal film
so well done!
great work.
thanks for your comments on my blog also ;)
elliott
I found you through your comment at my blog and I'm so glad to have found another animator! I like your animation tons! The crazy amount of effort you put into it shows!!
I am doing my thesis animation next year. Wish me luck. Haha.
nicely boarded Ken,well done!
Hi
Ken
Amazing work u got here.
And all your hard work is reflecting in your animation.
Really apreaciating work
And thnx for stopping by my blog.
PAri
daim!...dats one beautiful and awesome animation. really good....congrats man!1
very very cool man. I really liked that you kept your clean up rough and loose. The airbrush effects combined with loose pencils are nice.
hello! thanks very much 4 ur comment! the animation is beautiful! i'll stop by again soon to see more stuff hopefully! :D
Firstly I must say something...
You have surly put your best foot forward. I can see that you have put a lot of your efforts to it.
Great concept! I like the way you have worked out each shots!
I just feel maybe somewhere you could have given some breath to it...I feel a loose of rhythm....Maybe I feel this way...but its no way am degrading your work.
Keep up the effort...I like what you do...I wish I could go back to classical animation.
cheers! keep in touch
Love from India
Gulzar
wooh! impressive~!
thats some really nice animation! and great filmmaking skills too i might add
That was really impressive. Your knowlege of anatomy really shows through in this. Beautifully animated and engaging. Ace work!
Honestly...
Ilked it.
So how long did it take?
Hi Ken your showing us how well you know this medium, great camera work, choreography and animation,
The music sound very 80's but there's nothing wrong with that.
All by all great work!... and oh yes, thanks for popping by :)
Excelent film, ive seen alot fo crap and this isnt it. Seriously. Very nice.
hey there ken,
i gotta say that this is a very impressive piece of work.i also thank you for stopping by my blog.i would love to see more animation pieces done by you.cheers.
-adxzun
I think this is just amazing and beautiful! I love the sketchy quality in the animation. You did a great job!!
And yeah you have to watch Fearless. It is great!
wow! awesome animation. i don't think i'd have the patience to do something so great.
simply superb ! u had me spellbound for 5 mins..and awesome timing..your pencil strokes are beautiful ..and great theme ...dont we all fight our demons everyday ?
and thanks for stopping by my blog and for your comment .
although i saw your artwork and paintings before seeing this animation, i like this very much.
i like the rough line look that you have in the film, only comment i have is that it would have been nice to hear some sound and voice FX's it felt a bit unfinshed.
during my time at film school i certainly didn't have as much time to do a film as you, its a rough hard trip in doing an animated film from nothing to a finshed product.
congrats on this and the job! can't wait to see where you'll end up!
That was very exciting to watch, I loved your execution of it. Brilliant movement.
Its hard not to give a comment filled with praise when you see a film this long that someone makes entirely by themselves. Its my turn next year aswell.
im particularly amazed that you went through and coloured every frame of animation in photoshop? did you seriosuly do that? =P
im hoping i find an easier way.
very nice tho. i love the way you did what you want to do. and on top of it all the animation is lovely.
Very cool animation, It's a pity that don't have lineart and professional shading. but it's very good.
cheers
Ual
congratulations
this piece of animation is incredible,,,the story is fantastic and the fight is great, nice movments, I kind of saw same capoeira movs there, or not?... great jumps and fast lines..
nice colors too.
I hadn't seen this before,
great animation, I would love to see more of your animations.
congrats
I hope ithis piece has opened many doors fopr your carrer.
congrats
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