http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm KennyRoy.com Blog en-us webmaster@kennyroy.com http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=892 While not exactly a short,today's piece does give us a good look into the process of making one. Uli Meyer shares with us a very complete storyreel for act 1 of Monster Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=891 Seems to be an "eggcentric" theme to the shorts this week. Chicken or the Egg is by Christine Kim and Elaine Wu also from Ringling. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=893 The point has been made that the reindeer is more than a little reminiscent of the horse from Tangled acting like a dog. Okay granted, but this is really just a first-look teas Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:39:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=890 With Father's Day just past I thought this was a cute short to mark the occasion. I'm sure that more than one father has felt like this. Dupleggcated was Robert Huth's stud Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=888 I always think if the story can come across with just the animation than any dialog will just be the icing. The Night We Were Kings was produced at Cube Creative by inter Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=887 It's interesting how shorts can show in 3 minutes what it takes feature films 2 hours to get across.Perils of Love from Cube Creative runs the gambit of emotions. Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=889 Woah, as Spline Bomb points out, this is one of the last pieces of 2D animation done at Walt Disney Animation Studios. This clip is a bit of Wreck-it Ralph character exploratio Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:09:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=886 The saying goes some days you're the windshield and some days you're the bug. Ruud Bakker's graduation film from AKV St. Joost,Breda,The Netherlands puts his characters in Mon, 10 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=885 Made at the Ringling College of Art and Design by Catherine Hicks. Wild Dogs was featured as part of the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Fetival. Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=884 You have to give Sean Buckelew credit, he started Another as his senior thesis at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and finished it at CalArts.It's another long on Wed, 05 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=883 Today's short is a multi-award winner completed as Mark Nelson's MFA thesis project. At nineteen minutes long I don't know when it stops being a short but let me assure Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=881 I don't know about you but I'm really starting to prefer these shorts that are a little rough around the edges. There seems to be a certain energy that sometimes gets pol Fri, 31 May 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=880 Just when you think things couldn't get any worse...a seagull. Donia Liechti and Vicky Penzes really put their hero through it in Stranded. Wed, 29 May 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=882 They probably could have mocapped this trailer, but I'm so glad they didn't. found via On Animation Tue, 28 May 2013 15:53:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=879 It's always great to see how animators handle the relationship between two or more characters. Pig Box,Directed by Ta-Wei Chao and Tsai-Chun Han does an excellent job of ha Mon, 27 May 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=877 Wolfsong is a heartbreaking tale of a mother wolf and her pup.Toniko Pantoja a third year Calarts student did an amazing job on this piece. Fri, 24 May 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=876 Just when everything seems the bleakest something will give is the very strong message of Puggums.Written and directed by MontaQue Ruffin for his thesis from the School of Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=878 Directing animator at Pixar, Michal Makarewicz speaks on the value of polishing your hand animation, and how to tackle it with an organised workflow. found via Animators R Tue, 21 May 2013 22:21:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=875 Today's short Fred is an amazing piece of stop-mo animation. Made by Misha Klein of Robot Chicken fame it makes me think that maybe this what happens when muppets go ba Mon, 20 May 2013 02:00:00 -0800 http://www.kennyroy.com/public/department32.cfm?ID=873 Bree and Filbert is Bosook Coburn's third year film at Calarts.I like the fact that it wasn't all cleaned up so the line keeps some of it's rough energy. Fri, 17 May 2013 02:00:00 -0800