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Published: 2013-11-14 02:59:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 14202; Favourites: 508; Downloads: 0
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Now that the John Lewis Christmas ad is out, I can share this! Before I got the job, it was a little uncertain whether they were going to use me or not, and I have NEVER animated anything to this level of realism, so I definitely felt out of my element. So I took Aaron Blaise's awesome Bear and Hare designs and did my own test in hopes to "cram" for the final. From what I heard, they showed it to Aaron, and it sounded like they were looking for something a little more subtle. So oddly enough, he saw my "God forgot about me" piece and that is what sold him. Either way, I got the job and the rest is history! It was an awesome experience working with Aaron, Dominic, and Premise Entertainment, and I am incredibly happy about how the final product turned out and the reaction to it.Related content
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Haha! Thanks! It was a fun little test.
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I'm just waitingfor the bear to go "oum" and eat the rabbit
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Haha! That would be pretty funny.
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I can tell you are a pro, I mean like, WOAH! You're AMAZING!! You have gotten a watch from me for sure. keep up the good work.
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Thank you kindly! I'm glad you like my work!
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No problem at all 
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This is amazing! What are those K and B in some frames?
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I did watch some bear footage a little bit before I animated this. The "K" stands for "Keyframe". Keyframes are the main "core" drawings that I use to block out the motion. "B" stands for "Breakdown" which are drawings I put between the Keyframes to help establish the motion. Hope that makes sense.
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So cute! I love the bear's movement, especially when it swings his arms around, great job!
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Haha! Thanks! That was my favorite part too. Glad you like it!
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OMG! YOU ARE MY IDOL AND HERO! THAT ANIMATION FEATURES MY TWO FAVOURITE ANIMALS AND MAKES MY HEART DANCE AND SPIN IN MAGICAL WAYS!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXISTING AND BEING HERE!! <3
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Thank you! If you like this, you should check out the actual Bear and Hare ad! You can watch it at: youtu.be/XqWig2WARb0
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Thank you! Very much appreciated.
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Ohh my god I love that clip. Discovered it a couple of months ago. it was amazing and I cried watching it. Just so inspiring and great story and unique animation. Then I found this 
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Thanks! It was a great experience working on that project. I hope another comes along like it.
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Wow an actual artist on here helped with that advert.
.. O.o
wow....
I love that advert by the way ^^
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Thank you! Yeah, it was a great experience working on that.
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It is really impressive ! You know how to capture the moments, the expressions of the bear are juste perfect, it's like in the movie "brother bear" of Disney !
What software do you use for making your animations ?
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Thank you for such kind words! For this I used Plastic Animation Paper, but now I'm using TVPaint.
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Thank you !
You are very king to take time to answer me and the others who really appreciate your art
It's a real pleasure to see a wonderful artist that is humble and like to share with others !
I wish you the best
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I animated some of the background animals, that's it. Aaron Blaise animated all of the bear and hare scenes.
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Great job on your animations they are very good!
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Thank you! Very much appreciated!
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You did a great job. (with both)
It must have been quite an experience either way.
I feel like sometimes you can spend an eternity building up foundational skills but not realizing what you can do with them until the task comes along.
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Thanks!
Yeah, it was an awesome experience. It makes all the difference when you have awesome co-workers who help you out when it's needed.
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Oh yeah, I can imagine.
I love reading lucidly and coherently-written books on art stuff.
But it's such a huge and different kind of help to have other people who are actually there to work with.
Though I think even just looking at real pros working helps put things into perspective.
Not to take away from actual words they're able to share, there's also so much to learn just from seeing the order in which they do things and how much time they spend on which parts and all sorts of little things.
It's inspiring to hear your story here. And, again, I love this animation, and certainly God Forgot About Me too. I hope you make many more!
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That's the plan! Hope to see more from you too!
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Awesome work ! Reminds me of Disney. You should sen duiker wirk to them and maybe get a job with them... Or stay doing whatever job you're doing... If you have a job...
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Haha! Thanks! I'm currently working as a freelance animator/pre-production artist. So far it's paying the bills.
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Thanks, man! Much appreciated!
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You worked on "The Bear and the Hare"?? That's awesome!!!
It should have been great working with Aaron Blaise!!
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Definitely! He was an awesome teacher. He was really patient with me and when things needed changing, he would say it in a very kind way. I tried to absorb as much as I possibly could in such a short amount of time.
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Awesome!! "The Bear and the Hare" was just a beautiful piece of hand-drawn animation, it's just too bad that these times CGI animation is becoming predominant, cutting out the good old "2D"... I am glad to see the there are still some projects like this one!
I kinda recognized the stile in the bear of this short similar to the one of "Brother Bear", one of my favourite Disney movies ever. I was so thrilled when I learned that Blaise was indeed behind that, it was one of the directors of that movie! It must have been quite an honor..
Thank you for your answer, and keep it up!!!
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Yeah. They wanted Aaron Blaise because they wanted a bit of "Brother Bear" in there. Again, I am super happy I had the opportunity to work on this project.
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This animation is wonderful. It's so cool how they combined stop animation and hand drawn like this.
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Yeah. I was pretty surprised when I was told how they were planning on executing this. But they pulled it off wonderfully!
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Thanks, man! Much appreciated!
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