Crayon

[Avi]

Hi guys,

I know I posted in OT, but I meant to post here so here it goes:

 

Basically, I'm going to use this thread and the site to talk about stuff involving Crayon. Here, and on the site, I'll be giving updates and all that on how things are going. Anyhow, there's not much on the site yet but, I'll be updating it, with pictures and video and stuff.

 

The URL is: http://crayon.avituchman.com/

 

Sometime tomorrow I'll add some storyboard pictures.

[robcat2075]

Looks cute! keep us posted.

[Avi]

Storyboards

 

 

I started these a while ago, but since then new ideas have come about, so I just started over again. Before, I was using index cards and it was starting to become a mess. So I made these templates and I've done about 30 panels already and I'm still going!

[Avi]

Jason Katz liked my storyboards!

 

Sunday, January 22, I went to a lecture by Jason Katz (who has been working in story at Pixar since Toy Story and is currently working on an untitled Pixar film) on storyboarding at the Pixar exhibit at MoMA. Afterwards, he waited around to answer questions. I had brought my storyboards, just in case he could look over them, so I left my place in line and went to the back to give people with questions a chance to ask them. When I got to the front I asked if I could show him my storyboards and he said ok. He started looking through them, and asked if I had studied this...well you could bet I wasn't expecting that! He just kept going on about how clear they were and everything, it definately made me happy!

 

In the end he signed the first page of my storyboards, here's a picture:

[MMZ_TimeLord]

Congratulations AVI... Nice to see a professional give a rising animation artist kudos and inspiration!

[Avi]

Storyboards with Doug Sweetland!

 

Man, I got really lucky with this Pixar exhibit at MoMA!

 

The day before the Pixar exhibit closed there was another lecture, this time by animators. These animators were: Doug Sweetland (he animated that sequence of Woody and Jessie playing "Woody's Roundup" in Toy Story 2) and Kureha Yokoo (she animated that sequence of Bob and Helen where Bob tell her he's going to a 'confrence' in The Incredibles).

 

Anyhow, they had a great presentation and afterwards I went to go talk to Doug Sweetland. Now, I didn't want to bother him with my storyboards, but I'm glad he looked at them in the end, since he gave me some invaluble advise (I had made a mitake when I showed them to Jason Katz, I didn't tell him the story, here I did). So, luckly I got a part of my story fixed, which if I hadn't shown him the storyboards, I would have never noticed, and would have killed the short!

 

Pixar people never cease to amaze! (By the way he had taken a break from animation to be a story artist on The Incredibles, now he's back animating on Cars)