Through Frames in Sketch and Story

From the doodles on books and several written drafts of stories thrown in the bin, our imaginations of various characters and animations have spanned several conversations in restaurants, offices, car rides and even classrooms. Until. The feeling of dread and excitement hit you as soon as the season finale is announced from your streaming service. A few minutes later, you are holding your gasp and sigh, as the credits roll on the screen. A few weeks later and you cannot seem to find anything else to watch and you begin to wonder, why wouldn’t they make it quicker? How long have you waited until the next season of your animated series or show? Before you storm with your fellow couch potatoes to the studio’s email or office, armed with placards. Let us help you prevent you from being on the wrong side of news, by getting to the bottom of it.   Production process of animation Fun fact : Spongebob Squarepants was actually made by a former marine biologist, by the name of ...

  Did you know that in about 5 seconds of animation, you may possibly have about 60 - 120 drawings? Imagine, how many drawings your favourite episode of your animated series, has with a run time of 20 minutes. Also, despite all the cool action sequences, slow motion scenes and all, that we heavily enjoy but also critique but have no idea how they were made might have lots to do with the language of animation? Language, you may ask? Yes, language. Stay with me. At times, we have a favourite animated series that we can see being critiqued in an interview or show and sometimes don’t understand why. We may wish to give critique to the show and offer our feedback and may not have the words. However, if you are lost like the coins that disappear in your couch, no need to worry. Should you be an enthusiast who simply seeks to understand more about what you enjoy or you are an aspiring animator, we shall help you with being able to cover the concept of frames in animation. ...

Today, you may have sent your friend that funny bouncing emoji or emoticon from your keyboard on your phone to have a laugh. You may have secretly or openly laughed and had a sing along, with your child to an animated show, that they forced or you were attracted to do so, as a parent. Or, watched that short animated video on YouTube that has made you hold in a laughter in the bus. Along the lines of our day to day, sometimes we ran into lots of animated media. In our childhood, some of us may recognize or remember some of the favourite animated shows that we sat gracefully and attentively watched. Their whimsical and amusing antics left us holding our ribs as the sweet ache hit our abdomen from a hearty laughter. At times, we even have our favourite characters that come off as our favourite “buddies”.   However, in light of this, sometimes it comes as a question, who exactly makes animation? How is it made and who does it? To begin this journey to learn about animatio...