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Larry and his wife Marcie
I met him at Walt Disney Feature Animation back in 1995 when we were both doing clean-up animation on Pocahontas. Larry was on Pocahontas full time, I was just helping out in the evenings because during the day I was assigned to The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Larry is a very talented artist. He delivers exceptional work and he does it quickly! Two things that all animation productions require. Larry is a class act. He has always been cool, talented, hard working and nice.
a news article about how Disney has finally begun to hire Mexicans.
Larry left the animation business for a few years and fell back on his engineering expertise. He made a great living painting decorative murals in the homes of the well to do.
Ceiling mural by Larry Flores
Wall mural by Larry Flores
This is the preliminary sketch Larry did before painting the mural above.
I don’t know what it is about walls but Mexicans love to paint on them! We don’t care whether it’s a beautiful mural like one by Diego Rivera….
….or a gang tag like something by a guy called Li’l Puppet.
but recently got sucked back in when he was asked to contribute his pencil on the Dreamworks film “Me and my shadow” an upcoming hybrid feature slated for release in spring 2014. The film, which is about a shadow that takes control of its owner’s actions, will combine CG and hand-drawn animation, the latter which will be used for the shadow animation.
Dreamworks recently shelved Me and My Shadow
Check out some test animation Larry Did for Me and my Shadow as well as some pencil tests from his days at Disney.
Sounds good doesn’t it?
In animation things are subject to change without pity.
But then, the proverbial “shit” hit the proverbial “fan.” Thanks to the bad box office performance of The Guardians, Dreamworks got cold feet and…..
Check out the show if you are wondering WTF?
Enjoy the show!
R.
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Today’s episode is a little different.
I have a lot of stuff going on in my life like many of you out there do. Today’s show is an attempt by me to make sense of it all.
So you can either hop on the Man vs. Art bus or stay on the curb. Either way I’m fuckin’ driving.
2012 Comic Con Souvenir Book cover, rough pencils, inks, and final image by John Romita Jr.
That is the free fat-ass book full of articles and artwork that you are given when you pick up your badge. CCI describes it as “a huge, full-color trade paperback featuring bios and photos of all of Comic-Con’s special guests, plus special articles and art built around Comic-Con’s themes and anniversary celebrations.”
Maybe you were unaware of this, but anyone can submit work for this. The deadline this year is 19 April; all artwork must be in color and articles must be based on the themes celebrated this year.
You’re probably asking “What themes?”
Keep your pants on.
These three were immediately axed. I don’t know enough about them. So CHOP!
Bongo comics are awesome. I know a couple of people that work on them and they definitely do a fine job. I just didn’t feel like drawing the Simpsons, so buh-bye!
The Tick. Hmmm. The Tick is pretty cool. I thought the cartoon was funny, but it didn’t give me much of an “art-on” . NEXT!
The Sandman. Ooh! This I like. Neil Gaiman’s Sandman is one of the best comics ever done. Drama, Horror, Sex, Revenge, Brutality, Love, Loneliness, and even humor are contained within the pages of Sandman. Neil’s darkly elegant and sophisticated writing coupled with the incredibly varied and hauntingly awesome art of his collaborators is a real treat! I almost picked The Sandman but then I realized any Sandman tribute art I did would have to be emo and well, I’m not emo.
Wendy and Richard Pini’s long-running graphic novel series about elves, which was started in 1978 and concluded in 2013. Elfquest surprisedeveryone with its strong focus on character drama and pathos, discussing topics such as racism and genocide right from day one. The series quickly gained fans, because there was nothing else that came close to its gorgeous art, heartfelt characterizations and sophisticated storyline. The full epic saga spanned centuries and included very mature themes that were handled with taste. I almost picked Elfquest. Almost.
Dr. Who is celebrating his 50th anniversary. It debuted on the BBC in 1963 with the first of what would eventually become 11 Doctors. Dr. Who’s popularity has grown over the last 50 years and is one of the most popular TV shows in the world. I love it, but it’s a live action show and I didn’t feel like drawing that either.
In 1963 the Marvel Age of Comics began with the creation of The Avengers, The X-Men, and Doctor Strange which made Superhero comics re-surge in popularity. I love The Avengers, X-men, and Dr. Strange. But I couldn’t decide which of the three I would draw. Damn.
Still super after all this time, The Man of Steel is still going strong after 75 years. Superman the beloved American cultural icon is as popular today as he ever was. He was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster in 1932 and sold to Detective Comics Inc which later became DC Comics in 1938. Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1 June 1938 and subsequently appeared in Radio, TV programs, Movies, Comic strips, and Video Games. With the phenomenal popularity of his adventures, Superman helped create the superhero genre and establish it as the top genre in American comics.
I couldn’t say no to the Big Blue Boyscout! Here is my Submission to the 2013 San Diego Comi-Con souvenir book.
Superman celebrates 75 years!
Special thanks to Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Curt Swan, Max Fleischer, and Alex Toth, and Alex Ross for their contributions to Superman that inspired me to create this.
Submission Rules to the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con’s souvenir book here.
Kristen bell sketch by me.
My intern at Moonscoop productions Kristen Bell needed to interview me as part of her assignment in college. So I recorded the interview and cut it togehter for you guys to check out. Lot’s of tips on getting into the animation business and staying there as well.
A listener from the UK has spent the last 15 years teaching himself 3D digital animation and wants to know how he can take the things he sees in his head and draw them on paper. Good stuff!
I’m standing outside the studio having a smoke when all of a sudden I’m surrounded by Federal Agents. Talk about a WTF? moment. You’ll die when you hear this. I almost did!
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His Holiness the Pope of Animation.
Time is short! Get over to Ralph’s Kickstarter page and help him produce ” The Last Days Of Coney Island” 2D Traditional Hand Drawn Animated short!
Ralph Bakshi Animation Legend
Ralph talks about the project the young crew he is putting together, and reveals that if ” The Last Days Of Coney Island” is funded, he ll make Wizards 2 and would like to hire Disney Legends Glen Keane my old mentor, and Andreas Deja to contribute their pencils! Hey, I’ve seen crazier stuff happen in the animation business.
click the pic for Ralph Bakshi’s kickstarter.
Ralph responds to the decades of dogging and harsh criticism the media, the animation studios and community have heaped upon him. He may do it with few words but fuck, they sure are effective!
Ralph also gets some heavy stuff off his chest. He is thankful for every fan and young animator out there who has helped on Kickstarter.
Then things get REAL. Ralph shares his bitter disappointment with artists who he gave their first break to . Those rookies that Ralph brought in are now Studio Execs, Directors at just about every major studio. You can tell Ralph is really hurt and it weighs heavily on him that these people haven’t even given hime the time of day. Not a peep.
It’s an EPIC show! You guys have no idea what I had to go through to make this happen. Enjoy!
Tut Tut. Hold it a sec.
Before you enjoy the show, go give Ralph a few bucks to make his wacky and cool cartoon!
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Today I’m joined by Veteran Web Cartoonist and Animation Instructor Krishna Sadasivam to discuss among other things, a $600.00 solution to the $2000.00 Cintiq problem. Have you always wanted a tablet monitor?, but couldn’t spare the the 2 Grand needed? Tune in and get the scoop on the Yiynova MSP19 tablet monitor. It’s about time someone gave a little wake up call to Wacom about their over priced Cintiq
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On today’s show I’m joined by my friend and colleague the phenomenally talented Carol Wyatt. In the span of her 29 year career in animation Carol has contributed greatly to countless productions with her expertise in color and design. She can draw, paint, supervise, develop, design, art direct, and juggle chainsaws. In addition to being a devoted wife and despite not being Latina, she is the mother of 5 awesome kids.
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Traditional 2d animation artist Andrew Sharp from way up in the Yukon spends some time on the Man vs. Art Podcast talking about artistic influences, animation production pipelines, and home studio set ups!
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Luis is an old friend of mine from my art school days. We both got jobs in the animation business at about the same time in 1994. I went to Walt Disney Feature Animation and Luis got on the Simpsons where he still works today as a storyboard artist. Luis is obsessed with drawing and has developed his own theories about drawing at his new site The Drawing Website www.thedrawingwebsite.com , a place specifically created to help teach people how to draw. Then the next segment of the show is the story of a young artist in search of the answer to the eternal question of every artist. How do I become a better artist? His journey takes him to the ends of the globe where he meets the Old Wiseman of Art Mountain. Finally I wrap the show with a story about a bad experience I recently had on Facebook.
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Homage Parody and Pastiche. What gives? Are artists just stealing shit? Plus why Man vs. Art thinks 50 shades of grey blows. Not in the way you think.
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Somebody restored the fresco. By “Somebody” I mean an 80-something year old lady Cecelia Giménez who is NOT an artist, and by “restored” I mean totally fucked up beyond all recognition. Her attempt to “restore” a century-old oil painting of Christ in a Spanish church resulted in popular uproar, and amusement.
