Animators of the Drome, UNITE!!

Fledermaus · 01-09-2006, 01:50 AM

I have a dream... not that I have time to fulfill it now, not that I'll have time in the next decade... but hopefully with the profession I'm working towards, I'll eventually be making way the heck more money than I would as an animator and thus would be able to spare some money maybe to produce a really high-quality hand-animated TMNT movie. I have a lot of animation contacts, as well -- not that they aren't insanely busy too, but they are freaking good, as in Disney/Pixar good. I know a few of them must be TMNT fans...

Anyways. Even in the midst of my studies, I am keeping alive my drawing skills (and animation in the summer -- just orderered a new pegbar

). Make sure you keep in contact with other artists and animators and just people in general -- contacts are key to success. Even great talent can go unnoticed if you don't have someone to put in a good word for you somewhere. Keep in touch with friends who are especially good writers (as in disturbingly talented scriptwriter good), because the basis of a good movie is a strong, tight story. And dialogue, too.

So, that's my dream. Now, how many animators or "wanna-be" animators do we have here? (As of now, I fall into the latter category.) I'm saying we'll make a pact as members of the Technodrome forums: some day, before we all die or become invalids, we are going to make a high-quality hand-animated TMNT movie that takes full advantage of the beauty of the movement of martial arts, of the shadows and stealth associated with ninjitsu, and has a strong story with good dialogue that isn't a slave to cliches, pop culture, and bad jokes, etc.

Well... at the very least, is anyone interested?

01-09-2006, 01:50 AM	#1
Fledermaus Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,115	Animators of the Drome, UNITE!! I have a dream... not that I have time to fulfill it now, not that I'll have time in the next decade... but hopefully with the profession I'm working towards, I'll eventually be making way the heck more money than I would as an animator and thus would be able to spare some money maybe to produce a really high-quality hand-animated TMNT movie. I have a lot of animation contacts, as well -- not that they aren't insanely busy too, but they are freaking good, as in Disney/Pixar good. I know a few of them must be TMNT fans... Anyways. Even in the midst of my studies, I am keeping alive my drawing skills (and animation in the summer -- just orderered a new pegbar ). Make sure you keep in contact with other artists and animators and just people in general -- contacts are key to success. Even great talent can go unnoticed if you don't have someone to put in a good word for you somewhere. Keep in touch with friends who are especially good writers (as in disturbingly talented scriptwriter good), because the basis of a good movie is a strong, tight story. And dialogue, too. So, that's my dream. Now, how many animators or "wanna-be" animators do we have here? (As of now, I fall into the latter category.) I'm saying we'll make a pact as members of the Technodrome forums: some day, before we all die or become invalids, we are going to make a high-quality hand-animated TMNT movie that takes full advantage of the beauty of the movement of martial arts, of the shadows and stealth associated with ninjitsu, and has a strong story with good dialogue that isn't a slave to cliches, pop culture, and bad jokes, etc. Well... at the very least, is anyone interested? __________________ We're calling it a freeway. Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena. Smooth, safe, fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past. I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on all day, all night! Soon there will be a string of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food! Tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see! My God... It'll be beautiful.