The book Inside UPA is a visual tour of one of the greatest animation studios of all time. With its author's permission, we've shared the whole thing online for free.
Our latest issue dives into the book and UPA's place in animation history: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/stepping-i...
That’s brilliant you guys
A precisionist painting 👌
Silvio Lorusso quoting Karl Kraus: ‘I know that everything is futile when the house is burning. But I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who were supposed to look after commas had always made sure they were in the right place, Shanghai would not be burning.’
Dreaming of new pictorial spaces 💭
Tellement chill comparé à l'animation
A work in progress technical drawing of Eastend Western's studio furniture, made of two desks under which two smaller desks on wheel reside for modular usage.
A work in progress technical drawing I made of Eastend Western's studio furniture, made of two desks under which two smaller desks on wheel reside for modular usage.
Our hand-painted films for the Noguchi Museum are now live on YouTube! Discover how kids might have enjoyed Noguchi’s unrealized playground designs for NYC. Bon cinéma... youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Beautiful ❤️
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Extract from our animations for the Noguchi Museum
It's raining on Noguchi's Contoured Playground. A meditative loop painted on celluloid, and a homage to Hockney taken from our films for the Noguchi Museum. On display until September.
A photograph of a digital line drawing of a swimmer clock made a few years ago
Swimmer clock design
Smoking in live action is the equivalent of boil in animation
A still from the animations for the Noguchi Museum. A little girl is reading a book within the triangular steps he designed for the United Nations playground.
I'll post more about this project over the coming days/weeks..!
A picture of layered celluloids for the Noguchi Museum animations. Three kids, looking back at the camera, are standing on the steps of "Play Mountain"
It was truly a dream project. Co-directed with @jackcunningham.bsky.social, we wanted to echo the material richness of Noguchi’s models. To do so, we turned towards traditional animation techniques and painted over 1,800 celluloids.
A still from the animation "Riverside Playground" from the exhibition "Noguchi's New York".
Noguchi's playground designs exist mainly as beautifully cryptic maquettes. Viewers might wonder how kids would have played within such structures. Our animated films explore the question in narrative and abstract ways.
Last week, we launched five animations at the Noguchi Museum. If you're in NYC, their new exhibition is on until September and explores Noguchi's relationship with the city, and his rejected playground designs.
Still from my film "Colorimetry in Motion" (2013)
Really worsens the quality of life around here. Thanks for reporting on this steadily, I wasn't aware of the extension to 2028.
Love it..!
Looping film for Loro Piana from 2024
Happy New Year!
Here are the hands of Eve Lloyd Knight hand painting probably our most intricate 3D print so far. Every prop, character and set element was custom built to a made up scale that was convenient to our working space.
The Dépanneur sign for the Montreal scene is my fav prop. There are also animated versions which I’ll share soon…
A photograph of a billboard for the new Wealthsimple credit card, featuring a handcrafted mountain landscape and miniature climbers.
A photograph of a billboard for the new Wealthsimple credit card, featuring a handcrafted Montreal street with practical lights.
A photograph of a billboard for the new Wealthsimple credit card, featuring an Italian beach and miniature figures.
A photograph of a billboard for the new Wealthsimple credit card, featuring a miniature Algonquin national park camping scene.
This year, @jackcunningham.bsky.social & myself launched our film, art and design studio Eastend Western and we’ve been so busy since we haven’t had time to share any new work. If you’re in Canada and spot these Wealthsimple ads, we handmade them over the summer in our compact but mighty workshop.
Some of my old drawings lost to time, collected and sent back to me by Season Cheng.
Nostalgia for our old studio space
