The character has something of the style of Up's Carl Fredicksen, with his chunky square fingers. Nicely paced and an interesting well executed idea...
I sent this round last week but worth posting here for reference - great lighting, rendering and style to this short (...well, at 8 mins, perhaps more a mini-feature!) I'm still not sure I agree with the comments about the pacing, but it's a matter of opinion!
Watching Sony's Open Season again last night, and reading the accompanying art book, several reverences are made to the paintings of Evind Earle, an American artist who worked on a lot of early Disney films. Well worth a some further research...
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Inspiring animal illustration doubling up as one man's daily celebration of a successful battle against cancer. As great to read as it is to look at...