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Hot Spot: Zhu, Paradise Awaits

Tomek Ducki digitally animated this music video, both 2d and 3d, and then overpainted it on paper frame by frame. “I refer to it sometimes as manual rendering,” he says, “Rotoscoping over animation if you like. I like this because we have a good balance of controlled movement and accidental results with the painting.”

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Jackie Lee raises a glass to British pub culture

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Emma Branderhorst on a second year of YDA wins

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Arne Hain gets animated about his YDA win

Director or animator? That was the decision for Arne Hain. In the end, he realised he  More…