David Tart - The Story of Animation

The Story of Animation

This short is by David Tart, who was worked on animations like Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, A Bug's Life and Toy Story among others, all of which were 3D animations, so this is an interesting change. The animation is by Tumblehead Studios who make Ron 'N' Ron, and The Walking Dead video game.

The animation is quite autobiographical, coming from experience with clients who think that animation is a lot simpler and easier than it actually is. This documents the career of a potential animator, using Tart's and The Animation Workshop's students' own experiences. I think that this would give clients a lot better an idea about the process of animation, and how much work they are paying for.

This animation uses pose to pose animation and the style reminds me of Fairly Odd Parents (and another cartoon I can't quite place) - the backgrounds and adult characters are quite similar in style, but maybe just a little curvier.