While reading Don Graham’s notes on animating force vs. form at Hans Perk’s blog, I decided to try out the principles with a quick sketch. The only “life” around that I could draw was our cat, Curry, who happened to be sleeping at the time. Here’s my quick attempt at capturing her pose. Forceful sleeper, ...
or “The House of Small Cubes”, if you so prefer. Whatever the name, it’s a deeply elegant and touching animated short. If the goal of art is to evoke and amplify what it is to be human, then this short IS art. Directed by Kunio Kato. Winner of the 2009 Academy award for best animated ...