Animation

                                                                                                     The summer after ninth grade I marathoned some of Walt                                                                                                            Disney's traditionally animated movies. Brother Bear, Fox and                                                                                                      the Hound, Bambi, and Fantasia were some movies that put                                                                                                          me in an absolute trance. The smooth flow of animation that                                                                                                        can only be made by hand, knowing that on the other side of                                                                                                        what I was watching someone created every individual frame,                                                                                                      every brush stroke was unique. It could never be perfectly                                                                                                            recreated again. It felt special, it was special, it was human. 

                                                                                                     I believe that traditional animation only went out of style                                                                                                              because it became increasingly more expensive to produce                                                                                                            when you have to replace physical materials constantly the                                                                                                          cost adds up quickly, so over the years I've learned to apply                                                                                                          the traditional process of drawing and animating to a digital                                                                                                        medium that is both time and cost-effective. And with the rise of 2D animation in 3D work like Spider-Verse, Puss in Boots (the last wish), and The Mitchells VS the Machines it only makes me more confident that 2D traditionally animated work is about to rear its beautiful head to help create a new visual media renaissance.