Update Blog - 6/22/19 (Patreon)

Animation is fun and all, but this week is a little break for me to explore some other stuff and try some new things like watch a highly-praised movie that's part of a cult favourite trilogy and explore my artistic side with paper cutting Disney characters!

- Released my review of Hot Fuzz: In case you haven't seen the review, the biggest surprise was the fact that I never got the chance to watch the movie despite already seeing Shaun of the Dead and The World's End. But after hearing so many people talk about it as the kind of film where they seem shocked if you haven't seen it, I'm glad I finally did. Admittedly, there was a part fo me that considered emulating some of the fast-pace editing style of Edgar Wright, but I knew that would be an editing nightmare and take so much time to do all the filming and lot's of thought to make it as clever as his, so I figured a straightforward review would be fine for this one. Wright is well known to be a major film lover and this one shows where he pays massive homage to the action genre and goes crazy and went with no limits, resulting in a hilarious and fascinating movie to experience and love how he emphasizes on not why they're good, but why they're fun. So there you go, I have now watched the entire Cornetto trilogy. I feel like now I can be accepted as more knowledgable in the film community XP

- Released the new Art of AniMat of Disney Animation vs. Disney Remakes: This took me a few nights of brainstorming to figure out how to make this episode stand out. The theme of Disney originals vs. remake was a big help, but I think what was the best achievement here is the idea of going into paper cutting to bring out a new kind of art that I have yet to try out. Like I said in the video, I'm surprised that never once did I cut myself throughout the whole thing, but with my first 4 sets, I feel very happy with what I created. If there's a big demand, then I might consider to do more of these with cutting the animated characters from a picture of the remake. But I am very satisfied with how the artworks turned out and hope people appreciate them too. Here's a better look at the final results of this video.

- Editing the next Editorial: Throughout the week, I spent my time editing the next editorial in order to have all the pieces together. This was a bit more complicated to craft than the Illumination one, as it does require a lot of specific pictures and videos in order to better show my point of what I'm saying. This will also be quite a long one too, as it's slightly longer than the Illumination one at around 29 minutes long (and it has very few clips in between). I'm about done with making this video, but the most I can do now to work on it to have it be as perfect as I imagined it is by doing some revisions and it can get complicated and take a while when a video requires me to mostly be in front of the green screen. But I will say that I can't wait to show you this one. This could even be one of my biggest video highlights of the Summer!

- Currently working on my Toy Story 4 review: As you're reading this, I'm working on the Toy Story 4 review and I'll say right now that I'm very surprised with the reception it got. Yes, it's Toy Story. Yes, it's Pixar, but after the years of backlash to making more after the perfect ending of 3 and some behind-the-scenes drama involving John Lasseter, I did not expect that critics have given it reviews that are debatably as strong as the last 3. So where does that leave me? Do I love this movie as much as them? Will I disagree? That's exactly what I'm working on now and for you to wait until next week to find out!

Well, that was fun. Next week we'll get back onto some animated madness with some very anticipated videos coming (and not just the Toy Story 4 review ;)). So until next time...

See ya later, dudes!