While sitting around on Sunday, I received a notification that one of the people I follow on Periscope was broadcasting and it was titled “Theme park designer needs human interaction while working.” For the heck of it, I decided to tune in for a few minutes before getting ready for the day. Well, over an hour later I was still listening/watching! Thank goodness I didn’t have anywhere to be!
If you haven’t discovered Periscope yet, it’s a new app for the iPhone that Twitter released that allows people to live broadcast whatever they’re doing and people can chat back with them through a sort of texting-like feature on the bottom of the screen. As the title states, this gentleman was working away! He had the phone propped in such a way that you had a side profile of him working. He never officially gave his name, so I won’t give it either, but if you were lucky enough to catch the broadcast (which mysteriously disappeared afterwards) you could see he had his Cast Member badge on and every once in awhile you caught a glimpse of something. ;)
As most of you are probably waiting to hear, no, unfortunately he did not show us what he was currently working on, as the phone was propped in such a way to not show his monitors. He did at one point close down what he was working on and showed us his set up, which was neat to see! First was his Cintiq, which looked just like a normal monitor, but upon googled I found out it is a very spiffy and large tablet-like thing that allows for people to draw on it, which would explain why he was still working with a pen! He also had two regular computer monitors that he explained he used for research and reference. Then his wall and most of his working space was covered with artwork. He explained it was not his, but there for inspiration or because he liked it! He also had a traditional animators desk and explained that sometimes it’s easier to draw and then scan it and digitalize an image, depending on the project! Behind him were loads of books that he explains were a lot of “Art of…” books which included some Disney and Dreamworks titles.
Being an avid Disney fan, I focused on the Disney questions and answers, but he had an abundant knowledge of so much more! He wasn’t able to show us any of his past projects either, but he talked a little bit about what he’s worked on. As an animator, he worked on the hyenas in the Lion King, John Smith in Pocahontas, Phoebus from Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pacha in The Emperor’s New Groove, Turk in Tarzan, Mushu from Mulan, and Kenai from Brother Bear. He also worked on Captain Gantu in Lilo and Stitch and explained how that was his favorite project not only for the artwork but for the uniqueness of it! Even after being let go from animation, they still called him back to help with Princess in the Frog, which he drew at home!
Stay tuned for part two where I'll actually talk about Theme Parks! :)
If you haven’t discovered Periscope yet, it’s a new app for the iPhone that Twitter released that allows people to live broadcast whatever they’re doing and people can chat back with them through a sort of texting-like feature on the bottom of the screen. As the title states, this gentleman was working away! He had the phone propped in such a way that you had a side profile of him working. He never officially gave his name, so I won’t give it either, but if you were lucky enough to catch the broadcast (which mysteriously disappeared afterwards) you could see he had his Cast Member badge on and every once in awhile you caught a glimpse of something. ;)
As most of you are probably waiting to hear, no, unfortunately he did not show us what he was currently working on, as the phone was propped in such a way to not show his monitors. He did at one point close down what he was working on and showed us his set up, which was neat to see! First was his Cintiq, which looked just like a normal monitor, but upon googled I found out it is a very spiffy and large tablet-like thing that allows for people to draw on it, which would explain why he was still working with a pen! He also had two regular computer monitors that he explained he used for research and reference. Then his wall and most of his working space was covered with artwork. He explained it was not his, but there for inspiration or because he liked it! He also had a traditional animators desk and explained that sometimes it’s easier to draw and then scan it and digitalize an image, depending on the project! Behind him were loads of books that he explains were a lot of “Art of…” books which included some Disney and Dreamworks titles.
Being an avid Disney fan, I focused on the Disney questions and answers, but he had an abundant knowledge of so much more! He wasn’t able to show us any of his past projects either, but he talked a little bit about what he’s worked on. As an animator, he worked on the hyenas in the Lion King, John Smith in Pocahontas, Phoebus from Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pacha in The Emperor’s New Groove, Turk in Tarzan, Mushu from Mulan, and Kenai from Brother Bear. He also worked on Captain Gantu in Lilo and Stitch and explained how that was his favorite project not only for the artwork but for the uniqueness of it! Even after being let go from animation, they still called him back to help with Princess in the Frog, which he drew at home!
Stay tuned for part two where I'll actually talk about Theme Parks! :)