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AndreasFrancis
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[2006-12-19 16:47:05 +0000 UTC]
"Claymation filmmaker"
(Norway)
# Statistics
Favourites: 440; Deviations: 151; Watchers: 99
Watching: 84; Pageviews: 30908; Comments Made: 1680; Friends: 84
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: Da Vinci, Andy Bergholtz, Will Winton, Nick ParkFavorite movies: Wallace and Gromit in The wrong Trousers
Favorite bands / musical artists: Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Tools of the Trade: Hands, fingers, thumbs, a needle and loads of plasticine
Other Interests: Sculpting, animating clay, drawing, guitar, piano
# About me
Current Residence: BrisbaneFavourite genre of music: Everything!
# Comments
Comments: 213
Fantastic gallery! You've got some amazing pieces!
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Haya A, Im in animation school right now and would love to be a stop mo animator.... there are not enough of us around and CGI is running rampant.... what do you reckon. do you think I should become a puppet maker like I would like to of try andΒ focus primarily on Maya and Z brush etc?
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Hi Steve! sorry for such a late answer. I reckon the skills are quite transferable. The animation principles are the same for all forms of animation, and designing a good character is about developing a good "eye". If you draw a lot of faces, that helps with sculpting them and vice versa. Same with clay and Zbrush. So if the basic skills are down, moving between mediums of expression is just an adjustment if you change your mind later.
If it helps, animators I spoke with at Aardman reckoned it was easier to go from stop-mo to CGI rather than the other way around. I can't say from personal experience though, I've barely tried Maya, though I had a little bit of fun with Zbrush.
To me the magic of animation is making the plasticine I played with as a child come to life, so CGI just doesn't do it for me, but that's me.
Hope that helps! Good luck with your animation.
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thanks for the fav! best of luck with your art and claymation!
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Thank you very much for the watch and the fave on my Eye sketches
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Hey Andreas!
Just saw that you stopped by and faved...
Haven't heard from you in a while my friend...
Hope all has been great with you man!
Best to you,
Take care,
Randy
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Great to hear from you Randy!
I have come out of my DA hiatus and will stop by regularly.
Best to you too.
Cheers,
Andreas
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So great to hear from you Andreas!
I've taken breaks from DA at times myself and understand...
Looking forward to seeing what you create again my friend!
Take care,
Randy
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Thank you for favoriting my George Perdikis drawing!
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Thanks for making such great artwork and sharing it.
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Hei Andreas! Liten verden... Alt vel? Er Bristol snill med deg? Fikk du deg no drΓΈmmejobb? (peace fra ida, som du mΓΈtte pΓ₯ Aardman
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Hei Ida! Hyggelig Γ₯ hΓΈre fra deg. Nei, ble ikke noe videre der borte, men var en verdiful erfaring Γ₯ fΓ₯ med seg. LΓ¦rte mye om hvordan et stort studio er satt opp.
Har jobbet hovedsakelig med web-programmering siden, men nΓ₯ satser jeg for fullt pΓ₯ plastelina igjen.
Hva gjΓΈr du for tiden?
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hii andreas,i'm an amateyr statues maker,i loved ur work & i'll love to know ur opinion about mine
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I admire people like you ^^ I wish I had your skills. Your work is truly charming and amazing.
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Hi,...thanks a lot for your words and comments...your work is excellent my friend
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Hi Andreas, thank you for your comment on my page. I originally was going to go into animation inspired by Will Vinton and his work. I decided on Film instead(Sad really, its so much easier to strut your stuff in animation) I hope one day to make it back to animation, but for now I can only watch people's superb work like yours and congratulate you on the fine job your doing.
Cheers-DanielW
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Hi Dan, thanks!
Yeah, the classic Vinton Studio's stuff is great! I love their characters and how they really look like plasticine despite a high level of realism in their designs.
Being good at film is a good start for getting into animation, so I reckon you havn't vasted your time. Until last year of uni I thought I wast just gonna animate, but found myself analyzing live action features for camera angles and moves, edits, symbolism, acting, use of sound and music etc.. There's so much to it, and so much fun, animating is really just a small part of it all (though it is the one thing I will be doing when I start hiring people to do all those other things
Keep it up, if you really want to do it, you can!
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Hi Steve, Thanks for looking after me! Yes , I'm all good, will check out all your latest sculpts soon.
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Big thanks A! no worries
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Haven't heard from you in a while-hows working at aardman going?
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HI Sarah, I'm back online. Congrats on geting marreid, the wedding cake caracters looked awesome! I wanna do something like that too now
It was a great time at Aardman, but I did not get in on Shaun the sheep as hoped. There's always a hope that they'll still do Purple and Brown, but right now I'm doing my own thing, and it's looking bright so far.
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Thanks for the well wishes.I assume you are back at home now-no longer in the uk?
It sucks that you didnt get to stay but keep in touch with them you never know!
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Still in Bristol for time being, as the freelance stuff I am doing now can be done anywhere, and I'm hanging around for another opportunity, and yes, I do stay in touch with them (are you crazy??? 
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ahhh it's a small world isnt it? I actually met someone a couple of weeks ago who knew Nick at uni.They shared a flat together!(with others)
Ahh well thats ok then.I'd of loved to see some effects but I understand why they keep them under wraps.Cant wait for the next film.
Studio is ok-bit quiet at the moment but i assume its the same for everyone with the current money climate.We have a few plans for things tho.
Lol i know your not crazy but I thought i'd remind you just incase
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Good to hear you have got a foot in the door at Aardmans!!
I found The Lord sorry! Thatβs Peter Lord a very pleasant chap to speak to when I met him on an Animation course in Bristol some yearβs back.
I'm dead envious!!
Have you got any tips on what swung it for you?
I guess that the Aardman doors are open for the best talent around
Good luck for the rest of your Work Experience
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