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Published: 2013-10-16 22:11:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 70329; Favourites: 2931; Downloads: 0
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Mountain man Kristoff from Disney's FROZEN will be joining my Disney Heroes Collection on November 30th EXCLUSIVELY on my facebook page: www.facebook.com/david.kawena JOIN IN NOW SO YOU WONT MISS IT!
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After seeing all the gorgeous conceptual art work for Disney's upcoming Frozen, I just had to give it a go and see what will they look like in a 2D hand drawn animation style.
2 days of work and it's done!
What do you guys think? Are you excited about the movie? Would you prefer it would be 2D or CGI?
Thanks,
Have a great day
DK.
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You're welcome.
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I think what I admire the most about this piece is how you have so successfully married the background (which is rich with detail and shading) with the foreground (which has a certain amount of detail, but virtually no shading). I assume the reason why this contrast doesn't come across as abrupt or jarring is due to your choice of soft colours, which create a seamless blend between the two. I especially love the mountain. So majestic and powerful, yet not pulling focus.
In terms of critique, I'll point out that Kristoff is right handed, and therefore the instrument should be held the other way. In addition, Sven seems disproportionately small in comparison to Anna and Kristoff. His antlers in particular seem a bit on the short side. Is this due to the angling of his head, or was this a conscious decision in order for his antlers to not block Anna's face?
Overall, it's a lovely piece that easily could be mistaken as something from Disney itself. Bravo!
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Well, you've done it again! Another amazing piece of your Disney fanart which has captured my imagination and brings a smile to my face! Your style just seems to capture the very essence of the characters thrown up by Disney, as if you'd taken them and 'Frozen' them perfectly in ice. There's just something about your artwork which makes it look like it could move at any second. This one is no different. I feel like any of the four characters could come to life any second!
My favourite aspect is the expression in the characters. Their body language, their facial expressions, their poses... It really does take my breath away! I don't know much about the movie, but from your picture it looks like the good ol' Disney humour should feature in it! The background is also very well composed. It looks so peaceful and quiet, yet the mountains show power and majesty in the far distance! Just like a real-life winter scene!
All in all, this is another fabulous piece of work and I look forward to seeing more! ^^
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this is amazing, you are a great artist and have a wonderful talent my friend 
To be honest, I would love to see hand drawn animation in cinemas again because I feel like hand drawn animation shows a bit effort and skill has been put into it but I still like CGI animated films
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Looks pretty fantastic, nice job on this!
FROZEN is a good Disney film and I love the music!
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This makes me wish that Frozen should have been done in 2D animation. Excellent job here! Fantastic job on the details!Β Β
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As much as I admitted that Frozen is not going to be in 2d animation, but despite of that, I love the movie. And despite of the layoffs of veteran hand drawn artists, they still have hand drawn animation. But they're only using it for shorts and special projects like at Disneyland or Disney World. I hope someday Disney will do another hand drawn animated feature if they keep this up to make their upcoming films to be a hit.
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You are an absolute disgrace to even praise Disney and that movie for what they've done. Frozen was NOT meant to be another movie for Disney to push the CGI agenda onto the world. It was meant to be another movie to stand for the beauty, value, and merits of traditional animation, that such animation has a right to exist today, and that it's NOT all about CGI. That's why Princess and the Frog was such a good movie, and why Frozen (and every other CGI movie that's come out of Disney now) exists as the biggest insult ever to the very art of doing hand-drawn animation. You CAN'T love that movie and say that you respect hand-drawn as an art. The Disney studio of today is nothing but cheating, lying, backstabbing trash, and as long as I'm still living, I'm going to make sure that everyone knows it.
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"The Disney studio of today is nothing but cheating, lying, backstabbing trash, and as long as I'm still living, I'm going to make sure that everyone knows it."
Yep! it's official! You are a fascist (someone who tries to force people to agree with him/her/them), without a doubt!
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Anyone who truly has a right understanding of what "Disney animation" is meant to be would agree with me. Fortunately, I have met some people on DeviantART who I haven't had to argue my point with cause they already understand where I'm coming from with what's become of Disney today and they feel the same way I do. I won't name any names in particular, cause that's my own business to know.
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You know what, what's the point trying to argue with you about the term "Disney animation"? You're just gonna simply deny it, because you have those nostalgia goggles on for too long (I don't mean that literally by the way).
And let's be honest here, it's clearly obvious to me that you just can't seem to accept change, and want everything to stay the same way as they were back during your childhood days. Hating a movie just because it's CGI is one of the dumbest reasons to hate a movie. If you want to hate on a certain movie or a franchise, use more acceptable reasons like plot-holes, annoying characters, crappy-looking animation, confusing story, etc. These are all valid reasons for disliking a movie. In the end, what made Disney's modern films successful today is the story and characters (and yes, I love Disney's modern films myself, particularly Zootopia). Change is bound to happen if something runs for over a decade, or even a century. Do you remember Super Mario Sunshine? If so, then you'd probably know that it's so much different compared to Super Mario 64 and Super Mario World, yet the majority of Mario fans (and myself) still love or at least deem it as an official Mario game!
BTW, I'd pretty much classify you and those people who are on your side about Disney today, as "ToonEGuy-ian classicists" (influenced by ExoParadigmGamer's term "Egoraptorians" for the classic-Sonic fanboys), because nobody represents this incredibly biased and short-sighted crowd of 2D Disney fanboys anymore than you do! Also, I don't respect you anymore; you clearly don't deserve it, after all those nasty comments I've seen from you on this website and Twitter.
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"If you want to hate on a certain movie or a franchise, use more acceptable reasons like plot-holes, annoying characters, crappy-looking animation..."
Oh, you mean like thinking that Disney characters look like crap in CGI and would have looked better in 2D animation?
For the record, there have been plenty of modern 2D cartoons on television that I've really disliked as well, such as the modern-day Mickey Mouse shorts, for having crappy, ugly, and visually unappealing drawing styles and art compared to so many 2D cartoons of the past, but whenever I criticize those cartoons, people just like you attack me for it and use the exact same reason that even the cartoonists of those shows themselves are making to justify the art being so bad: "story and characters".
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What?? No! I don't think Disney characters today look like garbage in CGI. They actually still look very functional and appealing to look at in my eyes. I mean, if you think the Disney-style doesn't fit in CGI (It's obvious that you do), then you have a right to that opinion. But here's the thing, trying to justify your opinion and especially your aesthetic taste is gonna be really hard for you, because people like me are gonna find a way to debunk your claims.
That, and what you said about modern 2D cartoons 'looking like s**t' (when they really don't look THAT bad to me), really leads me to my biggest problem with you. You seem to care more about the visuals than the story and characters, which (you may not, but I believe) are far more important than the way it looks. Sure, I prefer well-drawn 2D animation over a more simplistic style, but despising a cartoon just because it looks too simplistic for your taste is unacceptably judgemental, as far as I'm concerned.
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You know what? You need to shut the hell up! You're might end up in the mental institution! And by the way, it's all your fault that I got banned from DVDizzy.com because of you!Β
I hope I didn't take it too far.
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What was it about CG animation that made it replace hand drawn in the first place? Seriously none of us fans asked for that to even happen!
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Lovely! I really wish Disney would bring back the good old 2D (and hire you as a designer 
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What's is going to take for fans to convince them to do that?
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For one thing, they need to get out of their delusion that they should be making CG movies and throwing away their own 2D animation to do it. The Disney I know was established as a hand-drawn studio, and that's just what they're meant to be. Continuing to make movies like Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph has only made them lose sight of themselves.
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Thanks for doing this.
I ALWAYS PREFER Disney traditional 2D drawing.Β
New 3D one is so not Disney.
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OhΒ my lord, why haven't they gone back to this art style? It's always been so beautiful in the previous films! Thank you so much for making this!
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I totally agree with you!Β Doesn't it just seem that Disney Studios is being run by monkeys these days?
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I was talking with my Dad in the car today over how I automatically assume that if a company makes tons of money, they're evil no matter what, which is probably inaccurate, but these days it seems like Disney has lost its charm and replaced it with money-making. Like Ratchet from "Robots". -_-
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Like Ratchet form Robots? How so?
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Whereas Bigweld focused his intentions for new inventions towards what people wanted, Ratchet only wanted money and power, much like his mother. Kind of an exaggerated metaphor, but similar.
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I really like the 2D version here! You draw Disney well!
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Seriously as amazing as the castle and backgrounds were I seriously think the characters would have looked so amazing in 2D. Β Still love the movie though. Great job, I love how Kristoff looks.
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I think it would be interesting to see a half hour special of Frozen in hand drawn 2d.
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I say 2d because 3d has lost its wow factor.
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I know what you mean. Much like the theme of snow queen character, CG animations feels so icy and distant. And they try to make them to life like in a way, makes them too creepy. But with 2d you can feel the warmth, harmony, beauty, and magic that was put into by the artist own two loving hands. With computers, it's not the same. I still hope to one day become a great cartoon artist myself. I want to recreate and share with others the beauty and magic made out of something so very simple just with the stroke of a pencil.
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If Disney thinks CGI is their future, they should keep their options open in case voices get louder for 2d to return.
I think the Paperman approach would distinguish their movies from those of Pixar and DreamWorks. Maybe in a few years there can be improvements to cell shading techniques that can warrant a whole feature in the Paperman style.
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That's true, they adopted the same animation style with Magic Carpet in Aladdin as they animated Paperman.
but sometimes, better technology does not always mean better movies. It cost twice as much to make a CG film as it was to make a traditional animated film. Now I know I heard The Little Mermaid was the most expensive to make cause they had to remove a few bubbles here and there. But still, with computer animation you have programs and renderingto deal with. And they try to make the characters and setting to adapt to our environment. And that is what ticks me off more about 3d films, they try to make it look adaptable to our environment. From the hair, to the vegetation, water, fabrics in clothe, he'll they even have eyelashes rendered to ours! If Frozen was done in 2d some CG would have been nessasary if it came to the snowflakes, Elsa's ice castle, and her snow monster. Like they did with the giant head entrence in Aladdin or the hydra in Hercules. But I don't want the entire film to be in CG, come on, it's getting overrated. I liked the scripting and the music featured in Frozen, but I just do not like the animation style. Hell, even I thought Rise of the Gaurdians would have been a lot better in the old animation style of that like The Prince of Eygpt and Road to Eldorado. I just hate to see an old profession go the way of the Dodo just because of the changing times. I still want to fulfill my dreams of becoming an illiterateor/Cartoonist and bring back the old style once again.
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Either way, there has to be a new digital way to do 2d again. There has to be a way to use pencil, paper, scanners, desktops, Photoshop, Flash and After Effects to make movies.
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Something I don't understand is this whole thing started. Sure CGI has become more common in animated films today, but nobody asked for hand-drawn animation to be ditched.
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When I was younger, I thought there would still be 2D movies being made today.
I still think Disney made a huge mistake getting rid of all their 2D animators.
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