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twisted-wind β Hullabaloo: how to save 2D animation
Published: 2014-09-02 10:47:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 9108; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 0
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I'm sure you all know and are aware, as me, that in the last years there was a veritable explosion of CGI animated movies:
Dreamworks, Pixar and now Disney itself produced incredible masterpieces,
but what about the 2D?
the hand-made animation that decreed the undisputed success of Disney
and that fascinated all of us when we was children?
How many hand-made movies have been produced in the last times?
It's sad to realize that the 2D animation is going to disappear, maybe forever.
Then I found a super-duper project in Steampunk sauce the Disney veterans are working on: Hullabaloo
Β but they need our help, I immediately gave my donations since this could be the last chance to see a hand-made animated movie!
please read more in the link Hullabaloo and, if you can or are interested, donate.
thank you for reading
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no matter how many companies use 3D, 2D will NEVER die and will still live on. 2D is how animation got started and casting it on the side would be the equivalent of tossing your parents into a dirty back alley and leaving them because you find someone who could only win people through their wallets.Β
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I heard about it on tumblr! It looks like it'll be so great, tho I'm unfortunately unable to donate ono I'm a sucker for 2D films ouo
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YES! YES! HECK YEA!!!!!!
2D animation was a amazing experience for me in my childhood! The classic way to make animated movies.
I'm not against 3D animation, i do think that kind of animation is pretty amazing too, but THIS! This may help 2D animation come back!!!
We could once again have 2D animated movies again! Just like the old times of our childhood!
Everyone really must know about this! I'm so glad you shared this info!
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I'm actually really happy that you are drawing attention to this project and film. I saw this last year and have been following it since. It really is an awesome thing to have so many big name animators get together to create something that with draw attention and love back into an art form and entertainment that is slowly being swallowed by a newer media. Thank you so much for putting this up.
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Just checked the fund. At the time of this comment's posting, they're just $1000 short the $80K target with 28 days to go! And now, Doug Walker aka Nostalgia Critic is donating too! Epic or what?!!!
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IKR! These are his exact words
"A lot of people tell me Treasure Planet is if Disney did steampunk. No...THIS is if Disney did Steampunk! You can bet your ass I'm donating, too!"
OMFG! THEY'VE DONE IT! THE DONATIONS HAVE NOW HIT $82K!!!
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Also, Tommy B got back to me and says he's already backing it and spreading the word!
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This is amazing!
I have always loved 2D animation and have been worried for ages about it dying out because of the improvements in CGI, but this gives me hope again! I would definitely donate if I could!Β
Bravo, Disney veterans, bravo!Β
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I love 2D animation too, that kind of experience was great in our childhood.
And i really hope this project saves 2D animation.
Like seriously! 2D animation is what made walt disney super popular and well known! :3
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I know! 2D has a touch of magic that CGI can never truly copy.Β
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oh my gosh. I was almost clapping and whistling at my computer screen when I saw this. I love 3d movies, don't get me wrong, but nothing will replace 2d in my heart.there is just such a warmth to it..not to mention there are things that 2d can do that 3d just can't. that's another thing,i always felt that animation mediums should be able to sort of live side by side..not one dominate over the otherΒ to point of extinctionΒ ( which is what 3d is doing to 2d and stop-motion). they all have different effects and pros and cons. i's like how different art mediums areΒ all used to create different effects (like some use watercolors, some markers, some digital, some oil paint etc) they are all used, not one being reined superior!Β hope that all made sense..
anyway, I highly support this and hope it does well. I am very excited to see how it will turn out. it seems to have an interesting enough plot, with cool characters.
long live the art form "hand drawn animation!"
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XD I never said I hate 3D, I like Ratatouille for example 
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I never said you did either XD (or at least I didn't mean anything that way,) nor did I think that you did..
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I don't know what I can donate, but they have my deepest hope and respect. As I to grew up on 2D animation, a beautiful, hand-made, and living form of art.
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i heard about this about a week ago. i REALLY wish to donate, but i don't even know how to use a credit card T.T
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Makes me wonder if they could found their very own studios while this could be their movie debut.
Or maybe this will be a Disney movie?
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XD it will surely be not Disney, if the guys wants this new animated movie they will pay to have it
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YES!!! finally a steampunk cartoon!!!! and no less a 2D one too, this is going to be great!!!
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I was just wondering, since you are a huge fan of 2d animation, have you ever tried making your own animation? You know, have you ever tried practicing movement in a sort of way
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As much as I love 3D...2D is what started it all
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Nice, 2D will always be the best to me, I am kind of desapointed to only see in 3D.
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Nice.
Better spread the word by making fanart of this new 2D movie.
2D FTW.
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Nowadays I usually see foreign countries develop good 2D animated movies than Disney. I hope one day Disney makes 2D movies just as much as 3D movies.
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thanks god there's still someone who use the good old 2D animation
but I'm really sad that Disney had just abandoned what was and still IS its story, what makes this company famous, Cinderella wasn't surely made in CGI, neither the other classics XD
I can't imagine Disney without 2D
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Nobody can! Every time I try to think of it without 2D, I end up thinking of either Snow White or Fantasia. I really want 2D back!Β Β
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And they started their animation with 2D. :L
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This sure does look promising! If I knew how, I'd donate a good chunk of fund. Β I also wonder about the story and what it's about truly.
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If I had $$$ I would donate in a heartbeat. I love the hand drawn art work and animation. The reason Disney stopped making 2d because I heard that it would cost too much compared to 3d
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yeah maybe, but they hadn't this little problem in the past 
I'm pretty annoyed by this
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I really want to see this film come to fruition. Which is why I donated. I want to see it badly.
But most of all, i want to see a good 2d film
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I miss 2D so much 
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I've seen that!! it looks awesome to see!! and a good project to revive the beauty and wonder of 2D animation! Steampunk is a an awesome Idea to start it off with!!! I know back with Princess and the frog(2009) they tried to do a 2D animation fairytale again and I thought that can bring back the glory of Disney 2D, but that didn't work. Yet I do love Princess and the Frog for the beauty of it, seeing 2D animation again in that film makes me love it a lot more. Β Don't get me wrong some films are ok in 3D, but i'm getting a little sick of seeing 3D animation sometimes. Β When I see new projects I always bet that one of them should be 2D to try out and take the risks on for animation. Β I really have high hopes for this film and want it to happen!! I even love the steampunk artwork it puts on a new Twist for a disney film since Treasure Planet XDDDDΒ
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And Treasure Planet happens to be my most favorite Disney film in history!
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Sweet! My most favorite is Hunchback of Notre Dame! 
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mine "Beauty and Beast", the "Great Mouse Detective", "Mickey, Donald, Goofy the three musketeers" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
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SWEET!!! I even love Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, Three Musketeers with Mickey Donald and Goofy! Tarzan, Atlantis, and many more!
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2D animation isn't going to be disappearing anytime soon, stop overreacting :/
That said, this looks super promising
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You think this will be released to theaters?
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Ooh, I hope they get to make this! As fun as Tangled and Frozen were, i can't help feeling they'd be even better in 2D
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This may sound farfetched but if I were at Disney, I would plan to keep 2D going because Walt himself began with it. Destroy that and you betray Walt himself whose vision was in the field
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IKR? I'm glad Walt himself is being used to justify those numerous arguments!
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I'm glad their attempting to make another 2-D movie, but did they REALLY have to make the main protagonist look like Rapunzel and Anna? Seriously, when are they ever going to make a new face?
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Here's the thing about what you just said about having the same face. Rapunzel and Anna in their movies are 3D models, which makes them easy to replicate, move around and design on a mass scale. What Hullabaloo has is a style; its similar to some of the newer princess that came out in this decade, like Tiana, Jasmine and Ariel. The team of animators behind this style is actually listed on the Indiegogo site above and if you notice alot of these animators worked on the same projects together. If you point out the design styles in the older Disney films vs the newer films is that the princesses were rotoscoped off of actual people, sometimes they were drawn other times they may have been filmed, meaning that they were meant to move and come off as realistic as possible. The style currently also uses forms of rotoscoping, but technology made the process of animating a little easier for the entire crew.
Concept art for films is often an interesting thing to look at because it's the throught process of the entire team of writers, animators, designers and producers before the choices are made. Concept character design for Anna, Rapunzel and even Elsa and Tiana show the incredible work ethic and ideas for how they fit into their world.
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I think I get it now. I didn't really think of it that way.
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I'm glad to help you out a bit then! I'm majoring in animation and we have discussions about the style and tradition in animation and my teacher explained how 2D and 3D films are both positive and negative for the creative style.
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