A long time ago, when I was a fledgling animation major frustrated and angry with how all the big animation studios in my country had ditched drawn animation for CGI, I came across a crowdfund campaign for a series of steampunk-themed animated shorts, drawn by hand and directed by former Disney animator James Lopez. Desperate to help show that there was still a market for what I saw as a beautiful and expressive medium unfairly kneecapped by the very companies who depended on it to rise to the top, I threw some money at the project and hoped that Lopez and his team would someday see it to fruition.
A lot has gone by in, what, a decade? But now, coinciding with a new wave of indie animation online, the first of the Hullabaloo series has finally arrived.
I look forward to seeing the rest soon, as they are released.
Can you do a tutorial of how to draw a body or hands just like the tangled series because I'm kinda having trouble trying to draw body's and hands so do you mind doing a tutorial of it? 😊
Oh goodness, I'm terrible at things like hands! lol And I've never done a tutorial before. When I draw, it's kind of instinctive, and I'm definitely missing my fundamentals. I'm entirely self-taught.
I am not involved in the creation of Hullabaloo, but it would be cool if news of the movie spread around online a lot more. It’s not exactly like Lackadaisy, but if you like action-packed stories that have 2D animation with a steampunk setting, then please give this a try. James Lopez’s team worked a long time on it, and it looks interesting.
Character insights on Pain and Panic from Disney's "Hercules", featuring lead animators James Lopez and Brian Ferguson, and voice actors Bobcat Goldthwait and Matt Frewer.
One of the things I love about the Red, White & Royal Blue movie is that we could write a guide on romance tropes/tools just using scenes from it. For example: