So Ryan Woodward is pretty much one of my heroes. He's a professor in the animation department here at BYU; chances are you've seen his conte animated video Thought of You, done in collaboration with the dance department. Maybe it even made you cry. I dunno, just saying, it could happen. But as a fan of both animation and dance, I fell in love with it. I love the style, I love the music. For some reason I tend to like sketches and stylized drawings much more than "polished" images, and Ryan's art is some of my favorite. I think I can safely say that my whole gesture-drawing style changed after seeing his work.
And now there's another neat video for me to geek out over! Bottom of the Ninth is an animated graphic novel coming out soon for the iPad. I'm intrigued by the things people come up with when they combine art and new technology. I think especially with graphic novels people are able to pull of a lot of quirky and creative things, and this is pretty great. It's so cool to realize that you're seeing a new medium come to life and soon everybody can try to make art this way, and create within this new framework. So I'm excited by both the style and the idea.
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