An illustration with me and my girlfriend to tell you that i'm coming to California from 29th april to 16th may to make a car trip all around the state !!!
I'm aleady going to Disney and Dreamworks to visit friends, but i'd be very happy to go to other studios to meet american colleagues and to show my reel and portfolio. So if you want to meet some frenchies, just tell me :)
I'm fed up of people thinking that Disney is only stupid princesses, singing birds and mainstream visual style. A closer look in the history of the studio proves that it's totally wrong.
In 1955, Ward Kimball, on of the Nine old men and finest graphic designer at Disney, has directed a program called Man and the moon, an educational mix cartoon/live action speaking about our relation with the moon. The first part of the show, dedicated to the history of the moon in men's cultur, is all animated. Ward Kimball show here all the graphic and original style of the Disney artists, using the distinguish style of the late 50's cartoon modern. Moreover the animation is very good, funny and well balanced. The kind of cartoon artists and producers show learn about.
A funny thing to notice is the presence, in a Disney program, of Wernher von Braun, the father of the american space program, but before that the creator of the deadly V2 rockets used by the nazi germany during world war 2... spooky !
From the end of september to the beginning of november, I took those pictures from one of my window. Pictures are from morning to night, enjoy the weather and colors of Paris !