Mario Furmanczyk

Disney Animator CALARTS Alumni  Founder of Animatedbuzz- A Feedback Network for Artists  

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Trying to learn how to #draw an actual #tiger instead of always drawing #tigger 😂 . . .

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Here is a #blastfromthepast. I cant believe i found these haha. About a decade ago I was an #apprenticeanimator on #PrincessandtheFrog. Here are some shots I animated on the #movie. Rough #animation and the final version. I #animated a lot of tiny frogs throughout this film haha. I was a beginner and totally freaked out that I was actually working on a hand drawn #Disney Feature film. It was a dream come true. I worked with #MarkHenn through most of the production since he was the lead on #princessTiana. I worked with Randy Haycock on #Naveen as well as with #EricGoldberg on a couple of Louis shots. Very small background Louis shots haha. It was such an awesome experience. #ronandjohn were directors on this film and I finally got to work with them again recently on #Moana! #animator #2danimation #traditionalanimation #handdrawnanimation (at Walt Disney Animation Studios)

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I like the idea of just picking a random animal and just starting a drawing of it. I never drew a #raccoon before. I especially like their little hands. 😂 ⚽️ . . . #animals #sketch #soccer #soccerball #raccoons #animalkingdom #animal #drawing #sketchbook #sketches #artistsoninstagram #instagramart #pencildrawing #photoshop #digitaldrawing #disneyanimation #animator #visdev (at Los Angeles, California)

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I've been wanting to draw an #owl for a while 🦉🦉 . . #animals #animalkingdom #birds #birdsofinstagram #nightowl #sketches #sketchesofinstagram #drawing #drawings #digitaldrawing #digitaldrawings #visdev #visualart #visualdevelopment (at Walt Disney Studios)

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I actually did something productive tonight on #facebook 😂. Finally took advantage of #ctn life drawing #livestream. I dont do nearly enough #lifedrawing. Might be a good thing to get back into just to take a creative break from #animating. It can get some #inspiration flowing pretty quickly👍🏻. . #figuredrawing #drawing #sketches #digitalsketch (at Los Angeles, California)

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Some pretty cool questions being posted on animatedbuzz.com. Anyone can add an answer to the same questions that seem to repeat themselves over and over haha. There might be different opinions/perspectives on them which makes it more interesting. #animatedbuzz #animation #animationschool #animationclass #animating #calarts #artschool #3danimation #2danimation #handdrawnanimation #traditionalanimation #drawing

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I singled out this scene from my Calarts fourth year film because I had the most fun animating it. I wish I could have tied down the film a bit more because as I look at it now, it's VERY rough. But this shot in particular gave me a glimpse into how rhythm in a drawing can tie into the rhythm in movement and almost have a way of informing the animator of what the next drawing needs to be. There are times where I feel like the animation animates itself. It's kind of an illusive experience but I think all creative people experience this from time to time. It's the flow state, and there is nothing more fun than to animate when you are in that state. How to get there? Some animators can get there easier than others. For me, it's very tough because I let stress and all sorts of other things get in the way a lot. Super annoying! I think the key is to get into a place where you're purely having fun. Somehow block out the noise, and focus on something that is very fun about the shot you're animating. If you can do that, most of the hard work flies by! If you want to see the rest of the short film, check it out on my animatedbuzz.com profile page. It's called "Them There Eyes". #calarts #animation #characteranimation #disneyanimation #animator #animating #animationpaper #handdrawnanimation #handdrawn #2danimation #studentfilm # (at CalArts Character Animation)

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#cobwebs here's an old #walkcycle I #animated during my #disneyapprenticeship. As you can notice from the condition of the paper, I beat the heck out of this walk cycle. Often times I'll sketch something in, hate it, erase it, and do it over about a million times. Dale Baer was my #mentor during this. I can definitely see his style of #drawing showing up here. Anyway, i chose to animate this character because it seemed pretty challenging to animate human characters. Needed to build up experience with that. Plus I love the #disneyclassic #peterpan . . . (at Walt Disney Animation Studios)

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Heres another quick shot i animated on #pooh. Lets play a #game. Lets see how many times you can watch this #loop until you go #insane lol . . . (at Walt Disney Animation Studios)

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Here's another test shot I #animated which I thought was lost forever haha. Dale Baer was my mentor at this time which was awesome! He worked with the #nineoldmen and shared many cool stories about the #studio back then. #animationprinciples lostandfound #eyore #pooh #winniethepooh #winniethepoohmovie #disney #disneymagic #disneyanimation #disneyfan #animation #animationtest #animationprinciples #animationpaper #illusionoflife (at Walt Disney Animation Studios)

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Here's a little #inbetween #animationtest using #digitalanimation software. I havent dont #inbetweens in a very long time! I simply just took two keys and started #inbetweening out of #curiosity . It was interesting to do this on the #cintiq. I didnt finish it completely because my file crashed and erased some of the work. 😐 this was a fun exercise though. #animating #animation #digitalart #animationprinciples #squashandstretch #elephant #elephantintheroom #disney #animals #animalkingdom #animalsketch #animaldrawing

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I found #pooh on the #beach.. 💩smoking a #joint .. it's ok tho cuz its legal now in #cali 😆 . . . (at Malibu, California)

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http://animatedbuzz.com/questions/view/14/is-calarts-worth-it I started up a new Q&A section on Animatedbuzz.com and so far, there are some pretty good questions popping up. At times, all of us get emails or critique requests from eager students. You can now relay these questions to the Animatedbuzz community and hopefully, their questions can be answered here! Also, if you're an industry professional, feel free to add your thoughts/answers to any of the questions on the site. More viewpoints and perspectives will make this feature more useful. I know I wish I had a resource like this when I was first learning about animation! . . .

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I've been getting a lot of questions about animation, drawing, disney, etc so I decided to add a #Q&A section to my site animatedbuzz.com - a social network designed around giving and getting feedback on our art. . . So to celebrate the newest addition to animatedbuzz, I'll be answering questions all weekend to anyone that posts a question on the site. There is a link to the site from my instagram page. So all you'll need to do is two things. . 1. TAG a friend (to help spread the word) 2. Post a Question in the questions section of animatedbuzz.com and I'll make sure to get to it. Cool thing about this is that perhaps some of my other #disney artist friends can contribute to answers as well since there can be multiple answers given. . . #animation #questions #questionsandanswers #feedback #disneyanimators #2danimation #3danimation #cgi #cganimation #cganimator #3danimator #2danimator #visdev #artistsoninstagram #calarts #ringlingschoolofartanddesign #sheridan #pixar (at Walt Disney Animation Studios)

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This was the second set of shots I was asked to animate on Moana. I think I started these sometime Feb 2016 and was thrilled! Everyone on the team contributed to making these shots better, especially Adam Green, who was sequence supervisor and character supervisor on Hei Hei and Pua. I came up with several versions of some of the comedic shots and they kept getting better with each iteration. There is nothing like having a great team that you can go to for feedback and notes. It's always so amazing to me when I look at the final version of a shot compared to my first pass. They get so much better it's kind of embarrassing sometimes when you look at that first pass haha. It's very humbling and always makes me feel like I have a long way to go as an animator.. Moana was one of my favorite movies I've worked on. I still kind of miss working on that movie haha. (at Walt Disney Animation Studios)

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Wow I thought this shot was lost forever until I came across it recently in one of my folders😱 After production on #princessandthefrog wrapped, the #animation crews were gearing up for Tangled on the #CG front and #winnietgepoohmovie on the hand drawn side. i did some quick #cgtests around that time to start familiarizing with #Maya but I knew I wanted to get better at #handdrawnanimation so I put everything I could into getting myself on the #pooh team. Yes in retrospect I kind of regret not working on #Tangled because it was amazing haha. But at the time I felt really strongly that I needed to improve my #2danimation skills because I thought #Frozen would be #handdrawn lol. So I showed this test to the #pooh directors, @stevehatguy and Don Hall, and was officially put on the team! This shot was helpful for me because there was a lot of slow subtle movement and tight #inbetweens which I didnt have much practice with. (at Walt Disney Animation Studios)

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Here's a weird little #tigger #shuffle . . . .