Alright, I wasnāt gonna comment b/c itās kind of a waste of time, but I see a lotta folks tryin to pass off āIncrediblesā designs as āan attempt to avoid Uncanny Valley with primitive techā or āresembling comic book artā, and a lot of otherā¦. un-design-savvy comments.
Brad Bird had come from a background in traditional animation, heās the guy behind this
So Lasseter (Pixar) rings up Bird like āHey you wanna make a CG movie with usā and Birdās like āYeah, lemme bring my guysā, artists like Lou Romano, Teddy Newton, Tony Fucile, and Albert Lozano, who worked with Bird previously.
This may have been Pixarās first production to feature an entirely human cast, but I think mostly what the excellence in designs boils down to is simply good artists with good taste.
And then have the fantastic designs in āRatatouilleā, also by Bird and his boys
Weāve also got the film āUpā, directed by Pete Doctor. Animated films rely on several artists for the designs of characters, set, props, ect, but it often leans towards one artistās work. Putting other artists in charge gives āUpā a distinctive visual difference in style to Birdās films.
You could place the blame on all these newer movies featuring mostly children characters, but I meanā¦..
Come on. Way to drop the ball on the chance to play with evolution in a fictional, animated setting. The issue isnāt what the tech was or wasnāt, is or isnāt capable of. This comes down to the artistic choices.
Anyway, I wish I could get more in-depth with this, but itās difficult to find the information I need online in a timely manner, and I donāt have my books here with me.
If youāre interested in the designs/work that goes into animated films, check out the āArt Of __ā books. The older ones I mean, that have actual raw concept art done for production and not just a bunch of cutsie drawings of characters b/c thatās what sells.
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