7 Samurai

Here is a poster image for Akira Kurosawa's, Seven Samurai. A wonderfully shot and composed film about whiny villagers and samurai rejects.

Enjoy.

Cheers,

-HH

All I Want For Christmas....

This week, I thought it would be nice to give you all a treat. All of you have a very Merry Christmas, and warm wishes for a wonderful holiday season!!

Renovating!!

Ahh yes, it's about time I clean up the ol' blog. So please excuse the mess as I update and rearrange banners, links, and info here.

Bare with me folks!!

Best,

-HH

The Princess & the Frog!!!...and character designs!

Hey folks,

Hope you're still clicking, because there is some great news to tell! Today is the opening of Princess and the Frog, and you should take all your friends and family to see it. It's certainly the revival of 2-D animation!! Here are a few of the guys that I was fortunate enough to come to know while interning at the Disney studios: Aurian Redson, Paul Briggs, Bill Perkins, Jin Kim, Scott Watanabe, Kendelle Hoyer, Lorelay Bove, and many others... (these guys worked on the film).



As for these guys, they were done as a side project. These are a few of the many designs that were chosen, and that I particularly liked.

Cheers,

-HH

Progress

Just a quick update on the progress of the characters as they are melded into their final forms. There's still a bit more tweaking that need to be done to each of them, just to make them easier to animate. The boards are looking pretty tight for this short film story, now the exciting work begins with animation tests! My hand is just itching to flip some more paper again. It's been interesting while creating these characters since it's been an exploration of the self and the deep dark inner workings of a character and why they tick. Thanks to Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston for reminding me what it means to make a character live and breathe.

Until next time!

Cheers,

-HH