{"id":352,"date":"2019-07-31T18:43:55","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T23:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4951studios.com\/blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2020-07-11T13:30:27","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T18:30:27","slug":"animation-station-my-love-letter-to-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.4951studios.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/animation-station-my-love-letter-to-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Animation station: My love letter to animation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Animation for me and most tends to remain in the realm of design and creative magic. It may sound like the ravings of a madman but many us of who can still remember what their favorite morning cartoons were, they gave of something to look forward to, they gave us hope, they made us laugh, they made us cry. And so whether you started with US-based cartoons, or favored more eastern ones like anime, it still represented amazing craftsmanship and skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspiration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As a child I always had a natural affinity for art, my Dad was an art teacher and people would always tell me that I was destined to do the same. At an early age, I began to sketch, and as I got older my skills improved. But as a creative, I always saw animation as an unattainable venture. Not in the sense of it being something I couldn’t learn, but in the sense of it being so far removed from my daily life. I was used to investing all my time and effort to perfecting one single image, vs creating a story that moves and breathes and that has life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was introduced to anime, in my early teens, I consumed the classics like Dragonball, Cowboy Bebop and <\/a>Samurai Champloo.<\/a> The latter featured an amazing art style. It ended up inspiring me to pursue design and art professionally. I just had a deep emotional connection to art, it was so free, it made me feel alive. So much so that after college, I decided to find my way back to it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n