![]() Laird laughed and then drew a more refined version of the turtle. Eastman wrote “Ninja Turtle” on the top of the page. As a joke, Eastman drew a turtle standing on its hind legs, wearing a mask, with nunchucks strapped to its arms. Struggling artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were living in Northampton, Massachusetts, when they came up with the Turtles in November 1983. If you're looking for a thorough history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this is a pretty good place to start. To make sure I got the scoop on everyone’s favorite pizza-obsessed heroes in a half-shell, I went straight to the source-co-creator Peter Laird-who was kind enough to answer our burning questions about the franchise. Gutiérrez on making the movie for more insights.If you were a kid in the 1980s or 90s, you probably spent some time reading, watching, or playing with four adolescent reptilian martial arts experts with irregular DNA. Read my Maya And The Three interview with Jorge R. ![]() There really is no other animation like it. Every scene is an explosion of colour and the various worlds, characters and creatures you meet are ingeniously designed. Gutiérrez and pitched as Lord Of The Rings but with jokes. The mini-series was created by Oscar-winner Jorge R. This was a passion project for Riot Games and it took six years to make, and on release in November 2021 became the most-watched show on Netflix.Īnother Netflix animation from 2021, Maya And The Three delivers a unique visual design that evokes the angular stylisation of pre-colonial Mesoamerica culture. Shows based on video games should be this good the animation looks like it's been painted into the screen and there's a direct correlation between the concept art of the video game and the animation. Rendered CG frames were painted and scribbled over by hand to deliver a 'living artwork' look – it took over 177 animated and artists.Ĭreated by French animation studio Fortiche in partnership with game developer Riot Games, this Netflix show took everyone by surprise. This movie adapts 70-year-old comic art techniques into its animation style, ensuring dot print, paint brush strokes, thick line work and other comic book styles are mashed together alongside graffiti and other art styles. ![]() No list is complete without, perhaps, the animated movie that kick-started the new trend for blending 2D and 3D, as well as mixing and mashing illustration and animation styles. ![]() As well as 2D effects, such as wiggly drawn lines and paint brush strokes the animation also mixes in 2D and live-action footage alongside the CG – it looks incredible. This Sony Pictures Imageworks' animation used the same tools from Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse to deliver a hand-painted watercolor style. Mitchells was the directorial debut by Mike Rianda and was written by Rianda and Jeff Rowe, with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller – so the talent is here. This was a big hit for Netflix and proved the streaming giant's animation credentials. Initially Into The Spider-Verse's director Bob Persichetti was on board, and it tells, but after Crawford came to the movie the team doubled-down on the painterly storybook look, resulting it's one of 2022's best animated films. Love the look of TMNT: Mutant Mayhem? Watch these…ĭreamWorks Animation's hit movie was produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Joel Crawford with the aim to make the animation look like an illustrated children's book, an idea from production designer Nate Wragg. While we wait for both Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (due 4 August) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (coming 2 June) below I've listed the best modern animated movies you need to watch.
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