IsabellaLinton wrote:
The artist's personality shines through in hand-drawn animation.
I love that aspect of it, too.
I wanted to be an animator when I was six, and was obsessed with cartoons. I grew up near a college and they had an animation festival my dad took me to. I got to see a
Ren and Stimpy short before the show premiered (the one where they're in the pound). I also used to tape cartoons off Cartoon Network, filling a VHS tape so I could watch them over and over. I would try to study why some were better than others. The first week I got Cartoon Network I forgot my homework every day.
I remember seeing
Beauty and the Beast in the theater, and thinking how realistic the opening sequence looked...the water.
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm was great in the theater too. And I loved
Wallace and Gromit. Also
The Rescuers and
Robin Hood by Disney.
Rocky and Bullwinkle was a favorite. There's a great book on its history called
The Moose That Roared. I loved
The Simpsons, too. Bart, Homer, and Lisa all annoy the crap out of me, but the gags are great. Very creative. And of course,
Johnny Quest. That might be my favorite animation ever. So much texture, color, and shadow.
And
Akira...that movie consumes you.
I feel like I learned a lot of cultural references from cartoons (and comics). I knew the basics of
Citizen Kane long before I saw it.