Designing for Appeal in “The Parkbench”
model sheet for The Birds in “The Parkbench”
Dave Levy recently posted on his blog about the 3 main categories he sees in modern animation design. He calls them ”Appealing Design, Grotesque Design, and Appealingly Grotesque Design”. About “Appealing Design”, Dave writes: ”it’s a simple design, rooted in classic appeal but with just enough modern quirks to give [...]
The Parkbench and Owen Jones
Hello everyone! Thanks for checking out my freshly minted blog. I want to use this first post to explain a little bit about the design of my animated short The Parkbench. Much of the design of the film comes from studying Owen Jones’ “The Grammar of Ornament”, (Dover) a book which was originally published in 1856 with the intent [...]