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November 18, 2011

Some Drawings for the Asifa East Art Auction

School of Visual Artists
ASIFA-East Animation Art Auction
December 20th 7:00 pm
SVA Amphitheatre! 209 E. 23rd Street, 3rd Floor, NYC
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Filed under: Animation — frankrause @ 3:28 pm

November 17, 2011

Shanghai Natural History Museum

One of the most unusual places I’ve ever seen. My favorite part of the city.

Filed under: Animation — frankrause @ 5:48 pm

April 30, 2011

CalArts 2011 Open Show Titles

I had a couple hours to put together a little intro for the 2011 CalArts Open Show, so I had some fun with it!

The title is made out of glued-together cereal boxes, glued to a white paper plate.

I found this little guy in the craft store, he has magnetic hands so he can grab on to things. I cut him in half, and he felt no pain!

Filed under: Animation — frankrause @ 6:39 pm

February 7, 2011

“NOSY BEAR”

Filed under: After Effects,Animation,Art,Independent Projects,Portfolio,Teaching — frankrause @ 1:59 pm

December 16, 2010

Sketchbook, December 2010

I just finished a sketchbook I’d been working on since I was living in New York this July. Through most of it, you’ll be seeing cels from my new film, “Nosy Bear”. The bear character might look familiar, he’s been showing up in my sketchbooks for a long time, and even appeared in the very first post on this blog.

I tried a new technique for this film – I’d been having a lot of fun sketching with friends over the summer, and I didn’t want to head inside to the computer / light table / animation dungeon, so I thought I’d figure out a way to make my film while sitting outside in the park.


I made myself a tiny field guide, so I could trace a series of very small 16:9 fields into my sketchbook – I could fit about fifteen on each page. Then I animated with a nib pen and ink. People asked, “How do you test it, keep it registered, that sort of thing?” and the truth is I tried not to worry about it. At first, I shot quick tests with my cel phone camera, but after a couple pages I just tried to wing it.

The animation is done, along with the compositing and a preliminary soundtrack, so I’ve already started to send it to festivals. After Christmas I’ll be working with Steven Nistor, the sound engineer, to finish up the final audio.

I’m looking forward to showing everyone the finished work!

Filed under: Animation,Art,Independent Projects,New Film in Progress,Portfolio — frankrause @ 8:22 pm
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