Tag: Iroquois Creation Story
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Guest Speaker: Ringling College of Art and Design
I was invited to speak to the Body Art and Culture class at Ringling College of Art and Design to discuss how to design diverse characters and accurately represent a culture without falling into the trap of appropriation. This was a journey into the processes our team developed as we designed the characters for the…
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Revisiting the Iroquois Creation Story in 2020
Five years after it’s first launch, the Iroquois Creation Story (or ICS for short) is enjoying a mini-revival in 2020. With the sparking of a brand-new (old) conversation about diversity in animation and appropriate cultural representation, this project is being used as a prime example of how to respectfully represent the ideology of a nation.…
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Iroquois Creation Story – Accolades
Well! It was a wild and crazy ride making this film, which combined 2D, 3D and live production shots. We worked with so many artists to successfully integrate all three mediums together and make a completed piece, solving numerous logistical and artistic problems along the way. It was all worth it! Over the past 18…
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Iroquois Creation Story Rigs Demo
The Iroquois Creation Story combined 2D, 3D and live film footage in one space, but ultimately we ended up creating the majority of our characters in 3D. As we had not initially planned for many characters, I had decided to take on the rigging myself on top of my duties as the Director of Animation.…
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Iroquois Creation Story – Creative Collisions
There are so many people involved in the creation of this film. This is a short video chronicling some of the many moving parts we have been wrangling in this production.