The unquestioned beauty of the animations!

Hello again guys!:)

I want to dedicate my today's post to animation which belongs to one of my greatest passions. Please do not worry I am not going to annoy you with its history and origins which I guess would put off a lot of you immediately. My aim is to blow you away with its beauty, orginality and artistery. I am going to present you some screencaps of the animations which I highly appreciate and which I chose carefully to, not ruining such opportunity, illustrate you different ways of animating. You are going to see screencaps of beautiful 3D animations and 2D cartoon-like projects. Let's start!:) 

The first screencap represents the absolutely stunning animation called The Last Bastion produced by Blizzard. For those who are not familiar with the project, it constitutes a small part of the Overwatch storyline which I commented in one of my latest posts. Now please look closer at the frame. Can you see how perfectly the nature is animated here? The realistic models of stones and trees (look at the ones whose blue figures looming in the background!), the water which softly reflects the objects placed next to it, the shadows lazily streching on the rocks, the pretty colours of the grass and sky which complete the whole scene. It's simply breathtaking. In my opinion the animators made such an amazing job, they undoubtly put their whole heart into it paying attention to the least elements to bring the nature to life, to make it looks real. Much love from me for it!:)

So my next screencap comes from the incredible piece of art, namely the animation called A New Dawn produced by Riot Games. By looking attentively at the picture placed above, you can observe the way our lovely character Ahri is animated. I am really sorry that it doesn't present the whole hero but I prefered to upload a screencap which would not let you miss the beauty of Arhi's blue eyes slowly welling up with tears, the raven hair which strands are softly sparkling in the sun, the dirt on her breast and cheeks and a little wounds placed on her lower lip and chin. What is really important in this scene and what I want you to pay attention to is the way those elements create character's facial expression. Personally speaking, the animation is so neatly made it permits you to feel the emotions of the hero. The hard work of the animators really deserves all the praises. Well done!:)

Next two screencaps represent the movie called Zootopia produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios which has one of the most beautiful animation I've ever seen. Naturally it must be a reason why I decided to present you those two particular scenes. Well, this time I want you to pay attention to the way the city and personificated animals are created. I guess it is one of the most detailed animations I've had a pleasure to watch. The animators of the Walt Disney company are, without any doubt, perfectionists:) Just look at the street, at all the least objects which the creators included to make it as close to the reality as possible. It's really incredible! Now, let me move to the characters. The thing that in my opinion is worth to pay attention to is the texture of the fur of the heros. It is such a shame I cannot show you a scene where both of them standing in the rain. You would notice how it goes wet and then dries in the sun just like the fur of the real animals. Big applause for all of the details!:) 

Now, I would like to present you some screencaps of the 2D animations which are as beautiful as their 3D siblings. This frame comes from the work called Trois Petits Points produced by Gobelins. The thing that immediately caught my eye is the unbelievably original look of the animation that seems to be subordinated to the story the creators want to share. The one you see above is absolutely one of my favourites. What is really worth to pay attention to is a carefully chosen range of colours which match with the athmosphere of the story. In the animation you can also observe the important role of the lightening and dark and also music (!!) which accompanies you to the very end of the story. This project is truly outstanding and highly inspiring which proves the not dying beauty of traditional animation. Big plus for the incredible creativity and ingenuity of the people who were involved in the project!:) 

The last two screencaps represent a really special type of the animation called anime. The frames come from the series called Naruto produced by Studio Pierrot. As you can see it's a cartoon-like animation which is highly populaire in Japan. What I consider important to punctuate here is that although the graphic looks like it is adressed mainly to children, a lot of them contain scenes that should not be seen by the little ones. In my opinion this animation is pretty remarkable, really easy to recognise which only proves its popularity all around the world. The main problem with its quality is that besides the well animated scenes the episodes are often filled with bad ones which you would love to remove from your memory. However, those who are well animated are truly beautiful as you can observe by looking at the ones I placed above the comment. The thing which I personally adore are the absolutely stunning colours. Good job!:) 

Here you have links for the three of the animations which I used for presentation:

• The Last Bastion
• A New Dawn
• Trois Petits Points

It's all for today, I hope the post was interesting for you guys! See ya next time! Bye!:)