Carlos Ramos on The Beatles Rock Band trailer

October 6th, 2009 admin

Carlos Ramos, the creator of Nickelodeon’s The X’s , ponders on his blog, Why can’t we have more hand-drawn animated features like Pete Candeland’s trailer for the videogame The Beatles Rock Band : It’s such simple animation but with so many great tricks your eye can’t see the strings. Things like blurred focus, CG instruments and props, fast camera moves, quick cutting and gorgeous held drawings make this some of the best …


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