If you love Pixar's short movies, you will absolutely love this.
I'm really amazed at the amount of talented artists out there who's career paths never made it past college, or better yet, that it's taken so long to get noticed. And I'm sure this goes on in many careers, but Ting is the exception.
Ting created this animation Thesis film during his time at the Academy of Art University in 2010, and has many times been mistaken for working at Pixar which he has not. He clarifies this on his Vimeo website. In his description...
Bridge is a story about four animal characters trying to cross a bridge, but ending up as obstacles to one another in the process. The moral behind this story revolves around how there are often disagreements or competing paths in life, and the possible results of pride, obstinance, and compromise.
Yeah, I thought the same thing. How? Well, this remarkable video follows the creation by Florentijn Hofman who took this challenge, and decided to record it's construction from start to finish. The video is only 6 minutes, so it wouldn't hurt to check it out. It was entertaining, and pretty cool.
The bear was named "Steel Man" and was placed in a neighborhood in Amsterdam.
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- Blade 7184 aka Peter
