Thought of You: by Ryan Woodward
As an animator, and an artist in general, I am always looking for inspiration, something to make me keep pushing my art and my medium. Some animators look to the past, some of the old veterans, others look to the future, trying to navigate an exciting world of ever-evolving new technology. I like to look under rocks, well, that is to say, I like to look where others might not be. I like to find independant animtors, experimenting not only with form, but also story telling and movement. How can an expertly crafted line tell a love story. I found a beautiful piece of animation that I still use for inspiration. Thought of You , by Ryan Woodward, is an exempliary piece of animation art that I still watch regularly years after discovering it. It feels liek one of the purest pieces of the artform I have yet seen. There's no dialogue, there's no color, or any details for that matter. What ther is, is form and movement, the short lets the animation do al...