We also learn about the stalling of The Dam Keeper feature film, their recently unveiled upcoming projects Oni and Sleepy Pines, what’s on offer at their current exhibition in Seoul and the recent expansion of The Dam Keeper universe into a graphic novel series that has concluded this month with the release of the third and final installment.įor more on the work of Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi visit tonkohouse. Subsequent projects have included the episodic series Pig: The Dam Keeper Poems, the short film Moom, Schoolism and The Dam Keeper Education Project. In July 2014, Dice and Robert founded Tonko House as a place to nurture growth while telling stories for the world.In the sixth episode of Independent Animation, our companion podcast series to the Skwigly tie-in book Independent Animation: Developing, Producing and Distributing Your Animated Films (Taylor & Francis/CRC Press), we catch up with Robert Kondo of Tonko House.Īlong with co-founder Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi, a fellow Art Director at Pixar Animation Studios where the pair worked on such projects as Monsters University, Toy Story 3, Ratatouille and WALL♾ between them, Robert would make his mark on the animation industry with the visually stunning independent short film The Dam Keeper, an immediate festival hit and audience favourite that would go on to receive an Oscar nomination.įollowing up on the pair’s prior podcast appearance as well as their valuable contributions to the Independent Animation book, in this episode we discuss the work the studio has been up to since Robert and Dice left Pixar to commit to Tonko House full-time. The search for an answer led the two away from the comfort of Pixar’s gates to challenge themselves with the unfamiliar, to continue on the path of learning. They began to pursue answers to the question, “why?” related to their ambitions and dreams. Upon completing the film, they found the experience of building the team and film life-changing, and the two artists found themselves reinvestigating their current path. The film, The Dam Keeper, was an 18-minute short that garnered an Academy Award Nomination. They decided to write and direct an independent animated short film together. In early 2012, art directors Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo found themselves searching for ways to expand upon their filmmaking experience in Pixar’s art department.
We will live demonstrate our design process and painting process. We will walk through designing and composing images for stories, as well as mapping the emotional flow and lighting of a narrative.
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How to find a connection to a project and use your personal voice to contribute to a project. The class will focus on creating artwork for animated feature films. Moderated by Daisuke "Dice" Tsutsumi & Robert Kondo.PRESENTATION Masterclass: Production Design for Animated Feature Films
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Join Dice, Robert and Zen as the trio conduct a day long masterclass with a focus on creating artwork for animated features, how to find the connection between your personal voice and the project, their process for designing and composing images for stories as well as the fine balance of emotion in storytelling.ĭoors open // Registration & Merch Pick-up One of the most important aspects of working in any creative field is finding the balance between your personal voice as an artist while contributing to a larger vision to a project, a vision you may have had no part of conceiving.įormed in 2014 by former Pixar artists Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo, along with business partner Zen Miyake, Tonko House has already produced one Oscar-nominated short film The Dam Keeper, which also won the inaugural Best Animated Short award at SPARK ANIMATION in 2014, and their second short film Moom is currently making the festival rounds. Rush tickets may be available at the door. Making of Moom Part 2 is out on Tonko House Channel In this new video, Robert and Dice talk about how they found personal connection to Tonko Houses new film Moom and go farther into original. Tweet PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR ANIMATED FEATURES
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