just found out about the blue sky studios thing and all i wanna say is that. ice age was a big childhood favorite of mine, absolutely, but rio. man, rio
i was so used to brazil being used as a joke in movies that i was scared to go to the theatre that day. and the movie starts. and slowly, scene by scene, i relax. and i start to laugh. and i point at all the references, all the little things i recognize, all the relatable jokes. i was just a kid, but rio really changed things for me, to finally have a movie that i can point to and say “that’s how we are, that’s how i am”, and that’s why blue sky studios was a studio that i was very fond of for years
this is a very silly post but i have a lot of emotions right now. obrigado, blue sky studios, e até a próxima
Hey all! Looks like the scrat shorts have a release date! I was fortunate enough to contribute a little to the final work to leave BlueSky studios . It was amazing to work alongside so many amazing artists, and I hope you enjoy the series.
One of my shots for the Scrat Tales shorts. When we go inside Scrat’s brain, it was all 2D, and we tried to emulate Bill Frake’s style (Frake storyboarded the original Scrat for Ice Age 1) It was a treat actually working in the trenches alongside so many great animators.
So back in 2020, there was this movie that Blue Sky Studios was producing (Ice Age, Spies in Disguise) called Nimona. It had this enemies-to-lovers plot line between two male leads. And there was supposed to be a kiss somewhere (I’m guessing at the end?). And the other lead was non-binary. ANyway, it was based on the comic by the same name (which was written by Noelle Stevenson AKA She-Ra, Lumberjanes). It was 75% done when d*sney shut down Blue Sky Studios. The only way to save Nimona would be to have another studio pick it up. There’s obviously a couple of campaigns for it since the comic was awesome and this would be great for LGBT representation.
Walter’s House- this is some of the set design work I did for Walter’s House on Spies in Disguise. I never thought I’d design bird poop for my job but there’s a first for everything. @williereal came up with some beautiful, early concepts for most of the Spy sets and I’m really just standing on his shoulders here. When I was given this assignment I tried to translate his exploratory sketches in a way that gives his straight and curve subtleties 3D representation through volume. I also worked to keep this “lean” Willie incorporates so naturally into his designs. Balancing all these design nuances can be tricky while maintaining sound structure. I found that as long as I kept 2/3 of the design sound, I could push 1/3 of the structure in more playful shapes. For instance, a window outline might use 4 straights but I make those lines non-parallel. Then on the interior part of the window, I do the same but make sure those lines aren’t parallel to themselves nor the outer lines. The result gives you a playful feel. I hope this gives you some insight into my design philosophy and in this case…translating someone’s genius design into three dimensions.
In the final days of Blue Sky Studios, a small team of artists came together to do one final shot. This shot is a farewell, a send-off on our own terms —— Blue Sky Studios
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