It was only a matter of time before I started talking about Adventure Time. (Only a matter of adventure time. heh)
I just watched the Food Chain episode, which is guest animated by Masaaki Yuasa, and I think its bloody beautiful. It is an example of a singular creative vision, as the creators of Adventure Time gave Yuasa basically complete creative control in the story and visuals for this episode, and due to his background in anime, it is wonderfully bizarre and different to the usual (and still amazing) Adventure Time animation. Everything that appears in this episode is bursting with personality and character as it feels personal and non digital, as a lot of the illustration is watercolour.
The fluidity of the movement in this episode contrasted with sudden jarring frame shifts is almost dizzying but in a hypnotic way instead of an "I'm going to get headrush and vomit if you don't turn Transformers 2 off" sort of way.
Finn and Jake as flowers being devoured by caterpillars is both hilarious and horrifying and its the kind of tone I'd like to make in my gifs, something that has humour but is also a little bit disturbing. I think this episode has resonated with me so much is because it has such a personal feel while still adhering to the simplistic style of Adventure Time that I love. I also think that because it is a one off guest animated episode it seems a lot more special and unique, as this method of animating maybe isn't the most practical way of developing a whole series, but when it appears out of nowhere in the middle of a series it's a welcome departure from what the audience is used to. I'm hoping to use what I've learned from watching and researching this episode to create some animation that has personality and makes the viewer laugh or recoil or feel anything as Yuasa has done with Food Chain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQFhd3X8p6g
I couldn't find any gifs or still frames that do this particular bit of the episode justice, so I have linked it above at YouTube. I'm sorry if you are singing it all the rest of the day.
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