Hand-Drawn Animation Dead at Disney

[Farerb]

all reporting I've seen suggests otherwise, I'm thinking you just missed it or something.

Not necessarily, it could be that it was specifically made for the US and removed for other regions?

[Thumper_93]

all reporting I've seen suggests otherwise, I'm thinking you just missed it or something.

As I said in the Spanish version that I saw there is no sign of what Fareb asked for. I don't know if the rest of the countries have it.

[Kyle]

This should be fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YVdPWfi8E4

[Disney Duster]

So the little girl took a picture of the leprechaun and it came to life with all her other mom's characters? I didn't get it. It was a little funny but, I didn't get it.

[Kyle]

^ the mascots got taken over by LLMs (ai) so they are now haunted essentially, I dont think that was properly conveyed, but that's the idea behind what is really just a pitch for a larger full length project.

Anyway, yesterday Aaron Blaise's Snow Bear has finally been released in the form of an online screening.
You can pay to watch it here.
https://creatureartteacher.com/product/ ... -oct-24th/

I think it will be offline again after tomorrow though. Not sure where it's new home will be, but you can still watch it for the time being. I gave it a watch and it turned out very nice.

[Disney Duster]

Thanks for the clarification, Kyle. I guess I don't think AI making animation come to life really makes sense.

[Kyle]

Right, what its attempting to do is take something that artists in the real world are dealing with, which is the fear of being replaced by ai, and turning that into a more character driven conflict, with humor. In this universe, the main protag has been getting less mascot art gig to make a living, he was an animator for all those iconic cereal ads from the 90s and early 00's, until eventually that sort of thing became over regulated, because you can no longer advertise to children with mascots like that anymore (this is an exaggeration of some of the things going on in real life for the sake of the plot, but there are seeds of truth in there too)

So that combined with the whole ai thing and you have the old mascots seeking revenge, or something like that.

[Disney Duster]

I like that it is about all that real world fear of AI and stuff, that part is good and makes sense...I was saying I don't get how AI makes cel animation come to life makes sense? How did it happen?

[Sotiris]

‘Klaus’ Director Sergio Pablos Offers Optimistic Update On His Stunning Hand-Drawn Feature ‘Ember’
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-fil ... 56236.html

[Dis2d]

Stitch Holiday Commercial.
https://x.com/DrewDisneyDude/status/1984612668498440347

[Kyle]

That looks off model in the weirdest way.

[Nandor]

Is that hand-drawn though?
It looks cell-shaded to me.
Stitch's head is off-model in a slight way, making it just wrong enough to notice.

[Sotiris]

The full Stitch commercial in high quality.
https://disneyexperiences.com/unleash-holidays/

Another Stitch commercial this time focusing on Pixar toys.
https://x.com/Pixar/status/1984636547757490286

[Sotiris]

New 2D commercial for Disney's collaboration with Selfridges. You can find more info about it, here.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/12KqyK5XR9I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19uXsGniRXQ

[The Disneynerd]

scrolled through Instagram and had to digest this AI Disney video https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQvN8T2D ... R3aGl3cmNr ... AI is getting too advanced its impressive and terrifying I get that they can almost perfectly replicate the WDAS 3d style (shoutout to Disney pixars "Finding Milk" )but now even 2d?!? This could Literally threaten traditional (human made) 2d animation even more than it already is. Hate to admit but the characters here looked more defined and on model than once upon a Studios...hopefully WDAS doesnr get any ideas