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By A. Rabdastafo
Local Animator Kicks It Old School
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Hand-drawn animation, such as old Disney movies and
Looney Tunes, is often thought to be a dying art, to be
replaced with 3D computer animation. But many
people still prefer the classical approach, including
Aaron Long, a young Toronto cartoonist. Aaron is
currently studying at Max the Mutt Animation School.
Since 2007 he has been creating his own short films
and distributing them online and at film festivals.
Aaron does every aspect of the productions himself--
he writes the stories, directs them and creates all of
the animation and backgrounds. He also performs
many of the voices, and even records the music and
sound effects himself. And he does it all the oldfashioned
way, drawing every frame by hand one at a
time.
It's a pain-staking process that takes several months
to create a single six-minute short, but Aaron feels it's
worth the effort. His off-kilter comedy and twisted
drawings are building a cult following, particularly the
films featuring his character Fester Fish, a throwback
to early theatrical cartoon shorts from the 1940s with
a dash of modern cynicism and black humour. Fester
Fish is about to appear in a brand-new short called
"Fester Makes Friends" which will be released online
on Wednesday, Aug 22 at AaronLongCartoons.com or
on Aaron's Youtube page (youtube.com/aalong64).
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