"The art-form of 2D animation has achieved a great deal over the past 100 years or so.
However, if the truth is known, it's only just now getting started!"
Please help us carry the 2D magic forward ~ on INDIEGOGO!
Voice-over: Tony Ross
Traditional 2D animation stands at a crossroads - now, more than ever! With the rapid arrival of AI technology, it could be swept away in the blink of an eye. A great tradition could be taken down once and for all. However, if AI could but embrace the accumulated knowledge of 2D animation - ethically and respectfully - and 2D animation could readily embrace the infinite capabilities that AI could offer, this could be a most amazing marriage made in heaven. AI could take traditional 2D animation to realms of expression as yet not even imaginable - as long as the proverbial baby is not thrown away with the bathwater. That is the one great challenge for traditional 2D animation right now.
Veteran master animator, Tony White, is currently developing a timely app that will give everyone access to the complete past, present and future knowledge of traditional 2D animated movement - something that even his own books alone can not do as well. Imagine over 100 years of discovery, discovered by the animated elders of the past - combined with Tony's (and others') lifetime of award-winning experience - all combined and reachable at the tip of our fingertips, on our smart phones. Tony's vision is that this can ultimately be a digital "university" "museum" and "screening platform" for the animators of today and tomorrow. But he needs your help to do it - through our INDIEGOGO campaign, or else by sponsoring one, or all, of the app courses.
Veteran master animator, Tony White, is currently developing a timely app that will give everyone access to the complete past, present and future knowledge of traditional 2D animated movement - something that even his own books alone can not do as well. Imagine over 100 years of discovery, discovered by the animated elders of the past - combined with Tony's (and others') lifetime of award-winning experience - all combined and reachable at the tip of our fingertips, on our smart phones. Tony's vision is that this can ultimately be a digital "university" "museum" and "screening platform" for the animators of today and tomorrow. But he needs your help to do it - through our INDIEGOGO campaign, or else by sponsoring one, or all, of the app courses.
Tony White, with his friend, original boss and mentor - the late, great Richard Williams - the inspiration behind Tony's lifetime of 2D animation practice, learning & teaching.
A Beta version of the "DRAWtastic!" is already FREE to download from the Apple Store - and soon Android users will be able to also download it for free on Google Play.
App users will not only ultimately be able to purchase many courses and other great events, interviews, screenings, demos and chat on the app - but they will also be able to screen for free the GOLDEN PENCIL award-winning films each year from the DRAWTASTIC Animation Festival too! However, all this will take time and money to do, so we hope you can support Tony's work us by donating to the first stage of all this via our INDIEGOGO campaign.
COURSES & ITEMS ALREADY AVAILABLE:
The following courses are created and will be immediately available once the app is available for download and distribution via the online Apple and Google stores...
The following courses are created and will be immediately available once the app is available for download and distribution via the online Apple and Google stores...
- HAVING FUN WITH FLIPBOOKS $49.95
- SHORT SHORTS $29.95
- DRAWTASTIC ANIMATION FESTIVAL (FREE)
- HISTORY OF ANIMATION (FREE)
- ANIMATOR'S SKETCHCLUB (FREE)
- 2D EQUIPMENT (FREE)
COURSES AT THE EDITING STAGE:
Currently there are over 100 hours of course video recordings that need to be edited and re-packaged as the next generation of courses that will appear on the app in the near future...
Currently there are over 100 hours of course video recordings that need to be edited and re-packaged as the next generation of courses that will appear on the app in the near future...
- WRITING WITH PICTURES
- DRAWING FOR ANIMATION
- DRAWING 101
- MASTERCLASSES IN ANIMATION & PRODUCTION / MODULE 01
- MASTERCLASSES IN ANIMATION & PRODUCTION / MODULE 02
- MASTERCLASSES IN ANIMATION & PRODUCTION / MODULE 03
- MASTERCLASSES IN ANIMATION & PRODUCTION / MODULE 04
COURSES & EVENTS IN PREPARATIONS:
Finally, these are courses and/or events currently being designed or implemented - which will ultimately be recorded for inclusion onto the app as time goes by. There will be many more to come of course. However, these are those that are in active creation right now...
Finally, these are courses and/or events currently being designed or implemented - which will ultimately be recorded for inclusion onto the app as time goes by. There will be many more to come of course. However, these are those that are in active creation right now...
- WALKING THE WALK
- ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
- LIVE EVENTS, BOOK READINGS, DEMOS AND Q&As
- SOCIAL MEDIA AND CHAT CAPABILITIES
- BACK TO THE FUTURE!
- GUEST INTERVIEWS
- PRIVATE MENTORING
Tony, owes everything he knows to his 3-times Oscar winning friend, mentor and hero, the late, great Richard Williams.
Please help this amazing app in support of traditional 2D animation to happen...
With the digital media world changing so fast in this day and age - and with the last generation of traditional hand-drawn animators departing this earth - the time is running out to preserve the knowledge, techniques and memories of the masters that have gone before us. The "DRAWtastic!" app gives us an opportunity to collate all these things and go beyond them into the future. It just needs the support of like-minded individuals, who do not want to see the knowledge of this great tradition die. So, please sponsor, donate and spread the word of what we're seeking to do, so that we have the ultimate archive of resources for the 2D animation practitioners, students and fans, now and way into the future.
Tony White / The creator:
Tony's 2023 Showreel.
If "a picture is worth a thousand words", as they say it is, then how much more can be expressed through a 2D-animated picture!
I have included my current showreel here, to underline the tremendous creativity, range and potential that traditional 2D animation has - and will always have. The works included are but the tip of an iceberg, in terms of the full range and diversity of the work that has, and can still be, accomplished with traditional & digital 2D animation!
This in fact is what the DRAWtastic! app is all about. If we can encompass all the knowledge I have accumulated in my lifetime - then add the knowledge that so many of my 2D contemporaries have accumulated too - what a wonderful resource this app will be for the 2D animators of today and of tomorrow!
Please do support it - whether your contribution be small or large!
Tony's interview on PBS television: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HmDAvK81cYY&feature=share
TONY's ANIMATED MEMOIRS & GRAPHIC NOVEL PROJECTS:
Tony has struggled all his life to translate his great knowledge and experience of traditional animation into original, groundbreaking and yet uniquely entertaining movie projects. However, so far, the funding and distribution world has always denied him that opportunity. So, the dream here is that all income from this "DRAWtastic!" app can ultimately be invested into one or two of Tony's favorite projects. Tony has always had a "stone soup budget" mentality anyway - therefore, perhaps this dream is not so far out of his reach. Here are two of his "legacy" projects that he wants to complete before he returns to that "Great Lightbox in the Sky"...
"THE OLD MAN MAD ABOUT ANIMATION": An animated documentary. Tony has had a remarkable life, in and out of animation. Consequently, he plans to produce an "animated memoirs" feature, using a groundbreaking 2D animation approaches to share his story with the world.
The original trailer for Tony's "animated memoirs" project ~ "The Old Man Mad About Animation".