About a year ago I started a personal animated project for small children called Tootles. I am only half way but I am hoping to finish this year. I’m pleased to announce a little teaser. The music score was composed by musician Tim Burns .
Pixar veteran Jeff Pratt , said this about my project: »Having a look at the Tootles teaser I think it’s brilliant. I really like the look and style of hard plastic 3D animation characters with kind of a stop motion facial animation sensibility. I really like the fact that the characters don’t deform or bend except at a few joints and that the eyes and mouth pop from one pose to another. It very much reminds me of what John Lasseter used to say about Toy Story. That the toys had to stay true to their forms and couldn’t bend or deform except at their joints. The hard plastic parts had to remain hard and rigid and once established this rule couldn’t be broken. This sets up a very believable world for the audience, which once accepted allows them to enjoy the stories presented to their fullest. And I think that the use of very graphic style of eyes and mouth makes for easily read and very expressive characters. As long as the stories match the thought and strength of the character design and animation I think it will be a huge success »I hope you like it too!
