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Miriam Nagi introduced Frederator to a sweet story (and the world’s cutest cloud) in her short “Krishna’s Garden”. Here she tells us about the film and the artists that shaped her unique style.

Channel Frederator: Who or what has influenced your style the most?

Miriam Nagi: I am mostly influenced by old Indian Mughal paintings and Persian miniatures as well as the painting techniques of the impressionists such as Monet and Renoir. Also by artists like Poly Bernatene, Petra Stefankova, Sanjay Patel,and Joey Chou.

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Animator Daniel Lundquist’s film “Boris” has be shown at film festivals all over the globe, including Annecy 2009 and the World Wide Short Film Festival. Here he he tells us a little about the boy who would grow up to drum with everything he’s got.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Daniel Lundquist: I studied animation at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design from 2003 to 2007.

CF: What has influenced your style the most?

DL: I have been influenced by many animators, probably the most by Max Fleischer. But I also love Disney and Pixar. My favorite feature film of all time is “The Triplets of Belleville“.

CF: What gave you the idea for “Boris”?

DL: “Boris” started as a story that I wanted to tell of a man who drummed with his head because he had no arms. The rest of the story formed around that.

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Jayne Vidheecharoen is a top-notch animator by nature and by trade. She recently animated the music video for “When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade” by UK band, The Boy Least Likely To.

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Jayne Vidheecharoen: I’ve been doing stop motion and flip-book animation for fun since I was little and always loved drawing and animation. But I couldn’t imagine having to draw the same things over and over again all day long.

So I went to the University of Washington for Visual Communication Design. About halfway through school I discovered motion design, which seemed like a good hybrid of design, illustration, and animation. After graduating I got a job at Digital Kitchen where I’ve been able to learn the most about animation from coworkers. I actually got to work on the Lemonade video at DK as a personal project, which was great. I don’t think it would [Read more…]

O. M. G. Everyone is sweating in their everyparts.

It’s officially summer and it is hecka hot outside, folks (yeah, spellcheck, I know “hecka” and “everyparts” aren’t real words… wait… it says “spellcheck” isn’t one either… hm).

Tired of your swimmies already? Beat the heat and chill out with our ‘toons. Stroll down our boardwalk of fun films and see if you don’t cool off a degree… or ten.

Ahhhh….

“When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade”, submitted by Jof Owen – Ultra cute music video for UK band Boy Least Likely To, directed by Jayne Vidheecharoen.

“Boris”, submitted by Daniel Lundquist – Strange hand drawn tale of a boy who majorly hearts drumming.

“Krishna’s Garden”, submitted by Miriam Nagi – I never thought of clouds as cute, but they are. Especially when they cry. Trust me.

WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. Change is good. You know what hasn’t changed? The quality of our content. Some of this stuff is pretty [Read more…]