Friday, February 16, 2007

Mega Robot Returns

A very funny li'l short by Kaktus Film. Such a simple, clever concept. And I love the way the animators avoided the I-BIG-RO-BOT-I-MOVE-LIKE-RO-BOT cliché. The movements are more organic than mechanical. Check out that little extra move just when it figures out where the dog is. Brilliant. Add the fact that it appears to be very irritable, and immediately this thing becomes a character. Well done, guys. Oh, and the ending is great too. So unexpected. I laughed so hard.

A few behind-the-scenes images here. I love making-of's. Always interesting to see how other people tackled a problem that you might've handled in a very different way.

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