One Zombie in a Billion

So I love the recent Spectacular Spider-man show. Story wise it’s probably the best adaptation of the comics (yup, more so than the movies) and it really is a visual treat, with amazing designs by Sean “Cheeks” Galloway.

But, there’s one thing that lets it down, the colours. For some reason they opted to use this muted palette and very, subtle highlights/shadows. It’s a look that really flattens everything in a scene, it’s kinda off putting.

What I’d like to see, is more of Galloway’s personal style in the colour design. He’s got this innate sense of colour that means all of his work just pops of the screen of page, look at these for example.

I think Galloway’s own sense of colour is a lot more harmonious with his style. I’d love to see that kind of colour design make it to the tv show, wouldn’t you?

Ralph Bakshi at Comicon. Now there’s a call to arms, I hope people listen.

Via Elph

I’m really impressed with the quality of this new online cartoon from the creators of Code Monkeys and Minoriteam. I’d love to see more online animated projects like this.

A while back I was talking with an animator friend of mine about the lack of cartoons with realistic looking characters on tv today. He said in dismay, it’s due to a lack of folks in the industry who have draftsman skills (something Richard Williams echoes in the Animator’s Survival Kit).

It’s kinda disappointing. I’d love to see new cartoons that have that old school adventure style, not mention kick ass themes like Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Pole Position and various others… here’s hoping the 80s redux wave will extend to a re-emergence of old school draughtsmanship and awesome cartoons.