I was asked to look up Bill Plympton for research on limited animation but i might as well get it out and say it now... I REALLY don't like his animations. But I will try to understand and explain why.
Positives: The sketchy drawings have a grate amount of detail and really add to the piece. its western theam and sketchy style really work well to gether to make it feel like a wanted poster.
The flickering of one frame to the other makes it look like there are a lot more frames and animation than there really is.
The over dramatized proportions and angles work well at making the animation very charachures, However this dose make the continuity of characters a little harder to follow.
Negatives: His animations always seem to go a little strange and over the top to the end of there story, for example, I like this animation above until about 45 seconds in, where the horses neck stretches He looses all continuity and reason. everything Becomes To disproportions and dramatic, as well as the imagery is to Dark and vivid. I lost interest and understanding for the animation, everything became to much. As well as the flicking between two frames is extended for to long with the womens eyes making it no longer look Intenchonal or more interesting but instead very cheep.
It also felt like he lakes a lot of the basic princibels of animation.
I Did a short animations inspired by the parts i did like about Bill Plympton, the flickering of frames and pencil drawn animation.
I felt this was a nice effect and took me less than 2 days of work, following his works of working very fast.
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