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Here Be Dragons

Adorable Crayon Dragon Comes To Life, Goes On Grand Adventures, Makes Us Misty

by Jill Pantozzi | 5:44 pm, May 14th, 2012


Here’s the short version of what happens in this video: 1.) Woman draws dragon. 2.) Dragon comes to life. 3.) You cry tears of joy. Personally, I just love it when something so simple, with no words, can pull out so much emotion from me. Here’s the longer version – The animation, titled Crayon Dragon, was a second-year art project by California Institute of the Arts student Toniko Pantoja. Of course his work wouldn’t be complete without the magical music composed by Denny Schneidemesser, violin by Taryn J. Harbridge, low and tin whistle by Kristin Naigus and sound design by Glenn Harfagre. Pantoja achieved the entire effect by using, “Flash for the character animation, and the coloring for the character animation. Photoshop was used to speed paint the backgrounds, and After Effects to put everything together. Final Cut Pro was used for the final outcome for the video.” You can check out more on Pantoja’s blog.

Sit back (perhaps grab a tissue) and enjoy!

(via io9)

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_R6ODYVHCB23JAQC33NPS5RLUN4 Kifre

    Goddamnit my eyes won’t stop leaking Q_Q

  • John Wao

    That was cool. Had an early Hanna-Barbera vibe to it.

  • Hannah Turner

    Final Cut Pro was used for the final outcome for the video.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/rodimusben Ben Lundy

    How is that this was more charming, creative and heartfelt than 95% of what “professional” animators put on TV? OK, I know all of the answers to that, but still.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=780031472 Melanie Gießler

     You know, it’s not the animators’ fault. Most of them yearn for the golden ages of movies such as Beauty and the Beast, the Lion King, Pinocchio, Bambi, and so on. Blame it on the producers who won’t invest in anything other than cash cow franchises like Cars.

  • http://www.nickifaulk.com/ Nicki

     Mine too.  Must be allergies … yeah, that’s it!  *sniff*

    *passes around tissues*

  • Splatter Fiction

    That right there is pretty much how I wish everything was

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YXKMSNBBRU5KM6RNOTOUZL6LCA Jill Peters

    *sniff*

  • http://twitter.com/AnnabethDares24 AnnabethDares246

    *sniff* *BLOOOW* thanks man. <:) *passes back snotty tissue*

  • http://www.mccormickmurphy.com/locations/denver/denver-personal-injury-lawyers/ Accident Lawyer Denver

    This is too cute. :’)

  • http://www.facebook.com/bryan.kahl Bryan Kahl

    I’m not crying, I just have something in both my eyes. Man that was awkward, my folks were looking at me like I was an alien, cause I never cry.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hariz-Roslan/100000080739976 Hariz Roslan

    It might be inspired by Nickelodeon’s series Chalkzone.

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