from Michael  Cagnes’ latest MTV gig   

the above is a gif animation, but created first in Flash, from Michael cagnes latest MTV gig !

“ Insanely twisted Shadow Puppets “

A very accomplished animation artist, concept art, special effects and comics artist  – Michael Gagnes website is certainly worth visiting and exploring

You’ll find he’s worked on such films as the Iron Giant, the Land Before Time, All Dogs go to Heaven and much more – often in the role of special effects

in 1998 Michael released his first graphic novel  “A Search for Meaning – the story of  Rex “ a visual narrative comic – under his own publishing name – Gagne International Press – and has since released more than a dozen titles, cementing his reputation as an independant publisher

you can view all the pages of  “A Search for Meaning”  at Michaels site, plus watch some very nice effects and character animation from his short film “ Prelude to Eden “ 

You can also view no less than 12 short animations produced in Flash for MTV and recently released  – designed in silhouette style – dont miss them ! there beautifully designed and animated – no further proof is needed that the tendency to realism is the only way to go in animation   – 

the major credits are

Michael cagne – creator producer director – concepts beautifully realised
Jayson Theissen and Mike Hogue – animation – terrific work !  
Andrew Scott – sound design – great to see the sound designer up there with the creator and the animators

the first of the films are 10 – 15 secs – long enough to set up a situation – but as they progress, their only 3 secs long – i doubt were getting the whole movie

go to Michaels site to see all the goodies    link