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The hours behind the keyboard are starting to pay

The hours behind the keyboard are starting to pay off as we have approved our first scene through color. The original animation in this scene was done back in the day at the Disney Florida studio in the late 90s, and the Clean Up was done a few months ago. We are all working hard to complete everything by the end of the year and greatly appreciate all your support! #animatedshortfilm #traditionalanimation #disney #theflower2dfilm #photoshop

Finished painting the flower level for scene 9 of

Finished painting the flower level for scene 9 of The Flower and did a quick composite in After Effects. It is surreal to see a scene come together exactly how you have envisioned it in your head for years! Next stop is water ripples and reflections. #animatedshortfilm #traditionalanimation #disney #theflower2dfilm #photoshop

Getting the final colors of The Lady for Scene 35

Getting the final colors of The Lady for Scene 35 approved today! #animatedshortfilm #traditionalanimation #disney #theflower2dfilm #photoshop

This little guy has been my constant companion for

This little guy has been my constant companion for the last two days. Almost done with painting his level. Whew! #2danimation #theflower2dfilm #photoshop

Production Update! Since July, we've been hard at

Production Update! Since July, we've been hard at work ramping up our character animation work on The Flower, and we've now completed rough character animation for 25 of our 36 scenes. Some of these scenes have even progressed through in-betweening and clean-up, and are now in the ink and paint stage. By the end of the year, we anticipate having another major update on completing the animation!

This image from Scene 2 is an example of our current progress. In this scene, the Crane animation has been completely finished and colored; it's set to go. The Flower, meanwhile, is still in rough animation and needs to be cleaned-up (we've colored a frame of the rough animation for display). And last but not least, the Effects animation, like the water ripples, have yet to be started. This frame represents about 70% of our eventual completed final image; after finishing and painting all the Flowers and ripples, we'll still have final compositing and adjustments in After Effects. But for the first time, we're able to showcase what many of our scenes will look like once they are finalized.

The Flower is a short film project maintaining the legacy of Disney's tradition of hand-drawn animation. Our film started as a production of the Walt Disney Florida Studio, and has since become an independent film. We are entirely donor-supported, so if you like what you see, and you want to help keep hand-drawn animation alive, please visit our website and support our film. We're counting on people like you to help us have the resources to finish this film! Thank you for your interest and support in our project, and stay tuned for more updates in the coming months!

http://theflower2dfilm.com

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Thought you guys might like to see a short progres

Thought you guys might like to see a short progress video of Scene 30 which we Inked & Painted last week. Enjoy!

After getting our production pipeline in order ove

After getting our production pipeline in order over the course of the last few months, painting on The Lady from Scene 30 has begun.

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Production Update: Our very first scene has come b

Production Update: Our very first scene has come back from Xentrix Toons and we instantly put it into color models where Jaison Wilson, our Art Director, did his color magic. We are super pleased with the results and hope to have the entire scene painted and composited soon. Onward!

We are a completely crowd funded 2d animated short film project and the work you are seeing today was made possible by people just like you. if you'd like to help with the cost of production as we go forward, please use the linked Donate page in our bio. It's easy to contribute and every contribution goes directly to funding work on The Flower. Thank you for your support!

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Production Update: We are currently completing art

Production Update: We are currently completing art assets as we get ready to hand over the project to an animation studio the first quarter of next year. My good friend Jim Elston was kind enough to hammer out the following Crane design and needless to say, we are super excited to have some animation completed with his design work guiding the way. Thank you Jim. You rock!

Also, we are a completely crowd funded 2d animated short film project and if you'd like to help with the cost of production as we go forward, please use the linked Donate page in our bio. It's easy to contribute and every contribution goes directly to funding art just like the Crane Jim created for us. Thank you for your support!

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Just thought I would share a little sneak peek of

Just thought I would share a little sneak peek of the work going on behind the scenes as we move towards putting the entire show in production. In this clip, my good friend, Nel was kind enough to tighten up the young samurai animation in scene 7. Thank you Nel! We love it! Stay tuned for more updates in the days and weeks ahead. And make sure you give Nel a follow! Onward! #art #originalart #watercolor #watercolorpainting #crowdfunding #projectupdate #disney #disneyart #japanese #japaneseart #asianinspired #japaneseinspired #samurai #inkart #conceptart #illustration #independentfilm #animatedshortfilm #traditionalart #handdrawn #animation #animationart #traditionalanimation

Production Update: There has been a lot of movemen

Production Update: There has been a lot of movement behind the scenes since the kickstarter ended, but as of today, we have put scene 30 into production. Our artist will be cleaning up the lady character and here is a glimpse of the work they are producing. Simply put, we are excited to see this scene move through the production pipeline and can’t wait to get it in color!

Also, if you'd like to help with the cost of production as we go forward, we have set up a Donate page with a PayPal button with a link in our bio. It's easy to contribute and we appreciate every contribution. Thank you!

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Sometimes you need to treat yourself, which I did

Sometimes you need to treat yourself, which I did this week by having Flower posters printed! I’ve lost count on how many Disney posters I received from my days at the Mouse House but printing one for your own film is too freaking cool! Serious thanks go out to Tim Hodge for his fantastic work on the official poster. Thank you @baldmelon

As for a production update, we have collected over $9000 in donations so far and our unit in Japan is starting production on Scene 2. What a surreal journey it has been and it is only because of you and your support!

Finally, if you'd like to help with the cost of production as we go forward, we have set up a Donate page with a PayPal button with a link in our bio. It's easy to contribute and we appreciate every contribution. Thank you!

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There has been a lot of movement going on behind t

There has been a lot of movement going on behind the scenes since our Kickstarter finished. Although we missed our funding goal, the doors of support that the Kickstarter opened have been fantastic. In short, a few of our top backers have reached out and expressed their support by sending us financial contributions, and this means we can start active production! While the contributions we've received so far are not enough to finish the film, they are enough for us to begin moving forward. Let me say that again just so it becomes real to us as well. We are starting animation on the film!

Beginning next week, Scene 2 will go into active production. The first work to be done will be the clean-up animation of the Crane, and complete animation of the Flower and the ripple effects. We have posted the scene as it currently is for our supporters to see, and as the remaining elements are completed, we will post updates.

Thank you to everyone who has helped get us to this point as we would not be here today without it! And thanks to all for your continued support, You guys rock!

If you'd like to help with the cost of production as we go forward, we have set up a Donate page with a PayPal button with a link in our bio. It's easy to contribute and we appreciate every contribution. Thank you!
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Even though the Kickstarter fail to fund, we had t

Even though the Kickstarter fail to fund, we had to do postcards to celebrate all the great people who supported us! And we are not done yet, so stay tune to this channel for announcements in the months ahead for the future of The Flower as we take this project down the road to completion. Thank you for your support!

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Years of dreaming, years of planning, and years of

Years of dreaming, years of planning, and years of working, has brought us to this surreal moment. There is less than 24 hours left in The Flower’s Kickstarter campaign. We are short of our goal so if you want to see this project finished smash that like button and share the link with everyone you know and even people you don’t! 🙂

Here is a clip of scene 1 and shows exactly what your are funding, finishing the needed animation, getting this short film painted, and out to the world. Enjoy and spread the word!

The Flower is a traditionally animated short film born out of Disney’s second golden era of animation. You can check out the whole story on our Kickstarter page! http://kck.st/3uTn1aC

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Less than 48 hours left to support this project!!!

Less than 48 hours left to support this project!!! If you haven’t gotten the chance to back this Kickstarter, now is the time!!

In today’s post, I thought I would share my favorite story board from The Flower. This story board encompasses everything I want to achieve with this project. It perfectly sets the mood and atmosphere that life changes and even ends as time goes on but there is also beauty and simplicity everywhere you look. Sadly this board was cut from the story but the inspiration it provides still lives on in every scene of the film. Kudos to @baldmelon for nailing it all those years ago.

The Flower is a traditionally animated short film born out of Disney’s second golden era of animation. You can check out the whole story on our Kickstarter page!

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This is a rough animation pass from scene 30 which

This is a rough animation pass from scene 30 which needs a light cleaned up pass before it can be painted for final composite. We have about 65% of the film animated and if you pledge today your support will help us complete the rest of the film’s needed animation!

The Flower is a traditionally animated short film born out of Disney’s second golden era of animation. You can check out the whole story on our Kickstarter page!

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Here is a prime example of what you are funding wh

Here is a prime example of what you are funding when you pledge to The Flower Kickstarter. This is a rough animation pass from scene 8 which needs to be re-timed and cleaned up before it can be painted for final composite. If you pledge today your support will help bring this unfinished film to life!

The Flower is a traditionally animated short film born out of Disney’s second golden era of animation. You can check out the whole story on our Kickstarter page!

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Flower Giveaway! We have mentioned this on a podca

Flower Giveaway! We have mentioned this on a podcast before, but we want to make it official that we are giving away an original Tim Hodge storyboard to a lucky backer of the project! You are eligible for this Giveaway if you have pledged to either the Crane or the River tier. Your name will automatically be put in a running for one of Tim's storyboards at no extra cost to you! But, there is another requirement: We need to reach our goal for the Giveaway to happen! So continue to get the word out! Even if you weren't able to pledge to a higher tier, you still have a chance to get a one-of-a-kind storyboard just like this one!

The Flower is a traditionally animated short film born out of Disney’s second golden era of animation. You can check out the whole story on our Kickstarter page!

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Here is a prime example Jaison Wilson’s backgrou

Here is a prime example Jaison Wilson’s background work from scene 2 of The Flower. Over the last few years, we have taken huge steps to define the film’s look and feel from the cleaned-up background stage to full color and this is the result!

The Flower is a traditionally animated short film born out of Disney’s second golden era of animation. You can check out the whole story on our Kickstarter page! There’s only one week left! So act fast!

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