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manmantis

Mitchell Pond

Freelance animator
Dream Corp LLC

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Breakdown of the elements from the alternate Kiosk piece - made in #toonboomharmony and #blender3d

#rotoscope #handdrawnanimation #tarot


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1 months ago


Alternate concept for the Denver Kiosk project, the other one just came out better. Inspired by the Temperance tarot card and Don Gately’s nightmare from Infinite Jest. Made with #toonboomharmony and #blender3d

#rotoscope #handdrawn #tarot


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Making of my piece “Kenoma” for @night_lights_denver from sketch to final composite. Created with #toonboomharmony and #blender3d.

#handdrawn #rotoscope #tarot


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1 months ago

Starting tomorrow April 1st this new piece will be playing on the @night_lights_denver digital kiosks in downtown Denver. Send me a pic if you catch it! Thanks to @kernelrocks and @denverdigerati for making this happen.


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1 months ago

New music video out today for @niminomusic - “Orla” Huge shoutout to Milo and his team for trusting me again, threw every trick I know at this one! This piece is entirely hand-drawn rotoscope/cel animation and blender 3D, no AI. Link to the full widescreen version in my bio. #rotoscope #handdrawnanimation


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2 months ago

New music video for the @niminomusic single Rest Easy. Continuing to dip my toes into 3D character modeling and rigging - I’ve got a lot to learn but enjoying the process. Shoutout to @eilon18 for helping me shooting roto footage and @trungduytrng for the invaluable grass and foliage tutorials. ⛓️to widescreen version in bio.


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5 months ago

As an exercise I’ve been thinking of animating some quotes from books I read that stick out to me, this is the first in what might be a series, who knows?


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8 months ago

In 2020 @niminomusic reached out to me about doing some animation work, but I was booked on a job and wasn’t able to to say yes. Since then he would periodically reach out for other projects but the timing never worked out. Last month he reached out again to see if I could do some work for his new song “Better,” and I was finally able to say yes, and it does feel somewhat like this was the project that we were meant to collaborate on. Big thank you to him and to @kylekusanagi for their patience and persistence, and if you get a chance to see the Nimino tour that kicks off tonight at the Fonda, take it!

Link to the full video in my ⛓️🌲


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8 months ago


Rotoscope practice #rotoscope #2danimation #handdrawnanimation #joker #noai #toonboom


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9 months ago

New Rubedo song “Before You Go” is out today and streaming everywhere!! This song features @dominicjohndavis on bass and @tom__hagerman on strings!! The full album Citrinitas comes out in two weeks!! Link in bio to pre order the Vinyl!!
www.rubedomusic.com

Music video by the super talented @manmantis thank you so much dude!!

Release party tix on sale now for June 27th @hidive_denver at hi-dive.com

Much love! ❤️


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11 months ago

We are excited to share that "I Was Born This Way" led by directors Daniel Junge & Sam Pollard, is premiering at @tribeca this week! Six years in the making, this inspiring documentary about singer/activist Carl Bean was a major undertaking, featuring composited interviews, motion graphics, and rotoscope-animated re-enactments throughout.

Animation can be a long and tedious process. We are giving a special shout-out to the illustrators and animators who contributed thousands of hours to the film, carefully planning and creating such beautiful work! Thank you for your incredible artistry and dedication!

PARTIAL CREDITS
Producer Wellington Love @wellington_love , Jed Alan Klemow @jed_alan_k , @d.junge Junge
Executive Producer @questlove , Billy Porter@theebillyporter, Jamie Lee Curtis @jamieleecurtis
Cinematographer Jerry Henry
Editor Tessa Malsam @tessajackieee , Davis Coombe @meansboro
Composer John Jennings Boyd @johnjenningsboyd , DeAndre James Allen-Toole
Post Production Services by @milkhauspost
Co-Producers Chad Herschberger and Cathy Trekloff @trekloff

Animation Team:
Art Director Chad Herschberger
Lead Rotoscope Animator Mitchell Pond @manmantis
Senior Rotoscope Animator Scott Hassell @scotthassell
Rotoscope Animator Dave Bardin @davebardin
Backgrounds Animation Chad Herschberger, James Durée @jduree , Abigail Gibbons @abigailgibbons40 , Huw Bowen
Backgrounds Illustrators Sean Hall, Patrick Combs @patrick_combs , Samuel Bradley @findneweyes , Kaitlin Orin @kaitlinorin
Motion Graphics Chad Herschberger, Abigail Gibbons
Lead Compositor James Durée
Additional Compositing Abigail Gibbons

Milkhaus-specific Post Team:
Additional Editing Chad Herschberger
Assistant Editor Patrick Huber @pjhuber
Post Assistants Jack Gould, Ellie Moffet, Lauren Tolfa @laurlaur_tolfa
Colorist Dave Krahling @dkrahling

Congratulations to Daniel and the entire team behind the film!


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11 months ago

For the last four years I’ve been working on rotoscope animation for an incredible and important documentary project, which will be premiering next month at the Tribeca Film Festival. It tells the story of Archbishop Carl Bean, singer of the revolutionary Motown single “I Was Born This Way” and founder of the Minority AIDS Project and the Unity Fellowship Church in Los Angeles. It was an unbelievable honor to work with my incredibly talented friends and colleagues @scotthassell and @davebardin to help bring this story to life. Link to widescreen trailer in bio.


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