PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
A left-handed child is forced to write with their right hand by a schoolteacher. Created in 72 hours for the 2022 Animation Lockdown film challenge, produced by the Quickdraw Animation Society, "Impossible Shapes" edition.
TYLER'S NOTES:
This film is based on a true story! I was left-handed until I got to grade one, where my teacher yelled at me every day, and made me write with my right hand instead. I had to spend YEARS using those stupid pencil grips to train my stupid fingers into writing (and drawing) again. I don't think I stopped using the grips until like grade 4. They thought I had motor control issues. Turns out, I was just left-handed.
I don't think they do that to kids anymore, which is good. I write with my right hand now, but I do a lot of things with my left. Somewhat ambidextrous now, but not really. Oh well.
Made this film using Blender, Toon Boom, After Effects and Premiere. I used a combination of 3D renders and 2D drawings for this film. The theme was "impossible shapes," so optical illusions were what we were riffing on for this year's challenge. I found an add-on for Blender that can generate those kinds of geometries in an isometric camera view, and I modeled a creepy wiggley hand for the "impossible shapes" my fingers had to form to hold my pencil. Then I drew all the characters in Toon Boom. For this year's challenge I mostly wanted to draw, be kind of sloppy about it, and try my hand at a 2D/3D hybrid workflow. I learned a lot about 3D outputs and compositing in 2022, and I wanted to test out my discoveries with my own work.
I love the Lockdown challenge. I used to produce it when I worked at Quickdraw, and it was really nice to be able to participate as a filmmaker this year instead of running the event.
