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DearAnnaOlson

  1. I'm just a few hours away from pencil-testing my latest shot. Cross your fingers that the revisions will be minimal , if any at all! 3:38 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone
  2. Animating someone writing takes the tedium of animation to a whole new level! yfrog.us/el75736032z 12:19 PM May 15th via Twitter for iPhone
  3. "Dropping dead at my desk sounds like a pretty good idea to me." - John Irving, author/wrestler 6:55 AM May 12th via Twitter for iPhone
  4. Dear Anna Olson got a wonderful mention on Nurse Talk!: nursetalksite.com/2012/04/08/ple… 6:32 AM Apr 13th via web
  5. On my drawing table at home: Shot 38. On my light box at school: Shot 46. Making progress where ever I am! 5:28 PM Mar 29th via Twitter for iPhone
  6. Here is the animatic I just completed for Shot 30. This will help guide the animator on the shots timing: youtube.com/watch?v=GAsamf… 5:38 AM Mar 13th via web
  7. Sometimes putting a shot on the shelf for a while gives you a new perspective on the character's performance. twitter.com/DearAnnaOlson/… 4:45 AM Mar 12th via Twitter for iPhone
  8. I think that it's actually tougher to get back into working on a shot you haven't touched in a while than it is to start a whole new shot. 9:40 AM Mar 10th via Twitter for iPhone
  9. Last night I was awaken at 2:00 am by the smell of cooking bacon. It took me over an hour to get back to sleep! 4:34 PM Mar 8th via Twitter for iPhone
  10. Up, up and away! twitter.com/DearAnnaOlson/… 6:44 AM Mar 3rd via Twitter for iPhone
  11. After taking a nearly two-week mental vacation from the project, I'm fully recharged and moving full-steam ahead! twitter.com/DearAnnaOlson/… 8:09 AM Feb 27th via Twitter for iPhone
  12. It's very frustrating trying to refocus and start a new shot having just completed one with a drawing count of 378. twitter.com/DearAnnaOlson/… 2:24 PM Feb 13th via Twitter for iPhone
  13. Here's Shot 46. Inspired & animated by Ilya Skorupsky, refined by Nancy Lennert & assisted by me. youtube.com/user/DearAnnaO… 5:56 AM Feb 12th via web
  14. Here's the stack of art for today's pencil-test. Nothing too out of the ordinary. Just about 450 or so drawings. twitter.com/DearAnnaOlson/… 7:10 AM Feb 10th via Twitter for iPhone
  15. Shot 46 is now inbetweened (again)! But, I'll reserve my complete excitement until after the pencil-test. 7:45 PM Feb 7th via Twitter for iPhone
  16. It's great to wake up and figure out how to greatly reduce the actual animation you need to do on a shot. The inking on the other hand... 7:18 AM Jan 15th via Twitter for iPhone
  17. With #Hostess filing for chapter-11, here is the animation table on which the Twinkies commercials were created! twitter.com/DearAnnaOlson/… 11:54 AM Jan 13th via Twitter for iPhone
  18. The problem with animating elderly characters is that they tend to move veeerrry slooowwly, and that requires A LOT of drawings. 11:18 AM Jan 12th via Twitter for iPhone
  19. I ended yesterday having finished inbetweening Shot 46. Now, a day and one pencil-test later, I'm adding yet more inbetweens to Shot 46! 5:54 AM Jan 10th via Twitter for iPhone
  20. The character animation for Shot 46: DONE! twitter.com/DearAnnaOlson/… 8:29 AM Jan 9th via Twitter for iPhone
  • Name Dean Lennert
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  • Bio DEAR ANNA OLSON is an independent animated short film about how small, positive actions can have profound impact on people's lives. Release date: 10/2012
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