Animators React to Bad and Great Cartoons 15 (Ft. Aaron Blaise) 

Thanks for sharing your passion and journey. It is truly inspiring.

Thank you for creating one of my favorite movies of all time. Brother bear made my childhood.

Wow that quick resume at the beginning felt like a train coming through the room. You are a legend, thank you and thank you to Corrider for the video. This was fantastic.

Thanks for showing your website, im not an animator, but I love writing music for short films and stuff, and you just gave me an avenue to learn a new skill to make my own animations and stories! God Bless you man!

Just such an amazing story, found myself twice just agape on the stories you're telling. Keep up the beautiful work, love and dedication for this craft. ❤❤❤ Much love from me and my family from the Netherlands. PS. My daughter actually been watching your work and is currently trying arts as well. Not yet into animation, just learning the basics in anatomy. She's 13 years and loves it! Proud dad here ❤

Well, you sound strong mate. Such an awful outcome, but being surrounded by a loving family is something many of us are never fortunate enough to have. When it's your time it's the best way to go, loved and remembered. Travel well.

I would start recording everything you want to teach the little one. Give them something to brighten their day and keep going when Mom can't.

Well, i’m sure they’re glad the video helped. Because doing something for anyone is amazing. You’re very strong to openly talk like this to the world. Have a good day

All the best to you and your family.

Thank you for your comments, you made me cry. I wish you and your family all the love in the world

When Disney let their ARTISTS create ART instead of IP’s !!

Extremely underrated or maybe just not as well known it's a great movie

One of my favorites

yeah it hit hard. I never even saw Brother Bear, but I could feel it here.

This ended emotionally. Didn't expect that. You could feel how gentle he is right away.

I'd love to see more of these stories of a creators beginings to where they are now.

Exactly! A great interview

This video felt different indeed, but i loved that they focused on Aaron's work. You can tell that man has been through a lot and this video gave justice to his work !

Me TOOOO!! 😭😭😭😭

Me too!

That Snow Bear preview had me ugly sobbing and I have no idea why 😂

@@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist5 No.

Facts

.. titan AE and treasure planet want to talk to you lol

@@selphconscious ALSO facts

@@selphconscious for sure for sure. Throw em up there too

Disney should read the room and give us 2D animations again.

@@CineScarborough Disney opened up an internship for 2d animation for the first time in over 10 years. They helped in the 100 year anniversary animation

And I love that they're not so focused on making it funny or something. It's usually great as it is, letting him talk through his creative process and finding himself after the loss of his wife is amazing. A lot of channels would be afraid of getting that real but there's a beauty to it that needs to be spoken sometimes.

No- see that's the thing- they were never just "messing around" that's why they eventually got to a place where legends come to sit on their couch- they put in the work. Ppl seem to think art isn't work- but it is. I play guitar- it's my passion, but that doesn't mean that I don't get tired and bored with it- and have to make myself continue practicing- even with bleeding fingers. And that's why when I play for ppl, they're generally impressed- because I put in the work. There are 21 frets on my guitar, times 6 strings- that's 126 notes to memorize- and that just barley gets you started. There are endless scales to learn, each having multiple positions and modes- from which you can build hundreds of chords- which comprise endless chord progressions. And we haven't even gotten to timing yet, which is a whole ball game unto itself. So yeah- it's just work man- lots and lots of it. I don't animate nor am I interested in doing it- but I watch these guys because of their dedication and passion to the art- because of their work ethic- hoping it rubs off on me.

It's such a shame that Disney is letting 2D animation die.

​@@stoneysdead689 I think you're misconstruing what I meant by messing around. I mean that they weren't afraid to try new shots, new concepts, and explore with the freedom that youtube gave them. Without the grand looming pressure of a giant movie machine breathing down their necks. The fun, creativity, and humor is why I consider it "messing around" when put beside a hollywood movie.

I did too... Damn it Corridor Digital! 🥺

Same, so with all hopes I watched Brother Bear. What a shitty movie that is.

@@antonwulpI think the film has a lot to offer despite not being one of Disney’s best

@@PuppetsByPalmieri Full of cliches, not funny characters, no real depth, terrible songs/lyrics and to be honest: the bear animations aren't great either. And from the beginning you could already tell what would happen.

Same! It’s the first time I’ve ever cried watching one of their videos. I’m definitely looking forward to seeing him complete snow bear! It looks amazing ❤

Налиии?! Очите ми се насълзиха като чух това 🥺😍❤️ 🇧🇬

Юхуу! :Д

100% agree!

Don’t know him but hearing his works he definitely is

It's such a shame that Disney is letting 2D animation die.

Honestly same! ❤

Right here with you, **passes tissues over**

Same! It wasn't as popular as other animated films at the time but it brought in the feels as a kid.

I agree. It was very emotional experience.

It's such a shame that Disney is letting 2D animation die.

I was all over the realistic animals speaking trends hahahahaha. It’s so niche unless it’s more furry like and that’s not as magical imo. Wishbone, Bugs Life, All Dogs go to Heaven, Aristocats, it didn’t matter what style tbh

@@RaiOkamiif it was released now people would appreciate the racial expression more but at the time it was a pioneer in that regard. People held it to an impossible standard of innovation at the time and now they take it for granted lol

What hits me in addition to that is kodas mother's only spoken line. koda. Bc at that point u realize she was only trying to reunite with him

I'm so sorry to hear of your brother's passing but am honored that you shared and enjoyed our film.

I didn't manage to contain them

Definitely looks like a contender for best animated short. All the best Aaron.

​@@SamyasaSwiMe neither, the music with the bear walking alone just broke me 😭

It's such a shame that Disney is letting 2D animation die.

@@EbonyPopeand it looks so much better than 3d at least in my opinion. It’s just so much more beautiful.

Stan/coridoor team up when?

Oh shit it's The Draftsmen bro, one of the best podcasts I've found recently. Keep up the good work bud!

Thanks for watching @Proko

Holy heck, Proko!

This is beautiful to see proko here and just as beautiful for Aaron to thank Proko for watching

Thank you for for the kind words and I am happy you have enjoyed the films. Can't wait for everyone to see Snow Bear.

​@AaronBlaiseArt I will go with my family for sure

yep and when it looks jank there is a reason. They didn't have enough time.

it’s so worth the rewatch and you’ll cry just as hard again

That killed me lol

He's the GOAT of animator of his time. Nostalgia

2D takes time and money. Im not an animator tho I like drawing. Now with AI I dont think 2D will ever make a comeback except maybe as novelty and niche things. Unfortunately cause I love 2D as well.

I think thats the hope with using ai. Imagine a world where a small handful of artists can feasibly produce a full 2d animated feature film in their own unique artstyle. The quality of story telling will likely be even higher than disney as smaller artists will be able to stick to their vision and not scale back to accommodate budget concerns or viewership concerns. All these studios tell safe stories because when you put 100million dollars behind a movie you need at least 10million people to be willing to pay to see it. Niche stories or topics just really can’t exist at such a scale. However if just a small team like Corridor used to have makeing a feature film in 2 years, they realistically only need to make like $1million to consider that a success. If its just one person making the film in their down time, it might take 5 years, but for them $100,000 would be a huge success. I also expect videogames to finally live up to their nickname of Interactive entertainment. Right now most games are like tv shows with tedious filler tasks in between, the worlds and the stories are very hollow. However with the improvement of ai tools, there will become a day where a small team of creators will be able to build big open worlds that are complex and have lots of depth and physics. Or smaller worlds that have thousands of branching storylines/actions. At the end of the day it doesn’t matter who or what draws the brush stroke, the only thing that matters is the direction and story telling. People worry about the jobs of artists but these tools only make it easier for these artists to work on stories they care about vs creating a 100 different bushes and trees on a large 100+person team of people. RU-vid is the perfect example of smaller teams being given the tools to make content that may be more niche, but still has enough fans to make a good living. It doesn’t prevent massive productions from existing, there are plenty of large youtube channels with 20+ person teams.

​​​​@@zephyrr108 2d is a big thing around the world. It's the usa big studios who refuse to use 2d. I believe 2d will come back but not from Disney. Also the technology is far better and superior than what it was in early 2000. It's now easier to use 2d.

@@zephyrr108 Well, anime is still mostly made in 2D. I can't fully say how hard it actually is as I am more in the 3D field (character artist) but I suspect it does require a lot of resources to pull out quality animations in 2D. I have heard though that 2D animators have not been treated well (for example salary wise) and overtime work is common. I will always have respect for those working in 2D and especially those working as concept artists as they are kind of the first line for the 3D production. Plus wild imagination ^^.

@@maxrinehart4177I was born in 2000 and as a kid I knew I wanted to make 2d films. But by the mid-late 2000s 3d took over and it was crazy whiplash for me lol. Don’t get me wrong I love 3d films as well but I would not be interested in making those

It does have something in common with one of my other favorites, Tarzan, they both have songs by Phil Collins.

Plus the songs are godlike, and the spirits always gave me goosebumps

Tarzan is the first movie I sat through in theaters, but I don't actually remember seeing it in theaters because I was too young to remember.

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I feel like a lot of modern studios don't really cultivate this kind of talent anymore. "You got the skills? Let us burn you out. You don't have them yet? Hit the bricks."

It's such a shame that Disney is letting 2D animation die.

It was the first movie I saw in a theater when I was 6, and it was magical. Never saw it again and just now remembered it, gotta watch it again

⁠@@gambello1195I was 4, I remember getting a toy from McDonalds. The Sitka/eagle hybrid

Love you brother