ANIMATICUS FOUNDATION
The Animaticus Foundation is a non-profit organization, dedicated to the preservation, education and evolution of traditional 2D animation in a digital age.
The 2D animation industry is in great danger of losing all the knowledge and expertise it has gleaned from its almost 100 years existence. It therefore becomes increasingly more important that this precious artform is preserved and evolved. The Animaticus Foundation believes that if 2D animation is to survive it has to do so through education and high level production. The Animaticus Foundation therefore intends to raise the creative bar while enabling the young animators of the present and future an opportunity of studying and gaining real production experience by apprenticing to established master animators on ground-breaking projects.
The Foundation believes that traditional hand-drawn animation is a unique and inspirational art form, embracing all the aesthetic and creative skills of Mankind… storytelling, drawing, sound design, music, color, movement and dramatic art. No other art form can achieve this. Therefore our primary focus of the Foundation is to encourage the application of both 'art' and 'artistry' to the medium of animation. The well-trodden 'cartoon' path is surely now very close to being exhausted so we have to find new ways of attracting and entertaining the audiences of the present.
The Animaticus Foundation is therefore committed to the following practical objectives…
i) The creation of traditionally created animated film projects that are innovative, imaginative and ground-breaking.
ii) The creation of an apprenticeship system that enables young and talented post-graduate students to gain a mastery of their craft through working side-by-side with proven master animators on ground-breaking productions.
iii) The establishing of an "Atelier" academy of animated excellence so that young and talented students can embrace all of the above.
In additional to all this, the Foundation successfully hosts the '2D OR NOT 2D" Animation Festival' - bringing great animated films and established movers and shakers in the animation industry to the Pacific Northwest. Further details of the festival can be obtained at the official website... www.2dornot2d.org.
The 2D animation industry is in great danger of losing all the knowledge and expertise it has gleaned from its almost 100 years existence. It therefore becomes increasingly more important that this precious artform is preserved and evolved. The Animaticus Foundation believes that if 2D animation is to survive it has to do so through education and high level production. The Animaticus Foundation therefore intends to raise the creative bar while enabling the young animators of the present and future an opportunity of studying and gaining real production experience by apprenticing to established master animators on ground-breaking projects.
The Foundation believes that traditional hand-drawn animation is a unique and inspirational art form, embracing all the aesthetic and creative skills of Mankind… storytelling, drawing, sound design, music, color, movement and dramatic art. No other art form can achieve this. Therefore our primary focus of the Foundation is to encourage the application of both 'art' and 'artistry' to the medium of animation. The well-trodden 'cartoon' path is surely now very close to being exhausted so we have to find new ways of attracting and entertaining the audiences of the present.
The Animaticus Foundation is therefore committed to the following practical objectives…
i) The creation of traditionally created animated film projects that are innovative, imaginative and ground-breaking.
ii) The creation of an apprenticeship system that enables young and talented post-graduate students to gain a mastery of their craft through working side-by-side with proven master animators on ground-breaking productions.
iii) The establishing of an "Atelier" academy of animated excellence so that young and talented students can embrace all of the above.
In additional to all this, the Foundation successfully hosts the '2D OR NOT 2D" Animation Festival' - bringing great animated films and established movers and shakers in the animation industry to the Pacific Northwest. Further details of the festival can be obtained at the official website... www.2dornot2d.org.