ANIMATED FEED: TAKO FAITO

Tako Faito! from Giant Ant on Vimeo.

A modern samurai encounters a huge tentacle. They fight.

Armed with a sliver of downtime, we decided to make something for ourselves. We wanted to push our cel character animation in a character-driven piece—in this case, a story about a dreamer who battles to the death with his lunch. Cel animation works its way into most of our projects, but we've never relied on it as the sole animation method through the entirety of a piece. Tako Faito was a chance to do it!

Check out the pass breakdown here: https://vimeo.com/136742260
And more behind the scenes here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/27933643/TAKO-FAITO-

Creative & Story: Henrique Barone, Rafael Mayani, Jay Grandin, Jorge Canedo Estrada
Producer: Cory Philpott
Illustration: Rafael Mayani
Cel Animation: Henrique Barone
Animation Cleanup: Rafael Mayani
Compositing: Matt James
Music & Sound Design: CypherAudio

Tako Faito! // Making of from Giant Ant on Vimeo.

The making of Tako Faito!

You can see the full video here: https://vimeo.com/136740927
And more behind the scenes here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/27933643/TAKO-FAITO-