Tonko House is a start-up animation studio founded by Dice Tsusumi and Robert Kondo. Both previously worked at Pixar, and found that they worked well together. Their first short film, The Dam Keeper, was nominated as the best animated short for both the Annie Awards and the Academy Awards 2015, as well as pulling in nominations from Long Beach Indie, California (won), New York International Children’s Film Festival (won), Berlin International Film Festival (nominated), and San Francisco International Film Festival (won).
I’ve been stuck to Youtube for the last few hours, stalking their channel like a crazy person. I’ve also signed onto a notification list for when their next online class with Schoolism will be open for sign-ups.
Schoolism course:
What’s cool about Tonko House’s channel is that they post timelapse videos of the founders of the company working. It’s such an amazing experience to be able to be a fly on the wall, watching accomplished artists at work.
Robert Kondo painting demonstration:
Dice Tsusumi had a lot of wonderful digital painting demos, but I can’t help re-watching this one where he paints Pig with watercolours. It shows an extraordinary link between digital painting and physical, if that’s the right term, painting.
I found this video really interesting! It’s like bringing a canvas out to paint live models, except you bring your laptop and pen tablet! Thought I was the only weirdo doing that, haha.
Benita Kvinlaug 