Just wanted to say - Thank you!

I just wanted to thank you all, for visiting my blog. It's a big compliment for me to see how many people reading my blog, seeing my works and leaving comments.
Preety soon I'll be going back to work at a full time job (working at CREW972) but I'll keep posting as much as I can, so for the time being, I just wanted to thank you from all of my heart, and as always, if there is something you like, do feel free to comment and I'll be happy to respond.

-Ziv

The princess and the frog - Pencil Tests

Here are a few pencil tests from Disney's last classic animated film - The princess and the frog.

PFROG Pencil Test 01 from handdrawn on Vimeo.

PFROG Pencil Test 02 from handdrawn on Vimeo.

PFROG Pencil Test 03 from handdrawn on Vimeo.

Elk Hair Caddis

Great short film made by peter smith (love that squash and stretch!)

Elk Hair Caddis from peter smith on Vimeo.

What's New?!

Hi guys!
I'm happy to share with you my "new" blog.
I've decided it is time to move on and to give it a more professional look, now that I'm working in the animation industry. It's not totaly done yet, but it's enough for me to keep on posting and I'll keep my changes as I go.
Before I'll be getting back to work, I've decided to try and expand my fields of experties in animation, and start animating using Flash.

Here are two short samples I've made - it's just for testing so I'm pretty pleased with it.

Father and Daughter

Here's a short and very touching shrot film, I've seen a while ago at work (thanks to April who sent me the link).
I hope you'll love it as I did...

The Princess And The Frog

Ahhhh..... Eric Goldberg is so amazing, truely amazing!
Here's is a short clip showing Eric's way of work and also explaining a little about animating Louis the aligator.
I've been lucky enough to sit next to him about a year ago when he came to give a lecture here in Israel and to speak with him about animation, and he is such a role model for me, he LOVES animation!
I don't think there is a person in the world who isn't familiar with his work (the Gini from Aladdin of course, but he had made so many other characters during his long period at Disney).
This short clip really made me want to sit and start drawing and animating.... did I say he's amazing? ;)

Under Construction

Hey everyone.
As you probably see, I've decided to give my blog a new change of direction - it would still be about everything I'm doing and the animation industry at large, but would have a different header name and design. I'm afraid it might take me some time until I'll reach the point where I'll be pretty happy with the results, so stay tuned, and thanks for all your patience :)