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Greg Holfeld lifts the curtain on Sumo Lake
Sumo Lake is a new animated short from Australian animator Greg Holfeld.
Holfeld’s interest in Sumo wrestling started while he was living in Japan in the 90′s.
The contrast of a delicate ballet played out by monstrous sumo wrestlers was an idea too good to pass up.
Greg confesses he didn’t spend a lot of time planning the animation in advance.
In order to convey the free-flowing dance, he just sat down for five weeks and cranked out 1300 or so drawings.
Even though he hates the term “traditional animation”, Holfeld admits he embraced the restriction of using only the standard tools of the animator’s trade:
- paper
- pencils
- coffee
Find out more on the Sumo Lake production blog.
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