this is Frantick- one of the most amazing dancers in LA! Love the timing and staging of his movements.. His movements tells a story~ Watching him in person is unreal*

this is an old clip but check out this two man tut routine from jsmooth and future! sick~~

Chronotrigger fanart inspired by early Dragonball

OG bopper Scorpio! this guy is nastier then michael jackson~ He was in the same crew with another famous popper Robot Prince.. They have a big rep in Los Angeles

Here's Scorpio.. (the first guy on the clip)!

here's me trying to be more thoughtful and purposeful with my lines.. I got inspired from one of art babbit's lectures that said "lines have a character to them.." : )

miyazaki documentary on youtube

found these inspiring Jules Engles clips. Jules was the former dean of Experimental Animation and was one of the founding members of creating the animation program at CalArts besides working at Disney and UPA. He passed away recently and I was lucky enough to get to know him while I was going to school. Enjoy! : )

(click on next story to see all the other clips)

http://www.peoplesarchive.com/browse/movies/3663/en/off/

Seen- another amazing japanese popper.. His style is very similiar to popping taco from breakin.. really sick waves and animation style!! : D

pencil test

really talented popper! Kite from Former Action Crew in Japan~ best footwork I've seen yet in popping.. including some OGs. He is on screen right..

boppin andre.. Legendary pioneer and creator of bopping/robot.. doing some sick animation!!

more life drawing~ ^_^ cuz I can't use any stuff from work..

Cool Western girl in Bob Kato's costume class..

Where Popping and Animation come together!

Always loved the comics and even the anime/american animated version of it!

two of my favorite bboys of all time~ alien ness and katsu from zulu kings! This is a good example of moves vs movement.. it's all about entertainment and timing ^_^
(alien ness and katsu on the right)

FINGER TUTS~ some fresh tutting concepts.. sick! ^_^

Some quotes from a interview with Milt Kahl in the book Walt's People.

Dr Moritz: Did you do those model sheets where they have six poses of the character?

Milt: They'd take a lot of drawings from my animation and make a model sheet of thosee.. It was much better that way because the model department.. they couldn't really draw that well anyway.. When something gets into animation, it forces itself into a different design. Especially heads. Faces. Because to articulate them, there were certain things that just didn't work.

Dr Moritz: That's true with the beginning of Snow White. They had a lot of problems articulating her.

Milt: Yes. That's just inability to draw. The judgement of how not to draw something. .

Those quotes just confirms how important having a hand drawn animation ability is so important in doing character designs~