My inspiration

So who/what inspires me to do what I do? To be honest, a lot of things and a lot of people. In each cartoon, Anime and animated film I feel inspired to create something just as good. However, there’s a small group of people that inspire me that little bit more. The man who first inspired me to pursue animation was Pendleton Ward, the creator of the popular animated series Adventure Time. At first glimpse Adventure Time looks to be a silly random cartoon just like most but in actual fact the series has deep emotion and intense stories. This cartoon is unlike any other and it showed me that even plain cartoons aren’t so plain and have the chance to become something amazing! 

Another inspiration of mine is Natasha Allergi. She worked as a storyboard revisionist for Adventure Time but that’s not why she inspires me. I look up to her more for her work on Bee and PuppyCat, a short video she created and produced herself for Frederator Studios‘ YouTube channel, Cartoon Hangover. When I first saw Bee and PuppyCat I fell in love, this animated short keeps you wrapped up in its story from start to finish, the charters are drawn beautifully and its become so popular a future series is being worked on.

The Third Person who’s inspired me is Rebecca Sugar. She’s also been involved with the animated series Adventure Time but I love her for her cartoon series Steven Universe. Steven Universe is a brilliant series! It’s cute, It’s funny and I can’t get enough of it! I love everything about it, The characters, the stories and the art. Whenever I watch Steven Universe I become entranced in each episode and nothing can pull me away. 

So, if you love cartoons, animation or drawing like me, I suggest you look these guys up and their work (if you haven’t already). Their work is amazing and each person has their own unique way of creating these animations.