I've always been a fan of Peter Nicholson, Australian political cartoonist extraordinaire, creator of 'Rubbery Figures' and - since 2002 - a digital animator.
His Flash animations can be seen on The Australian online news site, Youtube, and on his personal website:
www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au
Here's one of his animations:
Peter's animation software of choice is vector-based program Flash; he makes use of a graphics tablet to apply to his animations the same distinctive drawing style seen in his hand-drawn cartoons. Peter's animations typically employ vibrant and colourful hand-drawn graphic elements that are crudely animated; and clever dialogue voiced by the talented Paul Jennings. Each animation - generally around 30-40 seconds long - is completed within about two days, with Peter generally churning out one each fortnight (give or take).
What I wanted to do with my research - produce and disseminate animations within the framework of a regular weekly/fortnightly news cycle - was what Peter was already doing. So I needed to approach my research from a different angle, and that was to investigate how portable digital communication technology, alongside internet-based content, might impact upon the traditional political cartooning paradigm.
I'll be talking more about Peter's work in later posts. For the mo', let's look at another influence...
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