Ant Bully Article

Animation World Network has an interesting article up right now about what DNA Productions had to go through in creating their current release, The Ant Bully.



“For The Ant Bully, we completely gutted our pipeline and built something new. We didn’t use any of the tools we used on Neutron,” offers Davis, a self-taught 3D animator who created his first shorts with off-the-shelf software. “We needed to raise the bar in render quality and the amount of detail and complexity of the characters. That’s what excited the whole team but also killed us for a couple of years. We didn’t have a year of R&D going in; everything happened all at once and, ultimately, it was through sheer force of will, plus blood, sweat and tears that we got the look I wanted within our time and budget limits."

It's a shame that the film isn't doing better at the box office, as the reviews are actually pretty decent with the film sitting at a 66% overall on Rotten Tomatoes.

I have not seen the film yet, but plan to some time this week. Maybe a bunch of people had to stuff going on this weekend like me, and will turn out in droves on Wednesday night alongside me to watch it. I highly doubt it, but you never know...

Read the entire AWN article here!