My Own Magic - Calarts 2001 Producer's Show

[JaanaJ1]

I love it, touching my deep emotions

[QueenofDragon]

really...just wonderful

[Tortchclaw]

this is adorable and amazing at the same time x3

[Ravenstar2296]

the amount of patience you have for this

[Gernam12]

This is beautiful! :)

[idunno22909]

Loved it.  How has it taken me 10 years to find this o.O

[MasukoXIII]

cant believe i JUST found this... this is amazingly wel done! I have a question: you said in an earlier comment that you did it in 24fps? is that cause you had to do it by hand frame by frame? i remember in my Adobe Flash class 30fps was the norm

[brokenmusiquebox]

Absolutely stunning.

[Mariohenri90]

how many frames did it take you in total?

[aimeekitty]

@Mariohenri90 There's no way for me to know exactly as there are some holds and some things done on 1's (24 fps), but it's roughly 12-24 frames per second, do you can get a rough idea that way.

[Mariohenri90]

@aimeekitty That must have taken you a lot of time!yeah I get the picture now :x

[reyy2j619]

This is amazing thank you for uploading

[Andrastos]

really great, i could watch it the whole day long :)

how long did it take you to finish?

[IloveHamlet]

i really love this. its wonderful <3.

[kittykawaiix3tr]

This is incredible! I am a huge fan of traditional animations, and this looks great. It really moves and flows together really smoothly, and it was a pleasure to watch. :) I would love to see a full-color job of it! Keep up the excellent work!

[coolbeans141]

AHH CUTE!



[LivLivJM]

i love your drawing style. Its very cool and cute! this would make a great movie haha i want to know more. Great job! i wish i had as much talent.

[VAPas123]

wooooow *-*

[LizoLB]

...wow, wherry nice storry, Love it :D

[Sansipi]

What a nice story :D

[BLACKnITAL1AN]

Earth Bender!

[runbusrun]

mega awesome!!!! you rock!

[goranification]

How much cost CalArts? 27.000$ I did heard that, by the way, awesome film, it inspire me so much! :')

[tatsunoko70]

This is really awesome.

I heard that Calarts is the best animation school in the world and your work gave me that evidence. This is really cool!

[solzonbolt86]

This is great! really great !

[kaiheneducat]

Its really beautiful !

[mery125896]

waaaww!! i loove iit!

[Collagenre]

Oh hey, glad to see this on YouTube! A friend of mine came across your video some time back, I forget where; I really liked it then too.

[YumiShikoku]

Beautiful :D

[InsaneWerewolf]

Beautiful! This video is very inspiring :) I love the creatures you made for this and how you can show their expressions and emotions so smoothly. Definitely one of the best 2D animations I have seen. Great job!!

[Rockellyangel]

How beautiful :)

[Ram750]

that was amazing. i can only hope to do something like that. great job^^

[wolfwriterRodger]

Toph the fish-person!

[aimeekitty]

Not really! This film predates Avatar.

[Smalldeath123]

how sweet i love this story :) its very cute. 5/5 stars!

[rubix71]

excellent!!

[Rotsuoy]

I don't know how often you get this, but I cried when I watched it. It really envoked a lot of emotions in me.

To me it feels like the message to this is:

Just because you think you can't do something, doesn't me you can't acheive it in another way. Or, while everyone else around seems like they have all the talent, doesn't mean you don't too, it just means you are talented in another manor.

Thank you for sharing this.

[aimeekitty]

@Rotsuoy Thankyou, I really appreciate that it moved you that much! yes, that's what it means. In college, these were my feelings of frustration. I felt I animated in a way that wasn't like a lot of others around me. I gradually figured out that my way was just different, and that I could do "magic" my own way, too. I wanted to express this in a less obvious way, because I figure lots of people have these feelings about different things. If you haven't seen Kiki's Delivery Service, do!

[Rotsuoy]

I have these feelings all the time. I'm a digital artist, and even though my art doesn't come out anywhere near the same as anyone else's it doesn't mean I didn't do worse, it means I didn't do it the same, or go about it the same. I've seen Kiki's Delivery Service and fell in love with it. I even named my cat after that young witch in training.

Thank you again for sharing this piece.

[Rasenth]

Your animation is amazing!! I hope I get as good as you one day. :D I'm taking an animation class at a community college.

[RetroNoodles]

such lovley animation! great job!

[kuruvata]

Its awesome! One comment though... little girls don't have boobies.

[aimeekitty]

they're alien fantasy creatures. :P

[kuruvata]

ok... lol. How long did this take you to animate?

[seanmcinally1998]

touching how did you make it?

[aimeekitty]

@seanmcinally1998 It was animated by hand on paper and then scanned into the computer for compositing. I used Adobe Premiere (which is kindof obsolete now...) But, it basically just set the number of exposures for each frame, it's done in the same way an old traditionally animated film would be made. The backgrounds are drawn by hand and colored with watercolor.

[mangaczar]

that was cute ^_^

[FireFilly72]

what animation thing did you use?? by the way i watch i 2 every day i love it!

[insanasciurum]

That was adorable. <3

[n3rdycow]

is this experiemental animation?

[aimeekitty]

it's traditional character animation, drawn by hand.

[8KawaiiGirl8]

Cute! x3

[jamiemckiernan]

I saw this video back, and it was inspiration before I myself went to college for animation. I love the subtle expressions, and adorable characters. It was a treat to see it again. (incidentally while looking at your old site you got me into the BJD hobby as well XD)

[AnthonyPhilipTorres]

GREAT JOB, i want to do something like this.

[articwulfee]

HOLY CRAP great job :DD

[pyewackett112]

This is GREAT!

[bainaka]

the characters, may be the collest cutest, and most imaginative ones i have ever seen, even though we focus souly on the one girl it is just that good to see that such characters are able to be made

[aimeekitty]

aw, thanks so much! I'm glad you liked them! I wanted the other characters to be cute, too.

[bainaka]

they are believe me even the big ol' lovable shayman, i mean there is so much behind this one small short it's remarkable

[97LEN79]

awesome! i love it!!!

[AcceptsCharity09]

LOOOVE! it

this is exactly what i would love to do for a living!

and yes Miyazaki....amazing

[phoenixdown2621]

certainly a job well done guys, but... does anyone get the Nickelodeon "Avatar" vibe from this...? all the control of earth/water... i dunno maybe just me

[aimeekitty]

I was inspired by Miyazaki actually. But if you look at the date of this, it predates Avatar.

[climbinggecko]

I love your character development in here. Very inspiring. :)

[AKitsunePanda]

Aww, very well done! ^^

[ktkatz]

this is so cute!

[TAKEwhatyouTAKE]

I love it! <3 ^^

[Gerbillfury3]

that.....was...GREAT!!! :3 i have always wanted to learn how to do animation like that buuut i suck at drawing and stuff ):

[thecurlymenace]

That was ttly awesome!!!! :D

[ThiakiUchiha]

If you don't already have a job at a studio yet, you should! If not, you would get an awesome following on YT. Don't give up on this! You could be one of the greats, even if it is as an independant. Mr. Lasseter wasn't better than this when he started!!

[aimeekitty]

I currently work as an assistant director in animation, but thankyou! I wish I still had time to make films on the side, but not really.

[ThiakiUchiha]

Dang!! Our loss...BTW, which show?

[darkgem3]

Marvelous :)

[lilgrljw]

wow thats awsome

[nickygirl375]

Beautifully animated and truly inspiring :)

[cloudluv456]

aww, so cute!

liked the message <3

[YogariUchiha]

kinda wierd movie but the power of showing that everyone has there own power is super incredible the message is super powerful good job

[demonkat98]

the little dragon girl looks so cute!

:D this is a great film!

[vlissan]

amazing!

[midnightdrawings]

was this a traditional animation?

[aimeekitty]

of course!

[midnightdrawings]

I really respect that.

[Mew4U]

wow you did a great job! how long have you been at calarts?

[aimeekitty]

when I had done the film, it was my 4th year. I've now been out of college for 7 or so years.

[JennieChan]

I loved this one..its too cute.

[greatedcorn]

aww that was cute

[Lilu166]

♥

[ciaranlucas]

great story, nice animation too.

[vampier886311]

find your element!

[cru5e]

Love it! Great story and you're very talented ^_^

[NeferityxYami]

awesome !

[LiinkFreek]

That's really nice. n_n Cute story.

[flakkito]

Very nice! I love hearing Corny's voice...does he still have that old sruffy army jacket filled with brushes and mentos? lol. Cheers :)

[emoemobangbang]

That's SO amazing!

[stellanaut]

Oh my god! I haven't seen this in years!

I must've been 12 when I saw this last; now 17 and I'm still in awe.

Love your work (:

[robinhood01]

Yeah I saw this years ago too, I loved it but at the same time I felt so down hearted that I could never attend such a creative environment like Calarts.

Now I'm a freelance animator though, and I've realised that it isn't where you go, it's how much effort you put into learning and growing that matters.

So after all these years I look back and see this and see how it challenged me to create something wonderful.

[Nakukukus]

cutyy elf!

[GreenAndTeal]

its like the avatar character

[jholtman25]

simply adorable

[tiberiosanDA]

Kawaiii ^-^

[Beejeezus]

Please make more, such an awesome video! Along with the waterfall one, i love that one.

[SamanthaxSacrifice00]

Cutest Thing In The World. (:

I Absolutely Adore It. (:

[saga111luna]

seems like a great movie idea

[ArtxReign]

Dude, this is really off the hook (as in its hecka cool! d^.^b I love the effects! It's awesome!

[soupisgreat]

Oh snap!

She was an earth bender the whole time.

Cute, loved it.

[rochaprod]

extreamly talented. wish I could do some kick ass animation like yours

[SlipknotFanka]

thats it girl! :)

[leonardodeluzio]

Disney would be proud! Way to go!

[Jaderain]

WOW! this was so good, and it has such a unique style. the music was perfect as well.

[archNagel]

Very well done!!

[Tokiryu]

she's cute what ever the hell she is.

[fonzos]

elf^^

[totohan]

dragon girl

[ankin]

i so love it! you are my hero!

i hope i will be great like this in the future too, may you upload more from your work?

best regards

[elliukitsune]

That was cute :)

The little girl can use rocks instead. Make big waves too! :3

[aries987654321]

it was cute

[kaidexp]

cuuute characters :D

[ColRon]

wow! very interesting

[Lilalaunemary]

Einfach nur wow!

[Maya3890]

woooooooow *--------------* sweeeet, pretty-good animated... really good!

[iLoveUFlippy]

awesome, cute and sweet. :) ;* :33

[Sairune]

That's awesome! I lov ethe teacher dude.

[Cabbitchic]

This is beautiful...I love the artwork as well as the story!

[bigsbinny]

Cute story, and skillfully done.

I'm adding this to my favorites, a collection of the best original animation on YouTube. Stop by and browse if you like.

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[LightningShadowX]

A touching little animation, really well done

[suitcasegnome]

Great work! I love it.

[angelstarfine]

So sweet!