Happy Trails Animation - Then & Now/WACOM Cintiq

A brief discussion by Dan Tierney one of the many talented folks that have become part of the Happy Trails Animation TEAM.

To view more of our work in detail and at higher resolutions.. Please visit:

Happy Trails Animation
http://www.happytrailsanimation.com/

Produced by: Happy Trails Animation

Edited by: Dick Wright ( Blackthorn Group)
http://www.blackthorngrp.com/

Music by: Greg Ives
http://www.gregives.com/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Happy
• Trails
• Animation
• Amy
• Andy
• Collen
• Hilly
• Reps
• portland
• traditional
• Dan
• Tierney
• Wacom
• Cintiq
• HTA
• TV

[1protozoa]

it's 1200$ but non is found in my country :P so i animate usin a frikin cheap tablet and yes it sux

[HTAnimation]

Why don't you go on line and buy a refurbished from the company.... Cheaper and they ship anywhere. Plus I know the guys that refurbish the Cintiq and they make them even better. I feel your pain.

[bashscrazy]

I WANT A WACOM CINTIQ!!! But their pretty expensive.

[HTAnimation]

Yes they are a bit of money... Especially right now. But you need to think of them as your graphics computer. Remember you will buy and retire many computers before the Cintiq dies.

[888Fanatic]

I'm doing research on how Wacom users handle the friction problem on tablets. I noticed that you and some others wear a glove. The one that you're wearing on your video, did you make that yourself? I have one that is very similar to yours except that mine is black and only covers the pinky. It's called SmudgeGuard and you can google it if you want to see it. But is the friction problem the reason why you wear the glove?

[HTAnimation]

Lets just say I was trained 2D animation in the old traditional manner and we used those same gloves to try and keep the cels clean. Also when using the animation wheel with a light behind it sometimes gets hot the glove helps the hand slide on the paper and cool the hand. SO yes that is a glove that we made just like the old days. The best part is that it slides realy well accross the glass as a posed to paper. Does that help.

[yassine4d]

i want one

[bebepopsr]

you lucky bastard

[TheMOEBUCKS]

i dont care how long it takes im going to get one shit

[Opticradiation]

I love wacoms, not only do they help with cleaning a rough drawing but they also will save many trees from being cut due to alot of paper drawings being used while wit a wacom is just the screen. I would buy one and price is not to bad.

[ChimeraProd]

Hopefully your company will bless you with the new and improved Cintiq 21 ux ;)

[GPAnimations]

Hey I saw most of this video on the DVD Wacom gave me for buying their tablets. It's a pretty cool DVD, they go into different aspects of Happy Trails animation studio. I went from the Graphire to Intuos 3 to the Cintiq 12wx. Maybe I'll upgrade to the 21" model eventually, the 12wx resolution is a bit too small for my liking. Flash gets kind of squished and you're constantly zooming in and out.

[tulippink60]

whats ur email add? message me dan ;)