Calango is now on the Youtube!

The embed link is not working here, but you can have a look in this page:

http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=o9GKdUw5EnI

Character creation Workshop

Hi!

I've been for two weeks through some intensive classes about character creation with Fernando Faria, on Photoshop and using a tablet. I'm still not used with tablets, but that's what I've got. This is also my first speed painting challenge, and surely not the last.

The task:

We were miming a normal advertising routine: a client with no clear idea of what he wanted, and we had to take the job.

It had to be a cartoon character (also one of my first characters in the cartoon style) and it had to be (on our own interpretation of the words):

- "Fashionable", "trendy", "media" style

- Magic

- Big eyed

- Big legged

- Ironic

- A glutton

- Punk hair style

He's a fashionable magic as he looks like a Simpson, dresses like harry potter, wears nike shox tennis shoes and plays basketball. He's a magic glutton as he is from a religion of donut worshipers and his magic wand is a magic spoon ans he's fat. The ironic part goes with his pants and the heart decorated underwear. The punk hair style, I did it on the helmet.

Calango until now

Here is a list of where Calango has been and the prizes we won (until now):

Anima Mundi:
Best animation done in class - 3rd place
Best Brazilian animation in class

Mosca (Cambuquira festival):
Best animation
http://www.mostramosca.com.br/vencedores.php

Festivals we were invited to:
Cine Ceará XVII
Fortaleza, CE, Brazil - June 1st > june 8th, 2007
http://www.cineceara.com.br/

Anima Mundi XV
Rio de Janeiro, RJ - June 29th > July 8th
São Paulo, SP - July 11th > July 15th
Brazil, 2007
http://www.animamundi.com.br/

Florianopolis youth movie festival (Mostra Infantil de Florianópolis)
Florianópolis, SC, Brazil - June 29th > July 15th
http://www.mostradecinemainfantil.com.br/menu_filmes.htm

Cambuquira "Mosca" festival III
Cambuquira, MG, Brazil - July 11th > July 15th, 2007
http://www.mostramosca.com.br/

Gramado animation festival II (Granimado)
Gramado, RS, Brazil - August 10th > August 12th, 2007
http://www.granimado.com.br/

São Paulo International short film Festival XVIII (Festival Internacional de Curta-metragens de São paulo)
São Paulo, SP, Brazil - August 23rd > September 1st, 2007
http://www.kinoforum.org.br/curtas/2007/

Santos short movies festival V, São Paulo (Curta Santos 2007)
Santos, SP, Brazil - September 17th > September 22nd, 2007
http://www.curtasantos.com.br/

Animadrid VII
Madrid, Spain - September 17th > September 22nd, 2007
http://www.animadrid.com/animadrid_07/seccionoficial2.php?id=87

Barcas S/A CineMutante Cultural movie project (Projeto Cultural CineMutante Barcas S/A)

Cabo frio Shorts festival (Mostra de Curtas de Cabo Frio)
Cabo Frio, RJ, Brazil

Culture Shorts São Paulo (Curta Cultura em São Paulo)
São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Interviews to Globo Television (with our director, Alexandre Camargo):

DF TV
http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM703604-7823-BRASILIA+TEM+DESTAQUE+NO+ANIMA+MUNDI,00.html

SP TV

http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM700359-7823-FESTIVAL+DE+ANIMACAO+TRANSFORMA+SONHO+EM+REALIDADE,00.html

Jornal da Globo

http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM701364-7823-DESENHOS+FEITOS+A+COMPUTADOR,00.html

Calango in IMDB:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054474/

Some reviews about our movie:

Cine latino americano.org (spanish)
http://www.cinelatinoamericano.org/texto.aspx?cod=871

Cinema com rapadura (portuguese)
http://www.cinemacomrapadura.com.br/cineceara/2007/06/06/calango-faz-publico-do-cine-ceara-rir-na-noite-de-terca-feira/

Our making of on the brazilian magazine digital designer (portuguese):
http://www2.uol.com.br/ddesigner/int_edicoes/90/calango.htm#