Red Balloon

Another doggy animation. I can't seem to stop animating dogs, they're the best! Anyway, this was started as a live demonstration at The Art Department event run by We Are Playgrounds in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Then I finished it off at home.

[divalea]

That is freaking adorable. The way the look on the dog’s face changes from YAY to o h n o cracked me up.

[alvarotavares]

Love how James appears outta nowhere, drops a master work and disappears just as quickly. He's like a wizard or something

[skwidkid]

I actually cannot fathom how amazing you are at your craft

[xerzy]

There's this one frame which is such a strong depiction of understanding dog anatomy and motion and perspective that my brain struggles to understand how does it even exist

[oklunaok]

I saw you animate this in Eindhoven in The Art Department a while back, it was so wonderful to see you and your wife create such amazing animation! Really inspiring! :)

[Whydoiexisthere-]

Jesus the smoothness got me- also as a chihuahua owner this accurate lmao, these demons weigh like nothing-

[ProbablyPaul]

I can't even imagine how you're so good at animation

[CompleteAnimation]

Masterful animation! My favorite part is when the little dog overshot his target, and his limbs were flailing around trying to regain traction on the slippery ground!

[dennisvanhout]

This turned out incredibly well! I saw you animate this in Eindhoven and the finished version is even better. Thank you so much for doing this and the time you and your wife took to answer all of our questions, you two are an inspiration!

[ZironOfTime]

stopped everything to watch this, thank you jimmy

[isabellacrump]

Dang back at it again with that smoothness, James

I love the way he skids to a stop after running LMAO

[wojtekworld]

I was able to watch you make it during The Art Departement in Eindhoven and I just want to say that you are a huge inspiration to me as an aspiring animator

[Mayyde]

I would absolutely give everything to be able to attend an event to see you animate something. Your work is so incredibly fascinating to me and you're one of my biggest inspirations for animation.
You're my hero James, and I pray I can be like you one day.

[SpongebobPressureReanimated]

I love it, James. i actually love it. awesome animation.

[ariverbythesea]

So lively, so expressive, so cute, and yet so vivid!

[neoleo]

talent isnt even the proper word for it. you are a master

[StingJay]

Ugh god the face animation/expressions are so good, of course along with everything else. Thank you for sharing!! ❤❤

[cloudinthehead]

When shaking the string, the amount of different poses the dog goes through, the amount of times the legs kick in different directions... How do you even IMAGINE that?? it's SO quick! I get imagining the action, but THAT amount of detail in such a quick movement is simply incredible

[kittypost]

I love the happy little trot the doggo did

[Bliffenstimmers]

I have a chihuahua, can confirm this happens on a regular basis.