It's Better To Animate a Film Alone, Even If It Takes Years
Nick DiLiberto&#x27;s work is incredibly inspiring and shows you the power of discipline and long-term planning. Years ago my university featured a talk with <i>solo traditional animators</i>. It&#x27;s a grueling life. You wake up, start to draw, eat, go back to drawing, sleep. Repeat for x months&#x2F;years. Indie hand-drawn shorts are a popular niche in France and, to a lesser degree, in Italy.<p><i>Via Curiel, 8</i> (10min short) required 2 years of work and more than 4000 hand-made acrylic drawings. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vimeo.com&#x2F;141520314" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vimeo.com&#x2F;141520314</a> Animation is not my field, but it&#x27;s interesting nonetheless.<p><i>&quot;An hour of my animation is made up of about twenty small films, twenty years of work and thirtyfive-thousand drawings&quot;</i> – Simone Massi <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.simonemassi.it&#x2F;index.php?menuid=3" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.simonemassi.it&#x2F;index.php?menuid=3</a>