The Dam Keeper

I came across this trailer for 'The Dam Keeper' on Cartoon Brew. I was instantly drawn to the style of animation, which was achieved by a combination of TVPaint, Photoshop, and amazing skill created by Pixar artists Dice Tsutsumi (Toy Story 3 art director) and Robert Kondo (Monsters University art director—set design and shading). It looks really adorable, but also somewhat dark in its tone.


This short making of video is a really interesting watch. Erick Oh, supervising animator of short film 'The Dam Keeper', talks about his role on the film which is intriguing to see what goes into this style of animation.