The Brave Locomotive by Andrew Chesworth made with TVPaint

[D.T. Nethery]

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/osca ... 32356.html

Cartoon Brew: Can you describe how you developed your visual approach to the film? Why did you settle on this style/technique?

Andrew Chesworth: I wanted the film to resemble a fully restored animated short from the 1940s but use pragmatic digital techniques to justify extremely limited resources besides my own time.
Instead of paper and cels, I had Photoshop and TVPaint. Instead of a multiplane camera, I had After Effects. The trains were animated in Maya on 2s and 1s and rendered to look like drawings. The final look is the result of compromise between period authenticity and tools that made the film achievable by a small, remote team.

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https://vimeo.com/442588330

A walk cycle created in TVPaint of Henry from "The Brave Locomotive."

https://vimeo.com/858903203

[D.T. Nethery]

And now the entire film is available to view online. TVPaint Développement has a Special Thanks credit at the end .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8mScKWj3kQ

UPDATE: over 608,000 views on YouTube after only 2 days ! Will likely hit 1 million views within another day or two.
UPDATE: almost 2 million views as of November 20, 2023


Odd not to see any mention of this film on TVPaint's social media (Facebook , Twitter, Instagram) . Or did I miss it ?

[Jesoped]

I absolutely love everything about it! Andrew Chesworth is an amazing animator, and what a certified little pearl of a short he and his team has made - pure brilliance.

Thanks for the posts, David.

[toonybrain]

What a delight! Thank you for posting this.