Artist Research - Tokyo Plastic

Tokyo Plastic are an artistic duo made up of Sam Lanyon Jones and Drew Cope. They primarily create 3D animations, commonly themed around animals, though they have done commercial work for companies like Nokia among others. Examples of their work include 'Catzilla', 'Kitteh Kitteh Scatman', and the MTS series of animations

'Catzilla' is an animation based on a sleeping cat, dreaming of being a Godzilla-like character, whilst attacking a city. The animation is short, being around 40 seconds long, with the majority of the action happening when tanks roll up to stop Catzilla, and it breathes fire on them, destroying the tanks. The camera then switches back to the sleeping cat, and zooms outward, and the it cuts to black. I rather like the models used in the animation, and the way that they are semi-realistic while using very cartoon-like proportions. This could be something that I could try in a later animation, as I am fond of the product. I also particularly enjoy the way the fluff on the cat/Catzilla has been done, as it helps make the cat cute, making Catzilla strangely cute for being a giant killing machine.

The MTS series of animations are adverts created for the company MTS. The animations feature a Buffalo/Bison called Morty, talking to other animals and reacting to various scenarios. The animations generally feature Morty being helpful to the other animals, such as hitting a tree to get acorns, or house-sitting for a squirrel. The main feature of these animations I like are the the characters, and the style of the models and environments.