chapter 5
developing ideas
I work at animation like it is a sort of Rorschach adventure. I make drawings until I get one that seems to look back at me. Then I plan what should move in the scene, and what the sounds will be. I look forward to surprises and the unexpected.
Yvonne Andersen
what is an idea?
According to dictionary definitions, an idea is a notion, a thought, or a concept formed by our experiences. The word idea comes from the Latin stem, ide, meaning “to see.” An idea is a mental image—an organized picture we create out of the chaos of experience. We are idea-makers by instinct, inheriting ideas from our predecessors and constructing ...
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