Animated self-portraits.
by Self-Portrait of the Artist
In 1989 animator David Ehrlich asked eighteen colleagues to produce a twenty-second animation each representing themselves.
The directors are, in the order, Sally Cruikshank, David Ehrlich himself, Candy Kugel, Bill Plympton, Maureen Selwood (from the U.S.A.); Mati Kütt, Riho Unt, Priit Pärn, Hardi Volmer (Estonia, then U.S.S.R.); Jan Švankmajer, Pavel Koutský, Jiří Barta (Czechoslovakia); Bordo Dovnikovic, Joško Marušić, Dušan Vukotić, Nikola Majdak (Yugoslavia); and Kihachiro Kawamoto, Renzo Kinoshita and the “father of manga” Osamu Tezuka (Japan).
To me, it is particularly interesting how one can tell the shared features of each nationality.
Fantastic. Love this sort of stuff. Great blog too!