Authored & Copyright © 1996-2012 by Jan-Eric Nyström, Helsinki, Finland
Where on the globe is Helsinki?
For a look at REAL LIVE STEAM TRAINS, click this link!
That first movie, made in 1970-1974, contains some 7000 drawings, Here you can watch that very first cartoon of mine:
This is Albert, a little worm, star of the first proper animated movie I made - and since "mato" is
the finnish word for "worm", the name of my animation outfit and this website is ANI-MATO!
all hand-drawn, traced and painted onto "cels".
Nowadays, I make all my animation with the aid of computers,
even though I still draw the characters by hand - "Disney style".
... and here's a short documentary, showing how I made that film:
... and, another documentary showing many different techniques for making animation:
TO SEE SAMPLES OF MY COMMERCIAL ANIMATION, CLICK HERE
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or choose a page from the list below, or from the scrollable index on the left. Most recent additions / changes marked with stars *, the more stars, the more recent the page is! |
| A tribute to Frank Thomas (1912 - 2004) |
| In Memoriam: Ollie Johnston (1912 - 2008) |
| The three laws of "Cartoonics" (with apologies to the late Dr. Isaac Asimov): 1. A cartoon character must always harm another cartoon character, and must not, through inaction, allow another cartoon character to escape unharmed. 2. A cartoon character must obey the orders given to it by another cartoon character only when such orders are given hypnotically. 3. A cartoon character must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the whims of the animator. (Ain't I a stinker?) |
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Many thanks to the volunteers who have agreed to host this mirror of my original, now defunct site!
The "legal stuff":
NOTE: This site is not maintained anymore. It may contain dead links, missing images etc. Sorry about that! Last check/update: March 23, 2012