“Pinched” by David Vandervoort

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Pinched is an animated short with slick production values written and directed by David Vandervoort. He produced it in 2009 at Titmouse, but debuted it online just a few days ago. More recently, Vandervoort has worked as a character designer on the Laika feature ParaNorman.

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  • http://artnote.blog.com Stephen

    Well made.

  • http://www.jamiegallant.blogspot.com Jamie

    That was fantastic.
    Nice job!

  • davew

    Woweee!!! So good. Sooooo Gooooood!!! Well done David and team. Excellent draftsmanship and storytelling!

  • Mike

    Amazing! I loved it! …though I’d expect nothing less than greatness from someone who worked at both Titmouse and Laika!

  • http://youtube.com/drexelboi1991 tedzey

    This is the reason why I love hand drawn animation. Such a beautiful short!

  • http://4eyedanimation.com JoeCorrao

    wow…

  • Mort

    Very well done on all levels.

  • http://www.frankpanucci.com Frank Panucci

    Uh, that was massive. Dang.

  • Peter

    According to the link it was uploaded 2 years ago, so it’s been around for awhile.

  • tredlow

    I recognize the style from Motorcity. Awesome!

  • KevD

    holy crap! this is an amazing short! i love traditional animation that isn’t afraid to move the camera all over the place and push perspective like this. very dynamic! great job mr vandervoort!

  • http://www.mariomenjivar.com Mario Menjivar

    Beautiful film! Love the animation, art directing and staging.
    Looking forward to more of his work.

  • Sharon Niemczyk

    Congratulations, David. What a truly marvelous and engaging film! I’m so proud of you!

    • http://www.davidvandervoort.com Dave V.

      Thank you Sharon. You were the first one to show me how to turn my drawings into movies, I’ll be forever grateful!

  • http://www.cartoonsaloon.ie tomm

    class

  • James Madison

    I really like it!

    I wonder what the production time was.

  • Shadow

    Love it!