It helped keep the crew to only 12 people. Can you tell which is which? Being the master animator that Baxter is, the merging of the two is seamless. In addition, all the effects animation consisted of traditional hand-drawn effects as well as digitally-manipulated elements from the original Photoshop files. James Baxter tackled the animation in unique ways: in one shot he would hand-draw the animation completely from start to finish, and in another he would do just a few drawings that were then manipulated in After Effects. Once the backgrounds were complete, they were delivered to James Baxter Animation – everything from animation through compositing of the final shots.
The dream sequence was designed and laid out at DreamWorks Animation under the direction of Jen Yuh Nelson with production designer Ramone Zibach and art director Tang Heng, who developed the sharp, high-contrast, highly-graphic, anime-influenced style. I can’t stress enough, neither the opening dream sequence of Kung Fu Panda nor the character animation in the end credits contain any CG animation. The shadow upon this rogue’s gallery is ours.Ĭustom Made Dreams with James Baxter Animation.Īrt of the Title spoke with HAMEED SHAUKAT, the producer for both the opening dream sequence and custom DreamWorks logo, as well as the 2D animation for the end credits: WE ENTER a den of Animal Kingdom Savagery by way of your favorite children’s book illustration. WE SEE a laser-like lynx leapfrog and pad over looking glass, lemongrass, and lilies, launching to a lunette, and finally to a custom animation of a familiar logo. WE HEAR the stone-skipping sound (with the timbre of stone-plunking). Kung Fu Panda Double Feature: two 2D sequences that bookend a 3D world.
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