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Nicolas Ménard

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Animation, art & design Québécois based in London, UK Director at Eastend Western eastendwestern.com

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Mar 6

TRIPLE BILL is online! Watch 5 minutes of NEW experimental stop-motion animation here: vimeo.com/1047520946

TRIPLE BILL (2024)

This anthology is a demo in replacement animation; this means each frame of motion is a unique 3D printed puppet. Three genres are explored to survey the atmospheric…

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 13h

My kind of opinion

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I’m interested in the key differences between the puppets of Graeber (their DIY-ness, unique personnalities, ephemeral nature, logistics) and the amazon costumes (not much need for storage, no build required, instant purchase meaning immediacy of action, standard models = groups of chrctrs)

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 1d

On the phenomenology of inflatable frog costumes by David Graeber

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 4d

Big Mari trays, mini Mari trays

A photo of some white paper trays by Enzo Mari

A photo of miniature Enzo Mari paper trays we made

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 5d

merci marco!

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Pattern cutting

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 5d

Amen!

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 6d

The animator's skills being transfered to furniture/product design has roots in Disney's imagineers, for those of you wondering why you're following this account when all I'm posting is obscure technical things and not cartoons..!

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 6d

Upcoming construction project is brewing in the studio to make our space more useful

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 10d

Medecine box design in black MDF

A photo of narrow box in black MDF with finger joints and circles as handles.

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 14d

Oh give me a break

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 17d

Well now I have to go rewatch One Battle After Another on the big screen because it’s that good

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 19d

Deux morceaux de robot pour la russie!

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 25d

It’s cartoonish and nightmarish altogether

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 29d

The most groundbreaking technology for artists that nobody talks about: usb rechargeable A4 sized lightboxes for drawing or animating on the go, at incredibly low cost.

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 13

Had long covid for 4 months and tried everything. The only things that helped was really pacing myself as if living in slow motion, and a special chinese medicine concoction with ginseng and rhizoma in it. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Anti-fatigue effect from Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma: a suggestive and promising treatment for long COVID

Keywords: Fatigue, Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Long COVID, SARS-CoV-2

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 6

Bonne fête!!

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 6

That would mean more work for animators too

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 4

Brill, I’ll look it up thank you!

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 4

Love the silver dragon! Are diagrams available somewhere? (Many good memories of folding Maekawa’s devil)

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 3

Thanks very much! Lovely to meet you as well and thrilled to discover more canadian artists thanks to your handy list £8-)

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 3

A bit late to the party but would love to be added 👋

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 2

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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · Aug 29

Don Hertzfeldt has curated 'Animation Mixtape,' an 85-minute anthology of animated shorts, which premieres at the IFC Center in New York today. We spoke with him about spotlighting standout work and why focused distribution matters for shorts.
www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/do...

Don Hertzfeldt’s On The 'Animation Mixtape' Shorts Anthology

Don Hertzfeldt-curated 'Animation Mixtape' premieres at IFC Center tonight, reviving the big-screen experience for short films before touring nationwide.

www.cartoonbrew.com

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