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michel gagné s official homepage tattoos inspired by michel s art fan art trilobite show ray gunn swag and saga of rex update april 5th 2026 look what showed up in my mailbox last week thank you skydance animation for the t shirt as some of you may know i was involved with ray gunn for 6 months in 2024 and i also worked on the project a few months in 2020 when the film was at warner brothers i m glad brad bird s ray gunn is finally coming out later this year thanks to skydance and netflix i can t wait to see the finished film i hope there will be a wrap party so i can meet up with old friends meanwhile on my end i ve been running the final miles of my 14 year animation marathon the saga of rex is 100 animated character and fx and inbetweened i m putting the final touches in terms of final art direction and compositing i estimate roughly 4 months of full time work to complete that phase i m essentially getting the film ready for my big screen pro color grading sessions this will happen later this year after i secure a deal that will allow me to have an original composer a full orchestra a choir as well as professional sound design i ll make an announcement on that front when i m allowed happy spring the loneliness of the long distance runner june 30th 2025 as some of you may know i ve been working on the saga of rex feature film since august 2012 to be fair it hasn t been continuous as during that time i ve also been involved in several feature films the iron giant signature edition my little pony the movie spider man into the spider verse space jam a new legacy the tiger s apprentice piece by piece and the upcoming ray gunn as well as the video game battleborn but all in all i would estimate that during that span of time i ve spent upward of eight years of full time work on the saga of rex not counting the time i spent on the graphic novel which became the template for the film for years the end goal seemed out of reach but now i m really starting to see the finish line i fully expect to be done with animation and effects by the end of the year then another 6 months to do a final color art direction pass backgrounds detailing animation touch ups final compositing and render as well as final music sound if everything goes according to plan the film will be wrapped by mid 2026 i ve been toying with posting a few more peeks at the work in progress animation but decided instead to keep everything under wrap until the release trailer next year rex has been the most ambitious project i ve ever undertaken my humble part in trying to continue the tradition of 2d hand drawn animation i sincerely hope it will find its audience fun time at taafi back to work april 22nd 2025 taafi was wonderful my presentation was a big hit capped with a standing ovation it was great mingling with old friends and making new ones below is a picture of my pal ryan adams who was the moderator at my presentation also got to hang out quite a bit with ex disney director and renown animal artist aaron blaise who was presenting his beautiful short polar bear which won 3 awards including best of show i m glad i had friends who took pictures and sent them to me as i forgot to take a single photo myself i need to get better at this to see the rest of the pictures that were sent to me you can check them out here i look forward to attending the conference again in the future taafi 2025 april 5th 2025 i ll be in toronto for the toronto animation arts film international taafi from april 9 to 13th here s a link to my presentation on friday april 11 from 3 00 pm to 5 00 pm hope to see some old friends and making new ones the saga of rex video update november 8th 2024 piece by piece october 13th 2024 just got back from the movie theater to see pharrell williams lego documentary biopic piece by piece nancy beloved wife and i thoroughly enjoyed it it is a beautiful art film with an interesting story and a great soundtrack the credit i got is probably a first in animation kudos to animation director howard baker on an amazing job i was blessed to be tasked with the design and animation that represented pharrell williams synesthetic experiences i created about 2 minutes of animation assets that were used and reused throughout the film when i was approached to do the project i was a bit skittish because of the lego issue i didn t feel comfortable doing my style of animation in lego but the film sounded interesting so i got on board the first three weeks were a complete failure howard would tell me you can t have squash and stretch you can t distort the shapes and put stuff on 3s it s like every animation principle i learned was thrown out the window after 3 weeks i decided to fully embrace the limitations and no longer fight them no longer would i try to cheat my way out of a motion by stretching or squashing the pieces every frame would be lego legal i went through the big box of lego howard had sent me prior to me starting on the film and made a lexicon of all the shapes i then went online and found as many shapes of lego as possible to add to my library by looking at all the shapes available to me i quickly realized the potential the following week when i showed my progress to howard we knew i was heading the right way in closing i want to say that i was very pleased with how my work was composited in the final film they made it all luminescent and it integrated perfectly with the other lego elements if you re interested in looking at my raw animation i just posted a video sample on youtube the hidden animations of 1995 s mortal kombat september 17th 2024 here s a recent interview about a film i worked on a while back gunn rex synesthesia tiger and cartoonerific july 16th 2024 sorry for the lack of updates it s been a busy year so far as i mentioned in my last post february i decided to put the saga of rex on hold to join brad bird for a 6 month period to work on his upcoming movie ray gunn i went over all the film s main effects with the intent to bring new ideas designs and animation and i think it s been a huge success i feel really good about what i was able to accomplish within the period allocated working with brad is just awesome and invigorating my current contract ends on august 9th my plan is to go back on the film sometime in 2025 to help polish and integrate my fx work into the final scenes we ll see what happens within the gap i ll continue working on the saga of rex and keep an open mind towards projects coming my way on a separate note here are a few items of interest first off the trailer for piece by piece was released announcing an october 11th premiere it s a lego biopic of music producer rapper pharrell williams as it goes pharrell experiences synesthesia when listening to music thanks to my past work portraying synesthesia ratatouille sensology etc i was invited to create the effects animation for the sequences featuring pharrell s musical hallucinations it was a very challenging project as i had to figure out how to animate using only lego shapes i believe it turned out well and i love the film at least the work in progress version i saw you can see some of my work in the trailer from 0 28 to 0 40 below is a video i posted on youtube a while back but never linked to it from this site it features some of the fx concept work i did on the tiger s apprentice paramount and finally here s a 2 part interview i recently did with brian mitchell host of the podcast cartoonerific part 1 part 2 rex chews on a giant vein february 3rd 2024 i decided to take a break once again from my feature film the saga of rex to join brad bird and crew at skydance on the movie ray gunn i m grateful for the opportunity and look forward to it stoked i believe this experience will also recharge enrich and energize me to face the 2 5 years of full time work i have left on the saga of rex when i get back to it it will be a dash to the finish line i ll keep posting more clips from the movie rex in the coming months if you guys are interested pausing my work on the saga of rex feels a little bit like breaking the flow of an artistic umbilical cord i had formed with the project in that respect this clip felt appropriate haha rex s horn gets powered december 14th 2023 successful presentation october 24th 2023 the presentation at the vanas conference in vancouver went great i began the lecture with a 45 minute powerpoint presentation where i discussed in details the origin and evolution of the saga of rex from storybook to graphic novel to feature film i discussed my methods of putting together my animatic how i constructed the score for the film what software i use how i stay motivated etc after the powerpoint i screened the first 39 minutes of the work in progress movie the reactions were everything i could have hoped for several people told me they had tears in their eyes watching the film i m stoked they even gave me an award haha lecturing at vanas conference 2023 october 8th 2023 i ll be speaking at the vanas conference in vancouver on october 20 and 21 on the 20th i ll be part of a panel discussing ai and its impact on our community on saturday 21 i ll be lecturing for 2 hours and showing a lot of stuff i m working on that no one has seen yet visit their website for more info animation magazine interview new clip from saga of rex september 19th 2023 here s the link to an interview i did with animation magazine about the saga of rex the clip above is new work in progress footage i released to coincide with the article contact michel at gagneint aol com news archives 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2 016 jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec 2015 jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec 2014 jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec 2013 jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec 2012 jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec 2011 jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec 2010 jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep 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