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Joseph Daniels and Jedidiah MitchellWay of the Mantis (2006)

Here is our thesis animation completed at RIT.
It is the story of an impetuous Chinese monk who finds he has a thing or two to learn from an unlikely source. The animation is rendered in a brushpainted style reminiscient of old Te Wei films. Enjoy!


This movie is part of the collection: Animation Shorts

Producer: Joseph Daniels and Jedidiah Mitchell
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: praying; mantis; martial; arts; china; chinese; monk; brush; animation; patience
Contact Information: josephSdaniels@gmail.com http://artofjoe.blogspot.com http://mantisanimation.blogspot.com

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

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Reviewer: mind_noise - - November 9, 2007
Subject: Students creates Masterpiece
Excellent work here. Classic tale of the student learning through observation and deduction of the natural world around him, resulting in his evolution into the master's approval. Much like The Way, this cannot be described, only experienced.

Reviewer: xerby - - September 18, 2007
Subject: Complete
No more, no less. The walk of the student: perfect. Total animation and music sync: excellent. Thank You, xerby

Reviewer: haza - - January 11, 2007
Subject: impressive
great look, great action, very well directed, and the expressions on the faces was great. all around enjoyable. thank you. /h

Reviewer: profpjm - - August 25, 2006
Subject: Very nice
I think the figure/ground movement is nice; makes it seem more real. The music is also very good. Great work!