Tako Faito!

Giant Ant just released an eye-popping, action-packed in-house short, “Tako Faito!”

We wanted to push our cel character animation in a character-driven piece—in this case, a story about a dreamer who battles to the death with his lunch. Cel animation works its way into most of our projects, but we’ve never relied on it as the sole animation method through the entirety of a piece. Tako Faito was a chance to do it!

Making Of

Peruse more process imagery on the project’s Behance page.

Credits

Directed by: Giant Ant
Producer: Cory Philpott
Creative Direction: Henrique Barone, Rafael Mayani, Jay Grandin, Jorge Canedo Estrada
Art Direction: Rafael Mayani
Animation: Henrique Barone
Compositing: Matt James
Music and Sound Design: CypherAudio