KLAUS | Character Design Process
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- čas přidán 6. 01. 2020
- A big part of the appeal of Klaus resides in its Character Design. Meet the person responsible for it all, the uber-talented Torsten Shrank, and have a look at his process while designing some of Klaus’ most iconic characters.
#Klaus now available on #Netflix!
When Jesper distinguishes himself as the postal academy’s worst student, he is stationed on a frozen island above the Arctic Circle, where the feuding locals hardly exchange words let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up when he finds an ally in local teacher Alva, and discovers Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys. These unlikely friendships return laughter to Smeerensburg, forging a new legacy of generous neighbors, magical lore and stockings hung by the chimney with care. An animated holiday comedy directed by Despicable Me co-creator Sergio Pablos.
Watch the trailer: • Klaus | Official Trailer
Enjoy!
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These guys have what Disney has lost.
Passion
Disney failed because Disney began drinking their own Koolaide. They began following a cliche of themselves. And when they realized they had nothing new to offer they acquired Pixar to steal their look and methods of animation. Pixar is equally guilty of staying too fixed to their ethos, but they get away due to great focus on original stories. Disney rarely had any original stories. They built themselves off of fables and tales from around the globe. Not a bad business model but one that seldom see its artists truly being original. SPA studios (Klaus) takes the best etiquettes from such classic studios but then eliminating the shortcomings of both 3d and 2d animation. They maintain the amazing life of 2d animation and simulates the physical nature of 3d rendering but achieved in 2d. Animated versions of what was often achieved only in still drawings and illustrations.
Boomers working at Disney still think that 3D art is the new big thing... while 2D art can portray some things so much more magically and more expressive and it's way easier to learn for most people
This film should make Disney feel ashamed ...
I hope other studios can follow this example and make animated movies similar to this. We'll make our own version of Disney. The current Disney is really bland.
This is very immature and childish to say I know but fuck Disney, the company Disney is today destroyed Disney's original ideal, is not even like Disney from the '90s, is nothing but a conglomerate Galactus eating other companies, nothing but crap.
Aaron Bartlett Disney isn’t just one person you know? It’s animation studio is filled with brilliant minded and talented creatives just like the ones who worked on this movie, just because this movie was fantastic doesn’t mean you need to put down other people’s hard work, it takes you you 2 hours to watch a movie and form an opinion but it takes thousands of people years to make that movie and that should be respected always. (Sorry for the rant lol)
And he should receive an Oscar, not a nomination!
I hope like the don bluth studio inspired the Disney Renaissance, and Pixar made Disney step up their 3d especially from Tangled. That this company's trail blaising lights a fire under Disney's bum
Thanks SPA Studios for being so open about your process! Too many studios hide their "secrets"
And the only way we could see some of them are from the art books, but even that's too limited. I'm so thankful for the Klaus company
I think it’s because the bigger the studios become the less they actually care about their movies being art , instead becoming more of a product, and so therefore the artistic process behind it just gets completely brushed off, which is unfortunate . I’m glad SPA has really stayed true to their roots and the minds behind it
The unique style used by Sergio Pablos and SPA in general, is a true national treasure. I wish more companies returned to the original style of animation. Especially, since time has brought more sophisticated tools and programs to utilise
EXACTLY!!
It would be so awesome!!
Super Hex and the say 2D is dead, HA.
Beginners are obsessed with software instead of learning how to draw and animate. Companies cant really return to this because animators have been discarded in favor of motion tweens. Software has only made animation worse due to complete ignorance.
Dungo Frungus not in all cases, It has made things easier yes. However there are animators out there who have created awesome animation using classic techniques within software. Those who use tweens and rigs are either, going for a specific look, have a short deadline or are just plain lazy. I do think every animator should try animating traditionally even if it’s just once. Trust me, I’ve tried it and you will learn a lot. Flick and roll might be difficult at first and also figuring out the keys and breakdown numbers. However, once you get the hang of it it’s magic.
Márgu is sooooooo tiny! Her design is so cute.
i know.
Such a great movie.. It's inspiring for many animator.
Yes 😍
i also agree. i loved this and thought this deserved a lot more attention.
FENRIR-ART I’m sure it will be awesome.
@@silysister4815 the star gem and vx super force are works i am happy for. i am making sure they are ready soon this year. been doing a lot of art. you can check out from previous comment link. do well. :) will be seeing klaus again.
I so desperately want to work here after college.
I think this is an opportunity to work again with the amazing traditional animation 😍
@@biianchetto traditional and also new
Yikes! 290 characters? That's some dedication right there! And all animated, too!
It's sooo interesting to see the different versions for each characters, love it!
The characters' eyes resemble the designer's eyes.
Margu melts my heart
I was shocked and so pleased this was made by a Spanish studio. Professionally and, after living in 9 countries, I don't feel so proud of the work done in Spain, sometimes, many times, well, most of the times... When I watched Klaus SPA Studios I felt definitively proud of the work done in my country, and so about myself being a Spanish creative too. Thanks a lot for that. Amazing work!
Sri, is it possible to published an art book of #KLAUS ?? Please ☺️☺️
They DID! I received it as a Christmas gift a couple weeks ago, it's absolutely gorgeous. Highly recommend owning it.
@@zakeden1353 would you like to show me few pages? Please...
Or else, do you know how can i gey it or buy it? Please
@@rakeshjana3469 For some reason Barnes and Noble are the only ones selling it. It's sold out online (so you know it's good!), but if you live near one of the stores they may still have it in stock. Otherwise you could always order it now so it comes when they get it back in stock - www.barnesandnoble.com/w/klaus-ramin-zahed/1132922750
@@zakeden1353 BLESS YOU
@@zakeden1353 thank you very much. It is very helpful. ☺️
Each character design was amazing, my favorite are Jesper, Alva, Klaus and Morgan. Heh hard to choose
. Truly, all of them was great :)
And Thank you for this beautiful animation/
With this quality do you guys ever consider kickstarter?
So many potential here, art book, behind the scene, documentary, tutorial etc
This was the most iconic and unique movie I've ever seen
I'm absolutely floored by the talent and heart that went into this movie.
My favorite Animated film of 2019 and a future Animated Christmas Classic.
You guys should have won a Oscar... KLAUS was a great animated movie with great looking characters!!!
I can't tell whether it's CG or 2D. Looks great!
It's all 2D they software to create normal maps of their character to react to real lighting. It's pretty amazing.
Technically both
I liked Margu, Jesper, Klaus, and Alva's designs the most. Too fun.
They should make a book about Work Environment, Projekt Management and leading people because your Atmosphäre at Work seems amazing and inspiring
This film was amazing and beautiful. Not just in the design but in the storytelling as well.
Congratulation! on being nominated seven times for a Annie Awards this year. I seriously really loved Klaus and enjoy every single part of it from the new modern technical updated approach to 2D animation to the loveable, awesome characters and their designs also to the charming and touching but also humorous as well as heartwarming storytelling, this movie was such a treat to see. Especially seeing all of the hard work and effort put into it to bring the film altogether.
Klaus is excellent animated film!
Thank you SPA studio for the work done!
Thank you for showing the true story of Santa.
How he survived his grief and began to give gifts to other children.
It inspires good deeds, especially since my family experienced something similar.
Klaus is a fantastic movie and the character designs are great!!! SERIOUSLY, IT IS EXCELLENT. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED the designs of so many of the characters. AMAZING, AMAZING WORK!!!!! They are so memorable, even all of the background towns people are wonderufl to look at! They can be drawn for ages!!! However 1:07 she is not memorably designed. Her features are way too petite and feminine, without giving her depth or reminding us of her personality. When comparing her face to the other townspeople, she looks almost nothing like the rest of the men and women in the movie. Her nose is absolutely tiny to be cute, meanwhile Jesper's nose is probably half the size of her face! The designs at the top are far more memorable, like that one of her with the broom - it gives the impression she is a little bit older, colder, and more frazzled. I wish you guys exaggerated more of her features instead of toning it down to make her look pretty much identical to the woman from 101 Dalmations or Megara from Hercules (both are characters whose faces do not truly connote personality besides 'cool and pretty'). There seems to be this awful fear of making women look funny, because the male gaze states that it should make them less attractive. Case in point: the Flintstones, where the women have absolutely tiny features while the men are allowed to have big silly noses etc. But this is so not good!!! "Hot" women should be allowed to have exaggerated features too. I absolutely love the way Olive Oyl from Popeye is designed - she's allowed to have a big funny nose and noodle limbs and still be a love interest. I wish you guys went a sillier, or more teacheresque route with her character instead of making her more generic. I brought this up during the movie and my family absolutely agreed with me. I hope you can inject more personality into future female character's designs!
I have to agree, it kinda struck me how while the rest of the village women had really distinctive, strong features, Alva was made to look ultra petite and delicate, almost to the point of being plain (kind of at odds with her strong, take-action personality). I still like her design in general though :)
@@_kaleido I'm glad it struck you too!! Her design is nice to look at but it does not fit her and it does not fit the rest of the movie! I wish they went crazier:)) I expected this reply to be all "I HATE YOU!!!" bc i am never this honest but i'm so so grateful you agree and know what i mean :D thanks!!
It could be that the designer wanted to differentiate her from the other villagers. After all, she isn't actually from there.
Blue Jay Huh! That actually never occurred to me! It would make sense. But, even so, it could have been a great excuse to differentiate her in other ways (maybe with other types of exaggerated features that other characters don't have). It turned into a great excuse to make her look more generic than everybody else lol. But you're right, that was probably the train of thought!
Hopefully they'll push things a little farther in their next projects. Animated films are a risky venture financially, and going outside the box with a really quirky female character would be another risk. But now that Klaus has made such an impression, I hope they have the freedom to get even more original in future work!
I've found that women also seem to have a hard time relating to female characters who look really odd. A lot of female artists certainly prefer making their women cute or beautiful, too. That's another attitude that makes it hard for audiences to accept an unusual, more "flawed" looking design.
When I first saw this movie I was reminded of the handheld comic book of the original Asterix and Obelix I used to have, simple yet crisp lines and color rendering. Everything is so subtle but yet very defining
I really appreciate you guys, the Klaus is the #1 animation movie in my 22 years life.
can we have like a 80 hour video of theese Amazing people explaining their Amazing work?
Listen. I am a die hard Disney fan/ obsesser if you will, and this movie deserved at least 2 Oscars. I was so upset this lost to Toy Story. Yes Pixar has come a long way, but we expect them to get better. This is a completely original animation and story line! With all the lore around Christmas and Santa and the different traditions with each culture and country and state, I personally never heard of how letters to Santa became as essential as sleigh or reindeer or red coat.
This has become a Christmas classic. It’s currently Dec 14, and I have at least seen this movie 18 already. Sometimes I put it on as background noise as I make cookies or gifts, and everytime I have watched this movie since it aired in 2018, I always get teary eyed even though I know all the lines, all the twists and turns, all the songs and this movie never fails to make me see magic.
"Every drawing is a challenge", as the fellow said at the end of this video. I also heard from another animator "the better you draw, the easier it will be for you to animate, believe me". It's very interesting to me how CGI people who work at Disney (who like to put their life drawings up on Instagram) don't know how to draw very well. Their drawings clearly indicate that they've been spending much, much more time refining their computer skills over their drawing skills. If the Disney CGI people really cared about creating great films that are great works of art (instead of just creating relatively cheap cash grabs), first of all, they wouldn't have sold out their "artistic" skills to Disney, that is, if they really were artists in the first place. Second of all, they would have done what Glen Keane did or what the SPA studios people (you know, the creators of Klaus) did. Instead, they let their drawing skills lapse because they thought "oh, I'll just let the computers do everything". If all the CGI people in Hollywood want to do is work with computers, I believe there's quite a few places in Silicon Valley that would just love to employ their skills.
You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about and many artists at Disney are still some of the best in the world. 3d animation is a different form of animation, it requires just as much effort if not more in many ways and has tons of sub disciplines within it's main category that can each take a lifetime to master. 3d is not easier nor is it worth less however it is not harder or better either. Two different art forms, both with their own pros and cons. If 3d was so bad, why on earth would they have tried to make 2d drawings look like 3d and use some 3d workarounds and pipelines? They wanted the best of both worlds and were pretty successful in their attempt. Nobody "sold out" their skill to Disney and trying to make out they're not "artists" is the most elitist, gatekeeping nonsense I've ever heard. Just stop. You have no idea what you're talking about.
I highly recommend picking up the Klaus Art Book. Torsten Schrank is a genius.
The colors in this movie were awe-inspiring
Haha Norm was PERFECT for Mogens!
Hello SPA Studio, will you make a behind the scenes of Klaus ?
'Every drawing is a chalange'
So True
My university is the same with one of your artists, Tuğrul Tiryaki and my department is also animation. I'd like to add to this video Turkish subtitles. Can you guys give the permission necessary to do this please?
Klaus is a work of art, and all the more memorable for it.
Just watched the movie last night and it was the first animated movie I’ve seen in a long while that really hit me emotionally. I love all these characters so much and they’ll definitely stick with me long term
Netflix no tiene opción de extras behind the scenes para ninguna de sus películas. Thank you!
An amazing movie I loved how they brought so much texture and a new spin to animation I haven’t seen before, I’d love to be a part of something like this in the future!!
A much more humble behind the scenes than the atrocity of thundercats Roar
enough enough and enough!!! just give this movie an oscar for each category :) :) this movie deserves a lot :)
Very inspiring. Thank you for sharing this!
This looks AMAZING!! Congrats to everyone!
Thanks for the rare in depth look of such a great studio that made such a great movie! This is inspiring to animators and wanna be animators alike
Absolutely love this behind the scenes production work! I can't wait to see more. Please continue doing them!!
This was great! I would love to see more from The SPA Studios .
A beautiful work of many hands and hearts. Thank you, I'm learning something special from this video. And saving the names.
Thank you so much for showing your process, I love these videos! 😊👍
Awesome footage, and these guys do a great job articulating and explaining what makes a good design work!
A lot of people could learn from this.
This is the best movie I watched last year! Thank you for creating Klaus!
Guys really thanks for sharing the details , this is so inspirational for me
Thank you SPA Studios for this literal work of art! I'm an animation student and these 'behind the scenes' videos are very inspiring. We even watch them in class sometimes!
From the depth of my heart ,, I truly wish you guys the best and hope you grow bigger and bigger, and keep entertaining the world with the fascinating animations.
The video was so short. When suddenly ended I felt like "What? Wait? Is it finish?". I love watch the process ♥
Each character in this movie looks great! Good job to the team :)
You guys, have great character design
Gracias por publicar vídeos del detrás de cámaras de la producción de Klaus.
The #animation for this is amazing!
Thank you for such a great movie!👏
This film blew me away, easily one of the greatest animated films of all time. It reminded me of A Nightmare before Christmas but tbh I think it's even better.
This film should receive an Oscar, not a nomination!
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.❤️
Saying the Annie award for Torsten's designs was "well deserved" is a severe understatement 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Everyone in this video looks exhausted
Fantastic! Thank you!
Thank you for keeping 2D animation alive.
I subscribed.
I saw in your website some concept arts of a movie called EX-TINCTION. Can you tell me what is it?
Beautiful ✨
Everyone : yoo this is sick
Me: is that a cintiq?!
These guys surpassed Disney.
want to work here someday :'( really amazing they did such a good job
Job well done!! 👏👏👏😍🤗 beautiful and funny movie...made me cry and how I laughed at the creepy girl with the carrot 🤣🤣
I. Simply. Love. This. Animation.
Beautiful.
great job SPA can wait for new movies to come
this is amazing
I love this style so much 😆😆😆
Congrats on this movie, i loved it.
This is the kind of "magic" we needed in 2D animation. I love it. Plus the movie has a very good story too.
TBH the cg-like rendering kinda missing the dodge part, so sometimes they look kinda flat. if they could add more rendering for the lighting part, it would become more magical!
i could watch a 5h video of them talking about de whole process
Beautiful!!!
I've made my fiance watch this in the middle of summer because I loved the animation.
I hope this movie will win oscar this year..
Amazing
Thank you so much for this amazing cartoon. I am really hoping that you win oscar 2020!!! You are the best guys!!!
I loved this movie so refreshing and emotional. I wish we get to see more movies like Klaus. And some day work on it as well...:D
I love the movie and style💕💕💕
4:29 the far right alva is cute too!
There's a children's book called smitten by Gordon, David, and Siegel, Susan that I think would make for a perfect short for your studio to tackle if you could capture the asthetic of the book it would be gorgeous
Inspiring!
great!
Love at first scene of this movie. The animation and cinematography are so fucking insane 😻
Love it!
Fun fact Sergio used to work for disney😂
très cool !
Love
What career did they study? I mean, in which area of animation they are specialized?
Is Sergio the boatman?
You are GOD's guys! You are our hope for new 2D animation era!
fue muy buena la animacion me gusto calida animacion me quede sin palabra entretenida lo mejor