See How Kung Fu Panda 4's Animations Looked in Pre-Production

In case you missed it, earlier this month, a talented Animator and Storyboard Artist Geoff Wheeler opened the portal to a AAA animation studio's backstage, demonstrating how a couple of animation sequences from DreamWorks' Kung Fu Panda 4 looked during pre-production.

Depicting Po and Zhen running away from a crowd of angry bulls, Geoff's demo compares the 2D blocking pass to the final result seen in the movie, allowing you to play a fun game of "spot the differences". According to the author, in this particular case, blocking out CG shots with hand-drawn animation helped him get started earlier, thus saving a lot of time in the end. You can learn more about Geoff and his projects by clicking this link.

Speaking of Kung Fu Panda 4, back in March, Senior Animator at DreamWorks Justin Weg shared a self-made animation reference created for the film's "inner peace meditation" sequence:

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