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7. The Windmill Farmer
1 year ago
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A nurturing farmer in is danger of losing his crop of windmills when he struggles against the cyclical forces of nature.

Created at the UCLA Animation Workshop, with music by Nick Fevola.

This film was inspired while driving back from a trip to Palm Springs, when a friend said that it must take them forever to plant and grow so many windmills. I wrote down the title The Windmill Farmer for an idea to explore later, and about a year later I started developing it into a character and story.

This film took 4 months to complete from the first boards until the final mix.

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  • Great idea, Joaquin!
    Beautiful piece.
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  • Jamie Havill 1 year ago
    The score in this is simply stunning, and the story is incredibly touching. Well done to all involved.
  • ningraj & sam 1 year ago
    Jamie! Score by Nick Fevola, Simply amazing and I get so relaxed whenever I hear this.
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  • Anirudh Bhalotia 1 year ago
    Just one word - wonderful!!!!

    Kudos Joaquin!
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  • Felix A Dausend plus 1 year ago
    Beautiful story and true 2D animations - great job, Joaquín. I like it very much.
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  • Najmus Qazi 1 year ago
    Powerful!!!
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  • veronica 1 year ago
    i just love your style and looks of work ..really simple and just lovely work ! i am impressed !
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  • Sam Morrill staff 1 year ago
    Beautiful, I love this style.
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  • Ed Currie 1 year ago
    Consisyently superb work!
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  • Marcus Lywood 1 year ago
    Absolutely awesome!
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  • ArkCyD 1 year ago
    Wonderful! bealtiful story, animation and textures. Gtz
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  • ningraj & sam 1 year ago
    Go on Joaquin and Nick, Million Thumbs up.
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  • Bandit 1 year ago
    Very nice !! A beautiful story and a wonderful work !!
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  • Cassive Brewster 1 year ago
    Refreshing.
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  • Carol M. Burger 1 year ago
    Loved every second of your animation,
    fills you up with beauty!!!!!!!!
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  • meltingman 1 year ago
    beautifull :-)
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  • Thomas Riley 1 year ago
    Astounding!
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  • mario Martinez 1 year ago
    bello, saludable, gracias desde aqui
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  • Gregory Pierce 1 year ago
    Love it. That was wonderful!
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  • Aric Mannion 1 year ago
    Nice, reminds me of Michel Ocelot and Muramasa.
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  • max bierman 1 year ago
    Well this was a treat. Thank you Joaquin. I keep these
    beauties operating 24/7/ 365, on land and at sea at -30 below and 100+ temps. Enjoyed you animation. I am downloading to send to some other Wind Tekkies. I sure wish we could grow turbines like this. They are quite the machine. Nice to see them depicted as such in your story!
  • Joaquin Baldwin 1 year ago
    Thanks! The perfect audience ;) ... Come on, it's time to improve on the technology, make them grow out of the ground already.
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  • Martin Burgos 1 year ago
    joaquin… great work!! congratulations!! :D
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  • Colin Hesterly plus 1 year ago
    I love this. Awesome Job.
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  • Jeff Neiman 1 year ago
    What a beautiful piece of work!
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  • mei lannie 1 year ago
    awesome!!!
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  • aperez 1 year ago
    Beautiful, great execution. Congratulations and I look forward to your next short.
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  • Ash Chain 1 year ago
    Beautiful story telling. Loved it rained seeing the droplets on the camera lens. Nice touch.
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  • Mikhanosha 1 year ago
    Wonderful! That's our future! )))
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  • Adam Blumert 1 year ago
    Simply amazing. Great story and details. <3
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  • H.Sercan Tunali 1 year ago
    great!
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  • Moua Lee plus 1 year ago
    all of the above comments and... touching... very.
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  • David Huggett plus 1 year ago
    we have a lot of windmills here in Saskatchewan. Love the effect of the rain.
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  • lars kevelaerts 1 year ago
    Awesome ! I love it !
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  • parto Ray 1 year ago
    that was awesome.. haven't watch a great animation like this lately!:D luv the quality! thanks ..look forward..:D
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  • Ron Proctor plus 1 year ago
    Bravo! I'm sharing it with all my friends!
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  • Hannah Anderson 1 year ago
    This is a beautiful piece! I'm curious, what kind of software program(s) did you use? And how were you able to make 2D images appear to be in a 3D space?
  • Joaquin Baldwin 1 year ago
    Thanks! It's 3d cameras in After Effects, here's a longer explanation of the process: toonboom.com/products/animatepro/userstories/story/?id=JoaquinBaldwin
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  • Kevin Scully 1 year ago
    Joaquin, this is beautiful animation and great subtle uses of After Effects! I'm passing this along to all of my co-workers at Columbia College Chicago.
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  • Keith Rivers pro 1 year ago
    great story.
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  • Noize Médias plus 1 year ago
    The colors, the textures, the animation, the story, the music, everything was perfect! Incredible work, lovely little movie!
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  • Romeo Lee 1 year ago
    nice and sensational piece
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  • SUSHI ADV. 1 year ago
    Beautiful!

    I'm talking about it on my blog tatami.sushiadv.com
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  • Dinda Nayaredhanty 1 year ago
    awwww this is super cute!!! like like like! :)
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  • Brian O'Malley plus 1 year ago
    Nice work---love the backgrounds and use of transparency with the snow---what programs did you use?
  • Joaquin Baldwin 1 year ago
    Thanks! After Effects, ToonBoom, a bit of Maya, Photoshop.
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  • Ivan Galvan 1 year ago
    Love the attention to detail. Wonderful work.
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  • rubiopinto 1 year ago
    OMG. Im gonna cry.. AMAZING!
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  • Carlos Canhisares plus 1 year ago
    I really love how great animators bring new and beautiful looks to ordinary things!! You did it! Congratulations!
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  • Template Digital 1 year ago
    Beautiful!!
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  • Honey Aranas 1 year ago
    the only words I can say "AMAZING"
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  • MARIKO FRANCOMBE 1 year ago
    Lovely! I love it :)
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  • Raquelita 1 year ago
    I love happy endings! :) Hermoso!
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  • Niclas Lundberg plus 1 year ago
    That was great! I felt something great in my heart in the end. Loved it!
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  • Mohamed El Gamal 1 year ago
    I want to live in this environment.
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  • Simul Shah 1 year ago
    ...so beautiful :-)
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  • Tanel Miil 1 year ago
    Amazing!
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  • Steven Chan 1 year ago
    Beautiful! And made even better by the fact that it was made at the UCLA animation workshop!


    -Current UCLA bruin
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  • very nice!
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  • Nuru International plus 1 year ago
    Beautiful! Excellent story, direction, animation and score.
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  • seyda findik 1 year ago
    amazing!
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  • Ulina 1 year ago
    Such a sweet film
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  • Seth Williams 1 year ago
    Beautiful and so well made! Almost teared up!
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  • Kaena 1 year ago
    very beautiful story, thank you :)
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  • cali_life 1 year ago
    Great story and work
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  • Jakub Piskornik 1 year ago
    Could you tell me what kind of software did you use to create it?
  • Joaquin Baldwin 1 year ago
    ToonBoom and After Effects, mostly. Here's a longer explanation: toonboom.com/products/animatepro/userstories/story/?id=JoaquinBaldwin
  • Jakub Piskornik 1 year ago
    Thank you a lot.
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  • KurkumaKoi GbR 11 months ago
    very nice, Ilike your work.
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  • Omar Benmoussa 11 months ago
    My 4 year old daughter loved the story and requested I replay it for her. I did! Good work!
  • Joaquin Baldwin 11 months ago
    Aww, so cute, I'm glad she enjoyed it so much.
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  • ankit gajjar 10 months ago
    Awesome
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  • Chang Dai 9 months ago
    wow a great combo of all my favourite things, and the farmer's acting is so...heart-tickling :)
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  • Ian S 9 months ago
    Love it!
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  • Tim McNeill 9 months ago
    Beautiful animation, im a student currently working on my first animation and this is really inspiring and charming . GW
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  • salvia 9 months ago
    I love this!very simple,great!

    What software you used?
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  • upx 9 months ago
    very nice!!!
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  • pinggiezz 8 months ago
    that's good ideas ,, i'm love it !!

    this storytelling " impressive " :)
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  • Niraj Deshmukh 8 months ago
    Beautiful story...........kip it up
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  • Devashu Bhadouria 6 months ago
    wow
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  • Tom Meiringer 1 month ago
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