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7. Space Oddity

by Andrew Ruttan

4 months ago

6. Art in Motion

by Andrew Ruttan

5 months ago

5. Almost Home_ROUGH

by Andrew Ruttan

1 year ago

4. Motion Graphics Reel

by Andrew Ruttan

1 year ago

3. Whacky Nanners'

by Andrew Ruttan

1 year ago

2. The Discovery Museums- Developing Mind

by Andrew Ruttan

1 year ago

1. Andrew Ruttan's Demo Reel

by Andrew Ruttan

1 year ago

Andrew Kolb's "Space Book" animated to Bowie's classic song.

Animated by Andrew Ruttan
Thanks to Sam Seitz for his assist

Very special thanks to Andrew Kolb for drawing these delightful illustrations. I took them from his website, and hope he doesn't mind me spicing it up. A very talented artist! Check out more of his amazing work at kolbisneat.com

Also thanks to David Bowie for his fantastic musical career. 35+ years of inspiring people all over the world. if you don't own this song yet, check out:
itunes.apple.com/us/album/space-oddity/id14684158

I do not own the rights/ have permission to use this copywritten song. I also have no legal right to use Kolb's artwork, and he did not help me in any way besides drawing these for his personal use. I took his art and digitally cut it apart from the PDF on his website. That being said, This is a non-profit project

After seeing Kolb's "Space Book" on his site a month or so ago, I emailed him and asked if I could animate his art. I had just finished up a free-lance position, and didn't want my skills to get dull; being a Bowie fan all my life, his art really excited me.

So here you have it; My contribution to the Major Tom Phenomena. Thanks again to Andrew Kolb for the art.

Programs Used:
After Effects CS4, PhotoShop CS4, FCP7

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Bangarang Films 4 months ago

dude, this is awesome, probably my second favorite visual bowie piece after the movie the labyrinth haha. great animation, everything works perfectly. we need to chill soon, i've got some projects i wanna talk to you about, i'll be in touch.
RJ Evans 4 months ago

Had a good old nostalgic wallow while watching this! Thanks!
kuriositas.com/2011/10/space-oddity-animated-version.html
Andrew Ruttan 4 months ago

Thank you very much RJ for the support! I'd like to think Mr. Bowie would approve too, haha.
The Aggregate 4 months ago

Unreal work Andrew! We've got it live on our channel and site ;)
Andrew Ruttan 4 months ago

Thank you kindly!
miguel mendez 4 months ago

Increible trabajo!... Un placer haber disfrutado con el conjunto.
Andrew Ruttan 4 months ago

Mucho gracias amigo!
indieanimator 4 months ago

Love this short. We have chosen your short as animation of the day at indieanimator.com
Andrew Ruttan 4 months ago

Amazing news, thanks a lot!
Brennan L. 4 months ago

Well done! Love the original style and love your new version.

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Andrew Ruttan 4 months ago

Hey thank you, mad respect for the samuri jack plug on your site, hahaha :D
mpared 4 months ago

OMG this is super good! Up up up at thecuriousbrain.com/ well done!!
Andrew Ruttan 4 months ago

Thanks for the kind words! Much appreciated :)
Mr. Akamu 4 months ago

incredible work! this is a perfect masterpiece!
WhiteLabelMedia.net 4 months ago

We love it!
mar 4 months ago

It's fantástic esa cancion
E.Moraz 4 months ago

A. Kolb and A. Ruttan made a great tribute. Fantastic initiative and marvelous production. A pure and true synergy between two awesome artists. I hope the law, lawyers and similar worms can understand the work in the best possible way.

Cheers

Eddie.
Xárene 4 months ago

Great piece! You should extend the same courtesy as Andrew, and allow download. You couldn't have made it without downloading his PDF...
Barry Wilkinson 4 months ago

Excellent video, can't believe you cut everything out from PDFs!!!
Zeca Bral 4 months ago

Congratulations, Andrew! I've just posted your work in my animation brazilian blog!

smellycat.com.br/2011/10/21/davidbowie/ :)
Dimitris Kapakoulakis 4 months ago

Hey Andrew, great job!

It's pretty odd seeing this today, as I heard "Space Oddity" on the radio *yesterday* and thought that I should listen to it again while reading the book (which I downloaded a couple weeks ago) to get a better feeling of it. Guess you heard my thoughts, because your short made it even better.
Damien Rigolet 4 months ago

Nice work !
Your animation has been posted on

oanim.com

Thanks for sharing !
segba 4 months ago

Genial!
Ronald McNamara 3 months ago

Really well done throughout - subtle too. Nice one!
Sam Shiryaykin 3 months ago

cool
thebrandnewcolony 3 months ago

Really cool, makes me feel nostalgia for the good old days. After all these years Bowie keeps inspiring people...Love what you- both -did in the video, posted at thebrandnewcolony.com/ music blog
So Comic 3 months ago

Animation, illustration & music all are totally amazing! Keep up the good work! posted at socomic.gr
Silvia Bellintani 2 months ago

"Tell my wife I love her very much... (she knows)..." No matter how many times I hear this song, the last part ALWAYS makes me cry.