YOTTA | |
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YOTTA's logo. | |
Credited as | Animation assistance |
Also known as | Yotta, YOTTA crew, Studio YOTTA[1] |
Note(s) | • Freelance animation service that provides animation assistance/clean-up • Consists of several core members |
YOTTA (aka Studio Yotta) is a freelance animation crew that at first only specialised in animation assistance/clean-up, and has provided this service for Starbarians, having helped out with "Episode 1.5" and "The Incredibly Strange Creatures That Stopped Living and Became Mixed up with the Starbarians (part I)".
They now serve as an online-based studio providing animation services for projects such as Lab Zero Games' Skullgirls and Indivisible, Egoraptor/Ninja Sex Party's Starbomb, Sega's Sonic Mania, Double Fine's Full Throttle Remastered and Cartoon Network's OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes.
Freelancing animators that have worked with YOTTA include Ismael Bergara, Vivienne "VivziePop" Medrano, Joshua "Zeurel" Palmer, Corey McDaniel and Ted Wilson, Sven Stoffels, Patrick Stannard, Sandra D. Rivas, Carlos and Nicolas Ortega, Ed Skudder and Lynn Wang, and many more. Harry Partridge also occasionally works with YOTTA when he has spare time off his own personal projects.
Overview[]
YOTTA was formed in the summer of 2012 (specifically 19 July 2012),[2] primarily offering animation assistance (which includes in-betweens, breakdowns, cleanup, and colour/shading). They are also open to provide complete animation on commission.[3]
The studio was formed by Jake Ganz, an artist and animator from Redmond, Washington (now located in Vancouver, Washington since mid-2017[4]). It originally began as a blog entry on Newgrounds,[5] before Ganz decided that creating an update blog and a Twitter account would be a great way to improve and expand.
The service is so named because Yotta is the largest unit prefix in the International System of Units, representing the number septillion (1024, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000). Ganz utilized this name for "many reasons".[1]
Relation to Starbarians[]
On 17 November 2012, Harry Partridge called out to animators, requesting those who were interested in helping out in doing paid work on the next Starbarians episode to join YOTTA.[6] Necessary qualifications included:[7]
The application process ended on 24 November.[8][9]
The service helped out with animation assistance for "Episode 1.5" and "The Incredibly Strange Creatures That Stopped Living and Became Mixed up with the Starbarians (part I)".
Members[]
The following is a list of the members who have been credited with animation assistance on Starbarians. These are also the founding members of YOTTA.
Cal Moray[]
Cal Moray provided animation assistance for "Episode 1.5"[10] and "The Incredibly Strange Creatures That Stopped Living and Became Mixed up with the Starbarians (part I)".[11]
Jake Ganz[]
Jake Ganz is an animator who started YOTTA in the summer of 2012.[1] He provided animation assistance for "Episode 1.5";[10] one of the shots he worked on was Trinosaur acting in surprise upon realizing the Starbarians were after his bounty.[12] He also worked on "The Incredibly Strange Creatures That Stopped Living and Became Mixed up with the Starbarians (part I)".[11] Ganz has both a Tumblr[13] and a Twitter account.[14]
Joel Cheetham[]
Joel Cheetham provided animation assistance for "Episode 1.5".[10] He is acknowledged with working on "The Incredibly Strange Creatures That Stopped Living and Became Mixed up with the Starbarians (part I)" in the episode's credits, but YOTTA's official website does not say he worked on the project.[11]
Under the name Joel C, he also directed the animated video for Starbomb's "It's Dangerous To Go Alone", which parodies the 1986 video game The Legend of Zelda (and features locations from Grand Theft Auto III and Resident Evil 2).[15]
Cheetham also goes by the username "lenkobiscuit", as seen on his Tumblr,[16] deviantART,[17] and YouTube[18] accounts, and formerly on his old Twitter account.[19] As Joel C, his current Twitter account goes by the username "lenkalamari".[20]
Audrey Kare[]
Audrey Kare provided animation assistance for "Episode 1.5"[10] and "The Incredibly Strange Creatures That Stopped Living and Became Mixed up with the Starbarians (part I)".[11] She has a Tumblr account where she uploads her art[21] and also has a Twitter account.[22]
Chris Ko[]
Chris Ko provided animation assistance for "Episode 1.5"[10] but did not work on later episodes. He has a Tumblr account where he uploads his own artwork.[23]
Brandon Clark[]
Brandon Clark provided animation assistance for "The Incredibly Strange Creatures That Stopped Living and Became Mixed up with the Starbarians (part I)". He founded YOTTA alongside Ganz and the staff credits on YOTTA's official website list him as the Lead Animator of the core team.[11]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 YOTTA Tumblr post: YOTTA Animation Crew | YOTTA
- ↑ Twitter: Today marks the 5th anniversary of Yotta! ...
- ↑ YOTTA Tumblr: YOTTA Animation Crew | About Us
- ↑ https://studioyotta.com/#contact-us
- ↑ Newgrounds blog post: Interested in animation assistant services? Check this out.
- ↑ Twitter message: Animators! Interested in doing...
- ↑ YOTTA Tumblr post: YOTTA Animation Crew | Interested in working on some of our current...
- ↑ Twitter message: Starbarians/Hellbenders project...
- ↑ YOTTA Tumblr post: YOTTA Animation Crew | Starbarians/Hellbenders project recruitment complete!
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 YOTTA Tumblr post: YOTTA Animation Crew | Starbarians 1.5 is out! We cranked this one out...
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 YOTTA official website: Studio Yotta information
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Tumblr: GIGABOSU, one of my shots on Starbarians 1.5
- ↑ Tumblr: GIGABOSU
- ↑ Twitter: Jake Ganz (jakeganz) on Twitter
- ↑ YouTube: BEST Zelda Rap EVER!! ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO by Joel C - Starbomb
- ↑ Tumblr: LENKO'S SECRET STASH
- ↑ deviantART: lenkobiscuit on deviantART
- ↑ YouTube: lenkobiscuit
- ↑ Twitter: joel c (lenkobiscuit) on Twitter
- ↑ Twitter: joel c (lenkalamari) on Twitter
- ↑ Tumblr: the doctor is out
- ↑ Twitter: Audrey Kare | オードリー (AudioErf) on Twitter
- ↑ Tumblr: Junk
External links[]
(view template) Credits | |
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Director / lead animator | Harry Partridge |
Colour / animation assistance | Joyce Oder • Emma-Louise Wakley • Marion Bricaud |
YOTTA animation assistance | Cal Moray • Jake Ganz • Joel Cheetham • Audrey Kare • Chris Ko • Brandon Clark |
Musician | Brian Sadler |
Voice | Erica Wexler • Marianne Miller |
Other | Benjamin Daniel • HuHa! • Joe Amaro |