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Nicolas Ménard

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Animation, art & design Québécois based in London, UK Director at Eastend Western eastendwestern.com

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Mar 6

TRIPLE BILL is online! Watch 5 minutes of NEW experimental stop-motion animation here: vimeo.com/1047520946

TRIPLE BILL (2024)

This anthology is a demo in replacement animation; this means each frame of motion is a unique 3D printed puppet. Three genres are explored to survey the atmospheric…

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Bravo 💥

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“induced on 1699”

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a man in a pink shirt is dancing on a stage with blue lights behind him

ALT: a man in a pink shirt is dancing on a stage with blue lights behind him

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 3d

Seasons change, 32 seconds of animation gets made.

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Un gros merci!! 🫶

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 20d

On set with @jackcunningham.bsky.social

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Stunning 👌

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 22d

My kind of opinion

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 23d

I’m interested in the key differences between the puppets of Graeber (their DIY-ness, unique personnalities, ephemeral nature, logistics) and the amazon costumes (not much need for storage, no build required, instant purchase meaning immediacy of action, standard models = groups of chrctrs)

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 23d

On the phenomenology of inflatable frog costumes by David Graeber

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 26d

Big Mari trays, mini Mari trays

A photo of some white paper trays by Enzo Mari

A photo of miniature Enzo Mari paper trays we made

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 27d

merci marco!

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 27d

Pattern cutting

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 27d

Amen!

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 28d

The animator's skills being transfered to furniture/product design has roots in Disney's imagineers, for those of you wondering why you're following this account when all I'm posting is obscure technical things and not cartoons..!

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · 28d

Upcoming construction project is brewing in the studio to make our space more useful

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Oct 4

Medecine box design in black MDF

A photo of narrow box in black MDF with finger joints and circles as handles.

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 30

Oh give me a break

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 28

Well now I have to go rewatch One Battle After Another on the big screen because it’s that good

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 25

Deux morceaux de robot pour la russie!

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 20

It’s cartoonish and nightmarish altogether

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 15

The most groundbreaking technology for artists that nobody talks about: usb rechargeable A4 sized lightboxes for drawing or animating on the go, at incredibly low cost.

Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 13

Had long covid for 4 months and tried everything. The only things that helped was really pacing myself as if living in slow motion, and a special chinese medicine concoction with ginseng and rhizoma in it. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Anti-fatigue effect from Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma: a suggestive and promising treatment for long COVID

Keywords: Fatigue, Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma, Long COVID, SARS-CoV-2

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Nicolas Ménard @nicolasmenard.com · Sep 6

Bonne fête!!