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so i heard this one guy is getting his own animated film. gotta admit i’m pretty stoked

Ok I feel the need to explain, since this drawing from 2014 resurfaced again for some reason ahaha…

When I was studying animation I came across someone who was working with a studio during the preproduction of an animated feature film of the little vampire. The concept arts and storyboards that I saw made me think the filmmakers would make their film more loyal to the original books than the previous TLV adaptations.

This is what became of it. No need to say I am a bit underwhelmed.

I’m not gonna go on about the problems I personally have with the movie, but what’s baffling me the most are the similarities with the 2000 live action film.

What’s the point making a hella arduous and expensive feature-length animation, when almost identical live action version already exists? Why not write something else–plotwise. There are tons of books to get material from.

Not to mention Tony and Rudolph lacking all the personality traits of Anton and Rüdiger that I feel are essential in the books.

I’m just disappointed I guess.

^First off, I really enjoy your character designs for this character, I’d love to see a graphic novel or animated series/film in your style! I haven’t read the original book, only saw the 2000 adaptation with Rollo Weeks as the little vampire, but your art makes me want to read the source material ^_____^

And the fact that you saw preproduction concept art and boards of an animated feature of it that looked like the filmmakers would be faithful to the books!!! And it very much wasn’t!! D: That sucks.

Yep, sometimes adaptations are underwhelming *cough cough* um idk the QUEEN OF THE DAMNED MOVIE *cough cough* It is sometimes really disappointing to see adaptations like that when the source material (and in your case, the concept art and boards!) was so good.

(I’m sure there are ppl out there who like The Little Vampire 3D (2017) for whatever reason, and I am the first to admit that judgment of adaptations are bound to be subjective (influenced by each individual viewer’s emotions, opinions, or personal feelings)… but I feel like artists and writers are more knowledgeable about the practice of their art, so when criticism comes from an artist or writer, it feels more objective, and less about trampling something for the fun of trampling it, at least to me.)