The Thumb Cinema

Animation Backgrounds

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:30:00 +0000

Some backgrounds that I made in Photoshop for a short film I'm working on

Cat city Illustrations

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:44:00 +0000

This is a 3 illustration series I had to make as a final homework at an illustration workshop. The theme was "My invented country" and I decided to make a country of cats >_> I'm so original -__-;

They where all sketched in pencil and painted in Photoshop. It looks dirty and not perfect because that's what I tried to achive >_> I would had make them traditioanlly if I had the time, but no ;_;

“Only in the most exclusive restaurants we can find the unique option of having a bird served alive, in which the necesity of hunting for fresh food remains completely obsolete*”

*The restaurant isn’t responsible if your order escapes before arriving to your dish.

“…and when August arrives, we can see the endless parties that take place on the roofs of the entire city. The music, lights and the euphoric meowing, invade the tranquility of the night."

“…and when August arrives, we can see the endless parties that take place on the roofs of the entire city. The music, lights and the euphoric meowing, invade the tranquility of the night.”

Some recent Works

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:40:00 +0000

I haven't been very active on freelance illustration jobs, but I'm starting to re take it again, so here are some of the latest works I've done

Pro-Vegan ads I made as part of the backgrounds in an

animated short I'm making.

Logo for the animated short film "Rabbit Stew" I'm making

Logo variations of "Sprout Consignment" Shop

Logo for a feral cat rescue asociation

Vector experiment

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Thu, 27 May 2010 16:21:00 +0000

Experimenting with a new style here. Sometimes clients want more modern and clean stuff and I never really tried to get used to this type of work, but I like it now, it's kinda fun :P I like how it looks like it's made of rubber xD

Practice sketches

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Tue, 25 May 2010 06:02:00 +0000

There's nothing that drives me more to make quick sketches than going to http://es-es.colourlovers.com/ and select cool colour palletes to play with. I choosed 4 different combinations and made 4 quick sketches (around 10 min each) to experiment, I hope to make of this a daily habit, but who knows >_>

Little Red Ridding Hood illustration

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:10:00 +0000

"Where are you going little red ridding hood? To my granny's house :3"

Yeah...something like that, haha. Traditional illustration I made today, it was made with watercolors, acrilics, ink, and colored pencils. Definatly trying to experiment on this one, but I still can get to a style I feel completly comfortable with.

More Alchemy requests

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:38:00 +0000

It's been a while and been a bit busy working on animation, university and also Etsy commisions, so here's some of the work I've done in the past month. In case you're wondering, the last drawing was an illustrated life path of a couple, incluiding those paths they fortunatly didn't take, it was weird but fun xD, the rest are cartoon portraits, logo illustrations etc. I'm starting to like very much to design cartoon or whimsy wedding invitations and I wish I get more freelance work related to that :)

Valentine's Day? Nah, not for me

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:26:00 +0000

Bleh, I don't celebrate Valentine's day really, I wish it was some excuse to get some chocolate but my boyfriend isn't vunerable to all that commercial stuff. Anyway, why celebrate Valentine's when the 12th is our month-aniversary? It will be 4 years and 3 months together, so I made this card for him xD

Also I will give him his late birthday gift (it was over a month ago...), it's the graphic novel Blankets by Craig Thompson, I tough it would be a perfect gift since it's a book that was kinda special for us :) So...in the first page I'm going to paste this drawing:

Just a cheap imitation I made of the style of the comic book, featuring us :)

Etsy Alchemy

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:46:00 +0000

Oh yeah, I've been dead lately. The thing is I was all december working on my final animation examn and with that I finished my first year studying animation :) So I've been on vacations since then and until February.

Meanwhile I've been wandering a lot in the Etsy alchemy, making custom ilustrations, logos, designs etc, so here are some I've made.

So there's a bit of everything here, from drawings for logos like the owl and the cute hammer, character design like the ballerina girl, logo like the llama one (tough that was only a sketch), drawings for birthday invitations and decorations like the robots and custom cartoon portraits like the families and couples :) The last two are an invitation for a wedding rehearsal dinner and the other is a logo for an animal center I think.

I'm usually available for custom orders, so just ask for prices if you're interested :)

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Etsy Sale!

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:08:00 +0000

***THE THUMB CINEMA STORE WILL HAVE SPECIAL OFFERS DURING THE BLACK FRIDAY/CYBER MONDAY EVENT! (11/27-11/30)***

This means:

- FREE worldwide shipping on all flipbooks! (original rate $3)

- All flipbooks will be at only $10 (normal price $12)

- If you buy any print, you'll get a FREE 4x6 print of your choice!

(I will change the prices and shipping cost those same days)

Don't lose this cool oportunity to get a very cool and unique gift for your geek, artistis, animation/comics/anime lovers friends, boyfriends, girlfriends or relatives!

New Flipbooks!!

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:19:00 +0000

Finally! I have 2 new designs in at my Etsy Shop The Thumb Cinema! They between cute and black humour, hopefully for a wider audience ;) I present to you:

New The Thumb Cinema Flipbooks - Sushi Time and Bad Luck Rabbit from Fernanda Frick on Vimeo.

Sushi Time! Flipbook

And the Bad Luck Rabbit Flipbook!

They both now available at my shop for only $12. They're the perfect stocking stuffers for christmas and probably a good idea for your geek husband, bf, sons or relatives :)

Etsy Comic Nº1: "The First sale"

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:16:00 +0000

This is a silly little comic I just made. I think I'll start narrating some experiences from Etsy I've had so far. I really suck at making comics but I hadn't made one in years and tough it would be fun xD I plan on making one a week, if you have any ideas or stories to share please tell me :)

Click twice to view it better at fullsize :)!

Short Animation

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:29:00 +0000

This is an animated intro for the Guth Gafa Documentary film festival, held in Ireland this year. The backgrounds were made in photoshop, the animation in TVPaint animation and the music is by Reto Stamm.

It was one of the most fun and challenging jobs I did, it was cool since they told me "We want YOUR characters! We like what you do!" So basically I just had to be myself, a thing that rarely happens in animation :) It was a small job but still, I'm pretty proud of it

Freddie Mercury Illustration: Process

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:01:00 +0000

Well, my last illustration was a kind of a challenge, I always draw cute stuff and now I wanted to make something that isn't for once. So I tough on starting a rockstar illustration series! I'm a big classic rock fan and tough of doing a tribute for all that, I started with Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury. It was quite difficult, but I'm happy with what I achieved, here's some of the process:

Lol, this was the first sketch, I tough it was ok, but now that I see it...he's too short!

But I had a clear idea for the pose and composition.

This was the clean lineart of the final drawing, I didn't quite like it,

though something was wrong when I colored it.

I finally added color and decided to color the edges,

it looked awfull in the plain black lineart :)

And Finally I made different color themes,

you can choose whichever you want when ordering

4 Year Aniversary and Totoro

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:35:00 +0000

I couldn't help to blog about this. On thrursday 12th it was our 4 year aniversary with my boyfriend :) It's funny because we both did Totoro themed gifts for each other xDD He made this amazing illustration, I loved eveything about it, it doesn't even notice that he's colorblind ;) It's the two of us flying with Totoro

And this was my gift for him, a pop up card of the two of us, sadly I couldn't take any photos, but it kinda worked fine for being my first paper craft (and I'm horrible at crafting I must say)

The Thumb Cinema Characters : The story of Tanuki-San

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:21:00 +0000

Maybe you people have seen my Judo racoon illustration on my Etsy shop, but who is this character? What's his story?

Well, Tanuki-san was born for a College examn, where we were supposed to representate a sport through a short animation. At the very first moment I choosed Judo, because I love martial arts, and really the only interesting sports for me. So we had to do a lot of investigation of the sport to make the short film, along that I decided that my film should had a japanese traditional style. But who or what should be the main character? I really don't like animating humans very much, so I needed an animal. I choosed a racoon because it's a traditional japanese animal and it's the main character of many japanese folk tales, incluiding for they mischievous acts like robbing food.

I also think that one of the stereotypes of japan was the typicall Godzilla-like monster that terrorized the town, and I HAD to add something like that xD that's why Tanuki-san is a Giant Judo Racoon hahaha.

Here's the character Sheet for Tanuki-san, it explains several things about his personality :) Click to see it:

And the result of all this was this short, it's subbed in spanish but maybe you could understand it anyway. A giant judo raccon terrorizes a small japanese traditional town. He easts and drinks everything that crosses his way, and it's having a great time. The town people are very scared and call the town's protectors, who are a Sumo wrestler, a Karate-kid and a Samurai. With the power of Judo, tanuki-san defeats them all very easily until a small Judoka like himself challeges him. In the end, size or power didn't matter, because the little judoka knew how to use his opponent force in his favor. Tanuki-san leaves town defeated, but not wothout robbing the last montain of food he could!

Etsy Shop: Zaraillustrates

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:31:00 +0000

Zara Picken is a talented English illustrator that sells prints of her wonderfull artwork at her Etsy Shop. I really loved all her minimalistic animal illustrations, that have a very special choice of colour and textures. Here are some of her items that you can find at her shop:

Cat Print:
"Original illustration of a cute and colourful cat,
perfect for cheering up any wall"

Nes Controller Print:
"Original illustration of a video game control,
spelling the words "game on""

Pipe Man Print:
"Original illustration of a thoughtful-looking pipe smoker,
perfect for adding a touch of old time sophistication any wall"

Polar Bear Print:
"Original illustration of a cute and colourful bear,
perfect for cheering up any wall."

You can see more of Zara Picken's work on her website, which can be found at
http://www.zaraillustrates.com, or her blog at http://www.zaraillustrates.blogspot.com.

Etsy Forum Picks 1

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Since the blog it's re-opening I decided to accept submissions from fellow Etsy artists to feature here :) I will be doing this periodically, just ask if you think your style and items suit the blog and want to be featured. Here are some items I liked on my first submission request:

The Stapelia Company's art:
This beautifull vampire original Sketchboard artwork was made through a very time consuming and meticulous process utilizing etching tools to scrape away an india ink surface coating to reveal the white board underneath.

Stacey Alberta's Eclectic studio:
She's just opened her Etsy shop recently
and sells her original abstract art.

Studiomme's Illustration Prints:
Who's afraid of a wolf? Beautifull and high quality print of
and original Red Riding Hood illustration.

Choumie7's beautifull pocket mirrors:
These are little pocket mirrors with exclusive illustrations
by Choumie. Very beautifull and practical!

LaughingFridge's Magnets:
Fat Cat's magnets! A really cute adition for
anyone's fridge. She has quite a lot of
variety of cats incluiding vampires and pirates.

The Thumb Cinema is Back!

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:08:00 +0000

Hello everyone! I've just opened my Etsy shop again after months of inactivity. I have a new category now: Illustration prints! I decided to start making these because apart from being an animator I also wish to be a children illustrator someday so I tough to start now :) Also flipbooks take a lot of time to make (the animations) so I tough this way I can update often. Here are some of the new illustration line, some are available as 4x6, 5x7 and 6x8.

Tanuki-San, the Judo Ra coon:
He's the giant Judo raccon that terrorizes a small japanese town.
Loves food, sake, and Judo. He only wants to have fun :)

Little King of the Jungle:
This little lion walks around the jungle very proudly like
he own all the place, maybe one day he will.
Stylish Little girl:
Very elegant walking around town with her new
French-like style outfit

Fats cats:
This is what happen when you overfeed your cats,
they still love you though! In fact they're happier than ever!
Under the leaves:
This little girl found herself surrounded by tall
and strange trees, it's probably a dream.
Little Cow and Milk:
She's very proud she's making the
best and most delicious milk around!

"La Maison en Petits Cubes" Kunio Kato's Oscar Winning Short

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:45:00 +0000

I want to share with all of you the short animated film that won the oscars in the animation category this year, in case that you missed it. It's one of the most beautiful shorts I've ever seen, and thats the sort of esthetic that I want to achieve someday. I love knowing that traditional looking animations aren't dead yet.

Also here's one of Kunio Kato's other works, a short series called "The diary of Tortov Riddle", it's worth watching, since it has a very unique style and feel.

My Easter picks

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:02:00 +0000

Since the Teasury slot is always full, I'm doing a little sellection of my easter favorites here:

BuncakeBakery's Candy Bunnies
These cute (kawaii!) little bunnies come in
a variety of colours and flavors.

BlissForest's Easter bunnies
Ultra soft fleece bunnies, ideal for children! They come in many
colors and patterns, and there's even a ninja one!

AshleyBug's Easter cards
These really cool vintage looking cards come in a set of four,
ideal for an easter gift or anytime

LittleAshop's Bundle Bunny Daisy
Perfect gift for a baby, looks so soft
and each bunny is one of a kind

Chetanddot's Gentle Bunny
Sweet little wool rabbit, hand sewn.

TheThumbCinema's Easter Flipbook
A little of self-promotion here ;) These flipbooks shows a lively
animation of the easter bunny jumping around

Patapon in a bottle

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:23:00 +0000

Patapon is an awesome and original game for the PSP, also it's my favorite. So I was searching some stuff related to it on Etsy and I came across with this:

How awesome is that? A handmade miniature of a Patapon in a bottle, I'm sure that anyone, even not familiarized with the game would love to have it in their collection ;) It's creator Zelas also has buttons and anime related stuff.

And if you're curious, here's a video of the actual game:

LittleCritter's unique handmade dolls

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:31:00 +0000

I don't remeber how I ended up in LittleCritter's shop but I was instantly amazed by how bizarre and cool her dolls look. Every single one of the critters have their own original and funny name along with a story! It's easy to see that they were made with much love and care, since they're hand sewn and made with unique and odd fabrics speccially chosen by the creator.

If you want to be updated on her creative process, visit her blog at: http://www.littlecritters00.blogspot.com

Welcome to The Thumb Cinema!

noreply@blogger.com (Fernanda Frick) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:15:00 +0000

Hello, I'm Fernanda Frick! I'm an animation student from Santiago, Chile and I'm also a Etsy seller. I opened just some months ago under the name of "The Thumb Cinema" which has the mission of bringing the wonderfull world of animation to your hands through flipbooks.

Here's what you can expect from me and my blog:

Features of some of the fantastic items that I find around Etsy, probably along the lines of Illustration, Art, plushies, sculptures and geek stuff, but of course if something catches my eye it will be featured anyway :)
Sharing tips on marketing and social networking (twitter, facebook, blogs etc)
Also, since animation is my passion, I may post ocassionally cool animated videos from the web, which yu will probably enjoy even if you're not familiarized with it.
And of course, I'll post progress of my own works but I'll try not to bore you enough with it ;)

At first you'll see features of my current favs, but if you want to suggest something you can reach me by comments or email.