#Andres Salaff

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Disney Streaming Services Snags Development Order For "BAD FRIENDS" Adult Animated Series At Hulu and Disney+

In a competitive situation with several major adult animation services and studios interested, Disney has landed for development BAD FRIENDS

The animated project comes from Andrew Santino (FXX "Dave") and Bobby Lee (Netflix Animation "Inside Job"), the duo behind the comedy podcast of the same name. Created by Lee, Santino,Nick Kreiss ("Hollywood Cycle") and Andres Salaff (Nickelodeon Animation Studios "Harvey Beaks", Cartoon Network Studios "Adventure Time", "Close Enough","Regular Show The Movie", Warner Bros Animation "Merry Little Batman" ), the potential series will be written by Kreiss and Santino.

Bad Friends follows the relationship between Andrew, a fiery lightning bug, and Bobby, a shy rolly polly, as they navigate the treacherous waters of being adolescent misfit bugs in high school.

Lee, Santino and Kreiss executive produce with Trevor Engelson from Underground and Doug Banker from Five All In The Fifth. Salaff is a co-executive producer. 20th Television Animation is the studio.

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"President Porpoise Is Missing" SE07 EP18

Marceline appears in the tree house wearing red v neck shirt, cuffed blue pants and blue shoes.

Episode directed by Andres Salaff & Sandra Lee

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Andres Salaff Interview

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure to e-interview Andres Salaff, and I’d like to share that interview with you today! Andres worked on Adventure Time as one of the supervising directors from seasons 6–8, and he has also worked on shows like Regular Show, Big Mouth, Uncle Grandpa, and Close Enough! Read on for fascinating info about how Andres got his start in the biz, what his duties as director were, and what inspired Flame P and Neptr’s rap in “The Music Hole”:

What is your ‘artistic origin story’? And how did you come to work on Adventure Time?

Andres Salaff: I was living in Ohio and drawing mini comics for fun. While visiting California, someone saw them and told me about Calarts Character Animation. I visited the school and looked at the student's work. I knew instantly that it was what I wanted to pursue. I love it because it encompasses a lot of my interests. Drawing, acting, writing and storytelling. After graduating from Calarts, I was hired as a storyboard artist on Regular Show and after three years of doing that, I was asked to direct on AT.

As a supervising director, what were your many duties? Was it largely coordination, or were you drawing/boarding alongside the board artists, too?

AS: [The job was mostly about] weigh[ing] in on storyboard pitches and voice records. But mainly, my job was at the storyboard animatic stage. To make sure that everything was working at that stage of the process and to make sure, along with the art director, timers and designers that all of the necessary information was there for the overseas animation studio. It was very collaborative in that I got to work with the different supervisors in seeing it through the pre production phase up until it got shipped overseas.

What was the energy of the crew like?

AS: [There were] a lot of thinkers on the crew. At times even reserved, but their wit would always come out and surprise me.

Did you do much coordinating with the South Korean studios with regard to the animation? Or was that someone else’s job?

AS: My work was to provide the information necessary to ship. Once it came back, I didn't have a hand in it. Once or twice I did, but that was when Adam Muto, the EP, was on a hiatus.

One thing I'm interested in is the production of the show's miniseries. How did production differ from the 'norm' when it came time to do Stakes?

AS: Stakes was so fun to work on. There wasn't much of a difference on my end from the regular season other than helping to keep an eye on the overarching story and making sure things were tracking. It was so cool seeing the different parts being pitched and coming together. All of the boarders had such a unique voice and style, yet when assembled they somehow blended seamlessly.

One of my favorite episodes has to be "The Music Hole.” How did you come to work on that episode?

AS: Adam Muto had seen a pilot that I had done at the studio called Ridin' With Burgess. There is a lot of rapping in it. He must've liked it because he asked me to board on The Music Hole. The episode centered around a music festival and Flame Princess and Neptr had a rap group.

In a separate interview, Polly Guo waxed poetic about the rap you wrote, so I was wondering if you could speak about where those ideas came from?

AS: As a kid growing up in Ohio, I used to attend a yearly festival called Scribble Jam. I tried to make FP and Neptr's song/ performance as close to that as I could remember. It was really fun to work on that episode and to collaborate with Polly Guo!

A huge thanks to Andres for answering my questions! As always, here are some useful links:

Andres’s personal website: https://andressalaff.com/

Andres’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_dres/

The Greatest Song Ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIILKyCUbLA

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Normal Man - design storyboard

written and storyboarded by Jesse Moynihan & Sam Alden

supervising director - Andres Salaff

storyboard supervisor - Erik Fountain

storyboard revisionists - Julia Srednicki and Polly Guo

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Storyboard shot of Pops’ statue being raised. By Andres Salaff

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Shoutout to Danny Gladiolus, Finn’s pen pal who was mentioned in the episode Walnuts & Rain and three years later got his own comic strip in the SDCC crew zine.

I actually sorta love this character now. I hope he gets to cameo in one of the official comics some day.

The comic was drawn by Andres Salaff. You can read the full crew zine here.

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Get To Know Your Animators: Adventure Time

Animators:

James Baxter, Hilary Lile, Alex Small-Butera, Lindsay Small-Butera

Character Designers:

Natasha Allegri, Joy Ang, James Baxter, Matt Forsythe, Tom Herpich, Chris Houghton, Erica Jones, Nooree Kim, Carlos Nunez, David O’Reilly, Chris Pianka, Andy Ristaino, Phil Rynda, Julia Srednicki, Michelle Xin

Storyboard Artists:

Natasha Allegri, Benton Connor, Wayne Carlisi, Robertryan Cory, Nick Edwards, KC Green, Polly Guo, Tom Herpich, Elizabeth Ito, Sean Jimenez, Ian Jones-Quartey, Seo Jung Kim, Chris Pianka, Sloane Leong, Patrick McHale, Armen Mirzaian (R.I.P.), Kris Mukai, Adam Muto, Hanna K. Nystrom, Kent Osborne, Emily Partridge, Luke Pearson, Ryan Pequin, Madeline Queripel, Andy Ristaino, Aleth Romanillos, Andres Salaff, Cole Sanchez, Aleks Sennwald, David C. Smith, Julia Srednicki, Rebecca Sugar, Steven Sugar, Anna Syvertsson, Jillian Tamaki, Brett Varon, Charmaine Verhagen, Pendelton Ward, Thomas Wellmann, Steve Wolfhard, Skyler Page

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The Funny – Dog Vs Cat Rap Battle The Funny - Dog Vs Cat Rap Battle Cat played by Carter Deems. Dog played by Hollow da Don. Pigeon played by Lush One. Animation by Andres Salaff Find more funny stuff HERE

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“Ocarina” SE06 EP12

marcy’s wearing white tank, white flap hat, white shorts, elbow lenght yellow glove, grey shoes and she’s holding a four neck red bass (or guitar idk).

Episode directed by Andres Salaff, storyboard by Tom Herpich & Steve Wolfhard

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Episode Reviews: ‘Two Swords’/’Do No Harm’ (S08E14-15)

Airdate: January 23, 2017

Story by: Ashly Burch, Adam Muto, Jack Pendarvis

Storyboarded by: Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard (”Two Swords”), Laura Ketzger and Emily Partridge (”Do No Harm”)

Directed by: Andres Salaff (supervising), Sandra Lee (art)

When I was a kid, I always found the topic of identical twins to be fascinating. Here you have two people who, in terms of physical substance, are as identical as possible. What were to happen if two twins were born, who, by circumstance, had all the same types of atoms in all the same types of places? In other words, what would happen if two individuals were born that were literally identical? Would those two people really just be one?

It would argue that this is unlikely, given that each of us seems to have some part of our very being that does not just simply reduce to the atoms out of which we are made (of course, this is a huge philosophical point of contention). Call it what you want (the je ne sais pas, the soul, the life-force), but I prefer “essence”. I truly believe that if two individuals were born with the same material makeup, their essences would be different, and hence they would be different people.

What what if two people are created who, in terms of material, are different, but in terms of essence are the same? This is the issue that plagues Finn in “Two Swords”/”Do No Harm”.

Following the events of the season 7 finale “Reboot”, Finn discovers that his grass-arm and his Finn-Sword have combined to form a new entity: Grass-Finn. We the audience are treated to an artful depiction of how this entity came to be: when the grass-sword pierced the Finn-Sword, the grass-curse (depicted as a cute little Cthulhu-spider-demon) that has been attached to Finn since the season 5 episode “Blade of Grass” ensnared the alternate reality Finn that (for lack of a better term) inhabited the Finn-Sword. The two merged into one being, resulting in Grass-Finn coming into existence.

At first, Grass-Finn thinks that he is Finn himself, but he quickly realizes that this is not the case. There’s something ‘off’ about him, and he cannot seem to do anything right. Eventually he accepts the fact that he is Other Finn, and as such he falls into a deep depression. This is understandable, given the existential issues that are at play here. Who is he exactly? Where did he come from? Why did all of this happen?

While Grass-Finn mopes about, the ‘main’ Finn goes to the hospital to check on Susan Strong. He apologizes to her unconscious self, admitting that the reason she is in the hospital is because of his actions. Dr. Princess hears this and demands that he take over as the hospital doctor to make up for his actions. Thus begins a cute but not entirely essential plot wherein Finn does a labcoat and goes to work trying (and ultimately) failing to give medical aid to those around him. As I said, while this plot isn’t really essential to understanding the two episodes as a whole, it is nevertheless pretty funny.

Meanwhile, the Grass-Finn and Jake locate the Grass Wizard, who placed the original curse on Finn in “Blade of Grass”. Grass-Finn confronts the wizard and begins to somewhat mercilessly beat him. Jake steps in, telling Grass-Finn that the wizard has taken enough abuse, and it is at that point that Grass-Finn realizes that, while he is alive, he doesn’t really know who he is. At the end of the episode, he tells Finn and Jake to call him “Fern”. He then steals Starchie’s motorcycle (”No! Starchie’s mid-life crisis!”) and drives away into the sunset.

And with that, “Do No Harm” ends on a very existential note. While it’s undeniable that Fern’s essence (i.e. the alternate reality Finn located in the Finn-Sword) was in existence before Fern came into being, this does not provide Fern with an answers as to who he is anymore than saying that he is simply grass material. To find out who he really is, Fern must go out and live his life. In this way, Fern's actions echo the key existentialist idea that existence than essence is more important in defining one’s identity.

Let us go back to our opening question. If two beings are made out of different material but the same essence, I would argue that they are still not the same being, because they have separate existences which will lead them to develop different identities.

Enough philosophical mumbo jumbo.

“Two Swords”/”Do No Harm” are a nice way to open season 8. Tonally, the two episodes feel reminiscent of the season 7 finale, and this continuity is appreciated. I’m curious if the entirety of season 8 will take on the tone as laid down by these episodes. In other words, will they be soul-search-y in a funny and amusing way (as opposed to soul-search-y in a dark and somewhat depressing way, cf. season 6)? Given that Islands is going to address some big questions about Finn’s origins, I assume that the existential elements that are to be found in “Two Swords”/”Do No Harm” will crop up now and again throughout this season. There’s also the fact that Fern will almost certainly show up again, meaning that the ‘search for meaning’ theme is far from over.

But, like I said, these two episodes were quite funny. From Jake knocking Bubblegum over and jettisoning out a window, to Mr. Fox simply just existing, these episodes had their fair share of funny jokes and amusing set pieces. You all know how much I love it when the show can balance humor with serious topics, so you probably aren’t surprised to hear me writing positively about “Two Swords”/”Do No Harm” in that regard.

In terms of art and design, the show has undergone a subtle but noticeable change. I chalk this up to the fact that the show does not (currently) have a lead character designer (both Joy Ang and Michael DeForge are jointed listed as character and prop designers) and has a new background supervisor (Jacob Winkler). The changes are most noticeable to my eye in the background pieces, as they seem to be reminiscent of Ghostshrimp in that they are full of fun bits of clutter, but they are also somewhat more detailed. This is not a bad thing at all, but just something I feel I should mention.

(Also, it looks like Ako Castuera’s back, only now she’s doing storyboard revisions. Cool!)

If there are any issues with these episodes, it simply that the pacing was, at times, all over the place. Finn-as-doctor, for instance, was really funny, but it was kind of oddly inserted into an otherwise completely story. Since everything worked on a humorous level, I don’t see the pacing to be a major issue, but it does drag the episode down a bit.

Mushroom War Evidence: There is debris in the Grass-Wizard’s hedge maze. It’s unclear if it’s pre-Mushroom War or not.

Final Grade:

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I Am a Sword - design storyboard

written and storyboarded by Jesse Moynihan & Sam Alden

supervising director - Andres Salaff

storyboard supervisor - Erik Fountain

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Get To Know Your Animators: Regular Show

Animators:

James Baxter

Character Designers:

Phylicia Fuentes, Kacie Hermanson 

Storyboard Artists:

Jake Armstrong, Nathan Bulmer, Gideon Chase, Benton Connor, Casey Crowe, Owen Dennis, Hilary Florido, Toby Jones, Sang Yup Lee, Dennis Messner, Kat Morris, Sarah Oleksyk, Kent Osborne, Ryan Pequin, Madeline Queripel, Andres Salaff, Paul Scarlata, Sam Spina, Shion Takeuchi, Calvin Wong

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Jazzmatazz

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Ridin’ With Burgess

Created by Andres Salaff

Cartoon Network, 2015

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Garuda.

Un niño está viendo los peces en el agua cuando ve que una sombra pasa por encima de ellos. Levanta la vista y distingue la sombra de un ave pasando por la ciudad. El niño sube por las escaleras y columnas de la ciudad siguiendo al ave del que sólo ve asomos de sus preciosas plumas, alas y cola, hasta llegar a lo alto, donde la ciudad se halla coronada por un enorme bosque. A cielo abierto no encuentra el ave que perseguía pero descubre que él mismo se transforma en una preciosa ave como aquélla. Esta corta y preciosista animación expresa que nos convertimos en aquello que buscamos, seremos aquello que soñamos.

Andres Salaff, 2008: Garuda. Citia y Gobelins L’Ecole de l’Image, París. 1:16 m.

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The Deadline, Andres Salaff, 2007

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