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Fast-flowing creations by master of hand-drawn animation, Jake Fried

Date
29 August 2012

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Seeing as it’s nearly autumn and the sky is clouding over, I’ll just take the liberty of whisking you away into a dark chasm of snowy trees, brick walls and terrifying woodland via the impressively fast-paced animations of Jake Fried. In his latest animation entitled Sick Leave, Jake drags us naked and screaming through a world made of ink and white-out to enjoy the scenery that he has so painstakingly created. It’s not as torturous as it sounds, it’s actually extremely enjoyable, and one of the most stubborn and original styles we’ve seen in a long time.

A grainy, high-contrast image of a dark, rectangular building seen through a screen of thin, black tree trunks. The structure features a row of bright, glowing windows and a textured, stippled effect across the scene.
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Jake Fried: Sick Leave

An illustration of a bearded figure with wide eyes, wearing a pointed, textured hat. They are framed by a dense network of swirling, grey organic lines against a black background.
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Jake Fried: Sick Leave

A black and white illustration of a figure with a simplified face and a large, swirling mass of hair. The figure is surrounded by dense, abstract patterns of lines and organic shapes.
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Jake Fried: Sick Leave

An illustration of a figure wearing thick, round glasses and a striped garment. They are set against a textured, pale green background framed by dark, diagonal lines.
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Jake Fried: Sick Leave

An illustration of a figure in patterned armour holding a sword and a circular shield. The scene is rendered in a textured, monochromatic style with diagonal stripes across the background.
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Jake Fried: Sick Leave

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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