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TAG FOR “Animators”Cartoon Brew's home for up-to-the-minute, unedited announcements and press releases direct from industry sources.
November 18, 2008 8:14 am
Don’t let the title of this post scare you. We haven’t started stalking any animation artists (not yet at least). Thanks to Apartment Therapy, everybody can have a (legal) peek into the quintessentially midcentury LA home of Seonna Hong, who is currently the art director of Nick’s The Mighty B and has done background painting on My Life as a Teenage Robot, Powerpuff Girls and Teacher’s Pet, among other shows. 7 Comments » posted in Animators, Cartoon Culture 
November 16, 2008 12:30 am
Animator, character designer and layout artist Bob Givens (UPA, Warner Bros.) dropped by the Asifa-Hollywood Animation Archive a had a chat with animation artists Will Finn and Mike Fontanelli and Asifa archivist Stephen Worth. The excerpt above is devoted to his career at Warner Bros. Cartoons. Another section devoted to his career in TV Animation is posted on the archive site. 4 Comments » posted in Animators
November 14, 2008 5:20 pm
Tina Price of the Creative Talent Network went to Cal Arts on Tuesday and gave Corny Cole a check on behalf of the animation community. Cole, a veteran animator and educator, lost his home and possessions in a fire last month. CTN’s online fundraiser raised $12,168 thanks to the donations of his many colleagues, fans and students (and quite a few Cartoon Brew readers). Photos of Corny receiving the funds are posted here. Our sincere best wishes to Corny Cole! 7 Comments » posted in Animators, Corny Cole
November 14, 2008 12:05 am
Here’s a real rarity. When Ralph Bakshi worked at Paramount in 1967, he produced several theatrical shorts and proposed a dozen more. One of his assignments was to create a pilot based on the classic radio show The Bickersons using the track of a 1940s radio broadcast starring Don Ameche and Frances Langford. Paul Rapp, son of Bickersons creator Philip Rapp, found this previously lost footage and has posted it on You Tube. Note the first half is in pose reel, the second half is finished in (now faded) color:
20 Comments » posted in Animators
November 12, 2008 2:14 am
Our friend and colleague Emru Townsend passed away last night after a brave battle with leukemia. Emru was the founder of the print and online magazine FPS Magazine and one of the sincerest, most passionate and articulate animation critics around. He put up a valiant fight against his illness over the past year, and in doing so he brought awareness about the importance of bone marrow donation. It’s something easy that almost anybody can do, and it can save a life. To learn more about how you can become a bone marrow donor, visit HealEmru.com. From both Jerry and Amid, we want to offer our sincere condolences to Emru’s entire family, and particularly his sister Tamu who is an active member of the animation community and an important part of FPS’s online presence. Emru will be missed. Remembrances of Emru are beginning to be posted online:
13 Comments » posted in Animators
October 29, 2008 12:27 pm
It seems that the talented Dutch animator and illustrator Fons Schiedon is always working on something interesting. We’ve written about him in the past (here and here), and more recently he’s been cooking up a variety of projects that are worth mentioning.
Fons has a painting show “Revolution Deformation” opening on November 6 at the Concrete Hermit (5A Club Row, London, UK). The show features various explorations of his personal character Jesus who “is an anamorphic figure that lends itself to the projection of ideas, and can withstand the intuitive process of painting, without losing its own features.” More info about the show on his website. Also not to be missed is this delightful collection of key backgrounds and character designs that Fons created for the animated TV series Kika & Bob, on which he served as head production designer.
Last but not least is this striking loop of a walking woman that was projected onto a building last summer: 9 Comments » posted in Animators
October 23, 2008 6:45 pm
Since May, Jason Anders has been interviewing some the best artists working in animation on his Fulle Circle Productions blog. Bookmark this one. He’s just posted a chat with Bob Camp, and Bob was nice enough to recall the crazy days (circa 1989-90) when he shared an office space with me, John K. and Carl Macek. Imagine that! (Strange, but true – Lynne Naylor and Jim Smith were also crammed in there with us). Check out the interview here. And check out Camp’s own blog, loaded with his amazing artwork. 4 Comments » posted in Animators
October 23, 2008 12:05 am
The Girls have announced that Michelle Valigura’s solo show, Creation Mutation will open at M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs this Saturday, October 25th. In addition to her one of a kind sculptures Michelle will offer for sale a limited edition metal figure. You can see the proto now on Vinyl Pulse. |
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