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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.
October 7, 2011 12:30 am
Interesting hand-drawn (on Cintiq, using TVPaint) film by Erick Oh (Student Academy Award finalist, Heart). Oh is a Korean animation artist based in California, currently at Pixar. His independent films have been screened at Annecy, Hiroshima, Zagreb, SIGGRAPH and Anima Mundi. (Thanks, David Nethery) 17 Comments » posted in Animators, Shorts, Erick Oh October 4, 2011 9:30 am
A reminder that the public memorial service for Corny Cole, who passed away last month, is planned for this Sunday, October 9th. The Animation Guild had already scheduled an open-to-the-public Fine Art of Corny Cole exhibit and reception for this Friday, October 7 at 6pm. However, the official memorial event has been added on Sunday, October 9, from noon to 6pm in the Guild’s meeting room on the second floor. Both these events will be held at The Animation Guild building, at 1105 N. Hollywood Way, in Burbank, CA. For the Sunday memorial, which will open at 12 noon, attendees are encouraged to bring Corny Cole artwork to display or any video of his work, or of him, on DVD. At 1pm Tom Sito will introduce several friends and guest speakers. Anyone who has a Corny story to share is invited to do so. Contact Sito at tom (at) tomsito (dot) com so he can add you to the list and introduce you. Refreshments will be served. (photo above via Jon Gomez) 4 Comments » posted in Animators, Corny Cole September 25, 2011 2:35 am
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack creator Thurop van Orman has taken fan interaction to a whole new level. This
Rest assured that this kind of wrestling is considered perfectly normal by Thurop, and according to Stewart’s followup tweet, might even be a kind of kinky foreplay in the van Orman household: “Thurop said he loves to wrestle and he does that with his wife too. He said she cheats by pulling his beard.” Add this as one more reason why LA artists should consider attending Ottawa: if you’re looking for a good place to bodyslam your fans into the ground, Canada and its universal health care system beckons! 17 Comments » posted in Animators, Flapjack, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Thurop van Orman September 21, 2011 5:27 am
Experimental filmmaker and abstract animator Jordan Belson passed away on September 6 at the age of 85. He created more than thirty films between the 1940s and 2000s, and contributed special effects to the 1983 feature The Right Stuff. More details about his life can be found on his official page at the Center for Visual Music and in this New York Times obit. Unfortunately, Belson explicitly stated that he didn’t want his films to be posted on-line so if you’re unfamiliar with his work, you’ll have to remain unfamiliar with his work. Film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon wrote this eloquent tribute about Belson on his blog recently:
[Image at top: From the film Allures. Copyright Jordan Belson, courtesy Center for Visual Music.] (Thanks, Sterling Sheehy) 6 Comments » posted in Animators, Experimental, Jordan Belson, RIP September 17, 2011 5:00 pm
Animator/layout artist Kevyn Wallace passed away on September 14th, at 3am, succumbing to the injuries sustained after being hit by a drunk driver on August 9th, 2011. He was 48 years old. Kevyn was an accomplished Feature Animation Layout Artist having quietly spent much of his career at Disney (Tarzan, Mulan), Universal (Land Before Time series) and Film Roman (The Simpsons Movie). At the time of his death, he was working on his own documentary chronicling the history of African-American Artists in Animation and their invaluable contributions to the industry. We received this information from his family:
We also understand that donations to the LAC+USC Burn Center would be welcome in lieu of flowers. 22 Comments » posted in Animators, Kevyn Wallace, RIP September 12, 2011 12:05 am
A public memorial service has been set up for Corny Cole, who passed away last month, on August 8. The Animation Guild had already scheduled an open-to-the-public Fine Art of Corny Cole exhibit and reception for Friday, October 7 at 6 pm. However, an official memorial event has been added for Sunday, October 9, from noon to 6pm in the Guild’s meeting room on the second floor. Both these events will be held at The Animation Guild building, at 1105 N. Hollywood Way, in Burbank, CA. For the Sunday memorial, attendees are encouraged to bring Corny Cole artwork to display or any video of his work, or of him, on DVD. At 1pm Tom Sito will introduce several friends and guest speakers. Anyone who has a Corny story to share is invited to do so. Contact Sito at tom (at) tomsito (dot) com so he can add you to the list and introduce you. Refreshments will be served. (photo above via Jon Gomez) 3 Comments » posted in Animators, Corny Cole September 11, 2011 12:05 am
For the 2011 Annecy Animation Festival, Paris-based food artist Alexandre Dubosc created a series of edible zoetropes – and made a delicious animated film, Alimation: Check out a set of behind the scenes photos on flickr. (Thanks, Justin via Laughing Squid) 3 Comments » posted in Animators, Alexandre Dubosc, Zoetrope September 7, 2011 2:05 pm
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