Disney

Buy Snow White’s House

by Jerry Beck   Wednesday July 20, 2011   6:00 am

Another animation landmark is up for grabs – for $1.1 million.
The late Adriana Caselotti, the voice of Disney’s Snow White …

3-D

Max Fleischer predicts the Future!

by Jerry Beck   Wednesday July 20, 2011   12:05 am

Popeye authority Fred Grandinetti found this clipping in The
Miami News (published on December 25th, 1936) in which Max …

Pixar

New Animation School Opens Across the Street from Pixar

by Amid Amidi   Tuesday July 19, 2011   1:27 pm

The Animation Collaborative is a new series of animation
workshops that take place in Emeryville directly across the …

Bad Ideas

FACT CHECK: Weta Did Not Invent Motion Capture

by Amid Amidi   Tuesday July 19, 2011   11:18 am

No one turns to the Wall Street Journal for insightful animation
coverage, but that’s still no excuse for this egregious error …

Shorts

“Jazzed” by Anton Setola

by Amid Amidi   Tuesday July 19, 2011   9:54 am

Bold colors and playful visual rhythms merge in Anton Setola’s
Jazzed, a film animated in TVPaint. Finished in 2008, Jazzed …

Shorts

“Gorge” by Thomas Knowler

by Jerry Beck   Tuesday July 19, 2011   3:30 am

When an all-consuming city overwhelms you, remember music can
set you free… Thomas Knowler’s post-grad thesis project for …

Student

“The Sleischers” by Tim Razumovsky & Eyal Oren (NSFW)

by Jerry Beck   Tuesday July 19, 2011   12:05 am

Tim Razumovsky & Eyal Oren’s third year student film at the
Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design/Israel, is an R-rated tribute …

Comics

San Diego Comic-Con and Tr!ckster Open Thread

by Amid Amidi   Monday July 18, 2011   9:03 am

Are you an animation artist artist who will be exhibiting your
wares at San Diego Comic-Con or TR!CKSTER this week? If so, …

Business

“Cars 2″ Outgrosses “Winnie the Pooh” Debut

by Amid Amidi   Monday July 18, 2011   8:38 am

Winnie the Pooh, Disney’s first hand-drawn animated feature
since 2009′s The Princess and the Frog, opened in 6th place with …

Animators

“Animation Time” by Mike B. Anderson

by Jerry Beck   Monday July 18, 2011   3:30 am

Still photos, shot on an iphone and edited together by Mike B.
Anderson, showing a day in the life at Film Roman in Burbank …

Events

THIS WEEK: Comic-Con & Tr!ckster

by Jerry Beck   Monday July 18, 2011   12:05 am

I’ll be down in San Diego later this week, splitting my time six
ways (and probably pulling my hair out) running all over …

Feature Film

“Zarafa” teaser trailer

by Jerry Beck   Sunday July 17, 2011   9:00 pm

Opening next February in France, this hand drawn feature from
filmmaker Remi Bezancon and animator Jean-Christophe Lie …

Animators

Tod Polson and Chronicle are Making a Maurice Noble Book

by Amid Amidi   Saturday July 16, 2011   6:23 am

Advertising

“Umbro – Blackout” by Buck

by Jerry Beck   Saturday July 16, 2011   3:00 am

The latest hand drawn viral spot from the Buck studio, created
for sportswear apparel maker Umbro to promote their …

Music Videos

Lori Samsel Animates Japanese Nursey Rhyme “Teru Teru Bozu”

by Amid Amidi   Friday July 15, 2011   2:27 pm

Here’s a fun foreign culture lesson for a Friday. Teru Teru Bozu
by Brooklyn-based Lori Samsel reinterprets a traditional …