Business Commentary: Digital Domain May Be On The Brink Of Disaster by Amid Amidi Thursday August 30, 2012 9:01 pm Remember the CGI 2Pac “hologram” that Digital Domain created for Coachella earlier this year. The gimmick was well received, …
Animators This Is How Film Fundraising Worked Before Kickstarter by Amid Amidi Thursday August 30, 2012 11:08 am Fred Mogubgub was among the New York animation scene’sinnovative figures of the Sixties and Seventies. One of his most …
Bad Ideas What Fresh Hell Is This? by Jerry Beck Thursday August 30, 2012 6:00 am At least it’s not animation. Billboards and posters for thismysterious children’s film have been appearing all over town for …
Feature Film GKIDS Heats Up the Oscar Animated Feature Race by Amid Amidi Wednesday August 29, 2012 10:17 pm Today, family animation distributor GKIDS announced that theywill qualify four animated features for consideration in the …
Cartoon Culture Protest Erupts Over Disney’s Skinny Minnie by Jerry Beck Wednesday August 29, 2012 9:00 pm Barneys New York has partnered with Disney for their ElectricHoliday campaign, set to debut at Barney’s Madison Avenue …
Shorts “Hidden Place” by Stephen Irwin by Jerry Beck Wednesday August 29, 2012 12:30 pm Here’s a cool piece of retro/experimental madness by UK animator Stephen Irwin. It was one of several animated pieces curated …
Animators Seth MacFarlane To Host “SNL” Season Premiere by Amid Amidi Wednesday August 29, 2012 12:20 pm Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane is like the Neil Armstrong of the animation community, venturing into places that other …
CGI Kelly Richardson’s “Mariner 9″ Animates Futuristic Mars Landscape by Amid Amidi Wednesday August 29, 2012 11:14 am How might Mars look like a hundred years in the future, afterwe’ve sent dozens of rovers to explore the planet? That’s the …
Animators John Canemaker Remembers Tissa David by Amid Amidi Wednesday August 29, 2012 1:17 am Eminent animation historian John Canemaker wrote a lovelytribute to animator Tissa David for the Wall Street Journal. …
Student “The Colors Of Evil” by Alyse Miller and Phillip Simon by Jerry Beck Wednesday August 29, 2012 12:05 am This thesis film by Alyse Miller and Phillip Simon, fromFlorida’s Ringling College of Art and Design, is a heartwarming …
Business Spike Lee On The Value Of Owning Your Own Brand by Amid Amidi Tuesday August 28, 2012 10:12 pm Film critic Patrick Goldstein recently wrote his last piece forthe LA Times. The article, “Wanted: A Few Good Mavericks”, is …
Shorts “Life By A Thread” by James Sugrue by Jerry Beck Tuesday August 28, 2012 2:00 pm New York-based Titmouse animator Jim Sugrue’s latest personalfilm could use a musical score, but is otherwise a pretty wild
Books GIVEAWAY: “A Mary Blair Treasury of Golden Books” by Amid Amidi Tuesday August 28, 2012 11:47 am Random House, which is a sponsor of Cartoon Brew this month, has provided us with FIVE copies to give away of their new …
Anime “Live2D” by Cybernoids by Jerry Beck Tuesday August 28, 2012 12:30 am A new program by Japanese tech company, Cybernoids, could change the future of traditional animation… …or could …
Animators Animation Director LeSean Thomas: “You Have To Anticipate Failure If You Intend To Innovate” by Amid Amidi Monday August 27, 2012 8:12 pm LeSean Thomas, the supervising director and creative producer of Adult Swim’s Black Dynamite, spoke at TEDxSinchon about his …