CGI A French Skin Flick That Gets Up Close (NSFW) by Amid Amidi Tuesday August 14, 2012 4:21 am It’s almost a guarantee that when you see a student film fromthe French animation school Supinfocom, it’s going to look …
Student “Stitches” by Reut Bortz by Jerry Beck Tuesday August 14, 2012 12:05 am Reut Bortz recently graduated from Bezalel Academy of Art andDesign in Jerusalem, Israel. Her graduation film Stitches …
Business Ed Hooks Explains Why His Popular Acting Book Is No Longer Available To Art Institutes Students by Amid Amidi Monday August 13, 2012 2:39 pm Last weekend we broke the story about Mike Tracy, a veteranteacher at the Art Institute of California–Orange County who …
Books “The Lost Art Of Heinrich Kley” Collects Over 450 Rare Drawings And Paintings by Amid Amidi Monday August 13, 2012 1:22 pm Small press publisher Picture This Press will releasetwo-volumes of The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley next month at the …
Cartoon Culture This Fall, Mitt Romney Is “ParaMormon” by Amid Amidi Monday August 13, 2012 12:54 pm The inevitable U. S. election season mash-up:
Flash “PigGoat BananaMantis!” By Dave Cooper, Johnny Ryan and Nick Cross by Amid Amidi Monday August 13, 2012 3:32 am PigGoatBananaMantis! is a wacky teaser trailer created recentlyby comic artists Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan, and animated by …
Illustration “Far Out Isn’t Far Enough” NSFW trailer by Jerry Beck Monday August 13, 2012 12:05 am Here’s one documentary I look forward to seeing: Rick Cikowskiand Brad Bernstein’s Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi …
Feature Film “ParaNorman” Smears by Amid Amidi Sunday August 12, 2012 10:53 pm Here’s something I’ve never seen before: sculpted smear models.Over the past decade, 3-D printers have transformed the art …
Business Animation Teacher Faces Termination For Refusing To Sell His Students Unnecessary Books by Amid Amidi Sunday August 12, 2012 2:57 am The standard of being a good teacher tends to be the same atmost schools. It involves sharing one’s experiences and …
Classic SCRAPPYLAND is now a blog! by Jerry Beck Saturday August 11, 2012 6:30 pm I’ve previously plugged Harry McCracken’s ongoing efforts torecognize Columbia Picture’s most popular (and now long …
TV The BEST “Scooby Doo” Ever? by Jerry Beck Saturday August 11, 2012 12:05 am I never thought I’d be posting about Scooby Doo ever again, much less be enthusiastic about it – but I happened to catch a …
Shorts Uli Meyer Will Direct A Short Based On Ronald Searle’s St. Trinian’s Girls by Amid Amidi Friday August 10, 2012 2:03 pm Animation veteran Uli Meyer is on a mission: capturing the vivid graphic style of illustration legend Ronald Searle in …
Shorts “God Is Kidding” By Boaz Balachsan And Dima Tretyakov by Amid Amidi Friday August 10, 2012 10:54 am Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design students Boaz Balachsan andDima Tretyakov recorded Israeli children giving their opinions …
Feature Film Meet “ParaNorman” Character Designer Heidi Smith by Chris Arrant Thursday August 9, 2012 3:30 pm On August 17th, ParaNorman, the second feature film fromOregon-based animation studio Laika (Coraline), will hit movie …
Disney “Wild And Wacky Disney Animation” At D23 by Jerry Beck Thursday August 9, 2012 12:05 am This weekend is Disney’s D23 event at the Disneyland Hotel inAnaheim. The focus of the conference is on 75 Years of Disney …