Business Welcome to the Gold Rush of Internet Animation Channels by Amid Amidi Thursday April 5, 2012 8:23 am In last week’s post about Butch Hartman’s animation channel, Iwrote that, “The word of the year for Internet content is …
Music Videos Music Video Round-up (#9) by Jerry Beck Thursday April 5, 2012 4:00 am Crash by Belle & Sebastian A cover version by Belle &Sebastian of the 1988 hit song Crash by The Primitives. This …
Business Douchey Digital Domain CEO John Textor: “Free Labor is Much Better Than Cheap Labor” by Amid Amidi Thursday April 5, 2012 3:25 am VFX Soldier has dug up its pièce de résistance: a video ofDigital Domain CEO John Textor gloating about how not paying …
Internet/Blogs The Premiere Episode of Butch Hartman’s YooToon Channel by Amid Amidi Wednesday April 4, 2012 9:09 pm Last week, I wrote about YooToon, a new Internet animationchannel created by Fairly OddParents creator Butch Hartman. The …
Stop Motion “Luminaris” by Juan Pablo Zaramella by Jerry Beck Wednesday April 4, 2012 3:00 am This brilliant piece of stop motion/pixilation from BuenosAires-based Juan Pablo Zaramella was on the Oscar shortlist last …
Animators Walter Lantz in 1948 by Jerry Beck Wednesday April 4, 2012 2:35 am Posting random classic photos has become the raison d’être of Facebook, but I just couldn’t resist sharing this vintage …
Business John Textor Made $16 Million In 2011 While Digital Domain’s Revenue Dropped by Amid Amidi Tuesday April 3, 2012 11:00 pm Students will soon be racking up huge amounts of student loandebt while their money lines the coffers of vfx studio Digital …
Business John Textor’s “Free Student Labor” Comments Have Staying Power by Amid Amidi Tuesday April 3, 2012 12:55 pm Outrage over comments by Digital Domain CEO John Textorcontinues to grow and has now spread across all corners of the …
CGI Animating a 400-Year-Old Painting in Maya by Amid Amidi Tuesday April 3, 2012 4:00 am Many artists have animated famous paintings before, but thehusband-and-wife artistic team Rob and Nick Carter have taken it …
Internet/Blogs Historical Animated GIFs by Kevin J. Weir by Amid Amidi Tuesday April 3, 2012 2:52 am VCU Brandcenter student Kevin J. Weir finds public domain images on the Library of Congress Flickr stream and turns them …
Animators “Casting The Birds” by Uli Meyer by Jerry Beck Tuesday April 3, 2012 12:30 am Animator/director Uli Meyer’sCasting The Birds is not a newfilm, but a beautiful limited edition print Meyer’s been selling …
Site News March in Review: Glen Keane Left Disney and Some Other Stuff Happened by brewmasters Monday April 2, 2012 3:12 pm This past month we not only commemorated Cartoon Brew’s eighthanniversary, we also achieved the highest month of traffic in …
Books Pre-Order “Full Steam Ahead!,” the Ward Kimball Biography by Amid Amidi Monday April 2, 2012 2:02 am April 2, 1934. Seventy-eight years ago to the day, atwenty-year-old kid started working at Walt Disney Productions. …
Advertising Seth MacFarlane’s “Ted” trailer by Jerry Beck Monday April 2, 2012 12:30 am Seth MacFarlane’s first full-length feature is a hilariouslyraunchy mix of live action and CG animation. Mark Wahlberg stars …
Anime Cool “Gigantor” posters by Laurent Durieux by Jerry Beck Monday April 2, 2012 12:05 am Dark Hall Mansion, who produces those cool Peanuts Specialslimited edition posters by Tom Whelan, are at it again. This …