A CAR-TUNE PORTRAIT

One of the hot things emerging on several cartoon blogs lately is the detailed deconstruction of classic animated features and shorts. By …

Evolution of a Disney Character

Master character designer Harald Siepermann has been doing some exceptional posts on his blog where he discusses how he arrived at the …

Animation Storytelling: The Pitch

Story artist Jenny Lerew has written another wonderful piece on animation storytelling, this time with a discussion of the story pitch, …

I WANT MY MAYPO!

Homestat Farm, the current manufactuers of MAYPO (the maple flavored oatmeal cereal) are relaunching the product with an updated version …

The (Mis)Marketing of Feature Animation

The FPS MAGAZINE blog has a thought-provoking piece by Marc Hairston about how Disney – not having learned anything from their clumsy …

Happy Birthday, Nina Simone

Today is Nina Simone’s birthday (Feb. 21, 1933-April 21, 2003), and to commemorate the date, here’s a soulful stop-motion music video for …

Oswald South of the Border

Mexican reader Uriel Durán writes to let us know that Oswald is popular nowadays in Mexico, as well as Japan: The situation is that in …

Aardman’s Johnnie Walker spot

This is an interesting, if not entirely successful, CG ad for Johnnie Walker produced by Aardman Animations. The one-minute spot brings …

Comments on CARS Clips

Pixar previewed a couple clips from CARS at WonderCon in San Francisco last weekend. Here’s a description of the clips shown. More …

LOS ANGELES LETS BE FRIENDS

LOS ANGELES LETS BE FRIENDS is a delightfully inventive CG/live-action spot from 2005 directed by Greg Gunn, Reza Rasoli and Diffan …

Preview: Remixing the Magic

REMIXING THE MAGIC opens this Friday, February 17, at Gallery 1988 (7020 Melrose Ave., corner of Melrose & La Brea). Opening reception is …

REASON TO GET A VIDEO IPOD

Classic Disney cartoon shorts are slowly being made available for download in Apple’s iTunes music store. The plan is to release every …

Kricfalusi Blogging

Guess who finally has his own blog? John K really needs to write a how-to animation book, but until that day, we’ve got his blog. His …

FREE JIMMY

SLIPP JIMMY FRI (FREE JIMMY) is Norway’s first CG animated feature, and also the country’s most expensive film production to date, with a …

Incredibles Golden Book by Tony Fucile

Fans of THE INCREDIBLES will want to check out the new Golden Book, JACK-JACK ATTACK, based on the Pixar short of the same name. The book …

Remembering Joe Ranft

Some really beautiful sentiments can be found on-line regarding Joe Ranft (1960-2005). Here’s a handful that stood out to me. The …

Kneitel, Sparber & Tytla

Which one of these doesn’t belong? I can’t get over this publicity photo of Disney great Bill Tytla, with Isadore Sparber and Seymour …

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