“Semáforo” by Simón Wilches-Castro
USC student Simón Wilches-Castro sent a message to let us know about his new short, Semáforo (Stoplight), inspired by the street …
USC student Simón Wilches-Castro sent a message to let us know about his new short, Semáforo (Stoplight), inspired by the street …
Cartoon women are inherently difficult subjects for the animator for the reason that animation demands caricature and comedy, which are …
South Korean director Jin Sung Choi (Tom N Jerry, Entering the Mind Through the Mouth) is well into production of his first feature film, …
The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film announced their winners last Sunday. The grand prize, which included a 15,000 Euro …
What are the essential reference books that anyone with an interest in animation history should have on their bookshelf? It’s a question …
Hollywood animation studios seem to think that 2D animation is dead so we may as well go ahead and make it official. Former Walt Disney …
A Japanese beverage company is encouraging its drinkers to animate their drink bottles after they’ve finished drinking its contents. They …
This sequence—Transe Le Gros—by Julie Faure-Brac was made for “Incantations”, an interactive installation produced in …
Fictionalized accounts of Walt Disney’s life are all the rage this season, so much so that even the Walt Disney Company is inventing …
In 2005, Don Bluth and producing partner Gary Goldman donated their animation archives to Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD). The …
It’s the return of a readers’ favorite: Animated Fragments. These clips celebrate the briefest of the brief: short animated experiments, …
Director and animator Ken Mundie, who is in his late-’80s, is probably the oldest animator to date who has used Kickstarter to fund an …
Cartoonist Kevin McShane has spent the last two years drawing himself in the styles of different animators and animated films. He’s …
The new print issue of Mother Jones (May/June 2013) has a fascinating piece about DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg and his …
Rhizome.org published a great interview with David OReilly about his recent Adventure Time episode “A Glitch is a Glitch” and the …
Animation veteran Tony Bancroft (co-director of Mulan) has an interesting sound book in the works. It’s called Directing for Animation: …
Annecy, the longest-running and largest animation fesival, has announced the feature film selections for their upcoming festival in June. …
Animation editor Jay Lawton has died at age 51 after a battle with cancer.
A man plus an ice cream cone is not the recipe for tension-filled drama unless the film is Stammer. This playful experimental piece by …
DreamWorks animator by day, independent filmmaker by night—David Stodolny keeps busy for sure. His pop culture parodies of The Hulk and …