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“Embrace” By Ashley Rae Pearsall
It takes restraint to use 2D motion graphics in as straightforward a manner as Ashley Rae Pearsall’s Embrace. The effect is surprisingly …
Amid Amidi
“Disasterland” Depicts Disney Characters In Adult Situations
Disney characters transposed into real-world adult situations have existed as long as Disney animation has existed. Take, for example, …
“Looney Tune Bounce” By Mr. Ghetto (NSFW)
Um, I don’t see any putty tats in this video, but I see a lot of nice girls having a good time. And, after all, isn’t that what Looney …
Patton Oswalt’s Important Message To Creators And Executives
Comedian Patton Oswalt delivered an inspiring keynote at last week’s Just For Laughs Comedy Conference in Montreal. He presented it in …
“Animaniacs” Made Entertaining With Addition Of Burlesque
Attractive scantily-clad women who like Animaniacs sounds like every ’90s TV animation fanboy’s wet dream, but New York City residents no …
Meet Bahi JD, Austrian GIF Animator Turned Japanese Pro Animator
How does a 21-year-old kid living in Vienna, Austria become a key animator on a Japanese anime series directed by Shinichiro Watanabe …
“Brats” By Ian Cheng
Ian Cheng’s expressive use of motion capture was featured on Cartoon Brew last year. His new music video for Liars’ “Brats” is a hunter …
Betty Boop And Popeye In Europe
Classic American cartoon characters pop up throughout Europe in unexpected ways. A couple examples from my recent trip: Betty Boop …
Bob Givens Redux
A couple days ago, I wrote about Bob Givens, the 94-year-old artist who designed Bugs Bunny in his debut short A Wild Hare. While I was …
“ParaNorman” Posters
These striking illustrated posters promoting Laika’s latest film ParaNorman are being displayed around various US cities. I saw them in …
Does Pen Ward Toot?
Kid President asks the tough questions that we all want to know.
THIS WEEKEND IN BROOKLYN: Animation Block Party
Animation Block Party returns this weekend for its ninth edition. The three-day festival opens tonight with an outdoor screening on the …
72 Years Ago Today: Bugs Bunny Was Born
Seventy-two years ago today – on July 27th, 1940 – Bugs Bunny appeared in Tex Avery’s A Wild Hare. The Warner Bros. short is widely …
UPA Commercials Discovered
In the six years since the publication of my book Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation, a lot of new artwork and films …
The Seven Deadly Sins In Animated GIF Form
French comic artist Boulet (aka Gilles Roussel) animated the seven deadly sins as GIFs. It’s hard to pick, but greed was my favorite in …
DreamWorks Artwork Is The Subject Of USC Gallery Exhibit
DreamWorks Animation has been in the news plenty lately. They released their first consumer app, acquired a huge library of classic …
“Olympic Vermin” By Amael Isnard And Leo Bridle
This alternative London Olympics torch relay cuts the event down to size, or in the words of the filmmakers, “pokes fun at the Olympics …
Let’s All Dig Through Terry Gilliam’s Archive
Imagine that animator/film director Terry Gilliam had a daughter. Imagine that daughter dug through her dad’s archives. Imagine that she …
“O Rei Gastão” By Diogo Viegas
O Rei Gastão (King Gaston) by Rio de Janeiro-based animator Diogo Viegas picked up the best children’s animation award at this year’s …
TRAILER: “The Cold Heart” By Hannes Rall
German animation director Hannes Rall, who has previously adapted Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The …
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