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“Satori” by Abhilasha Dewan
Satori is another recent Sheridan thesis film that has popped up online. Along with yesterday’s A Good Wife, the film offers a glimpse of …
Amid Amidi
Learn 2D FX Animation for 85 Cents a Day
2D special effects animators are a breed apart. Their work is extremely detail-oriented and demands an incredibly high level of …
How Cartoon Brew Spawned Bronies
One of Cartoon Brew’s most popular archived posts is my October 19, 2010 commentary about the end of creator-driven animation. The post, …
“A Good Wife” by W. Scott Forbes
The story of A Good Wife is fairly well summarized by its ironic title. What remains is a tribute to mid-century modern aesthetics and an …
Rising Artist: Paul Cabon
It’s rare to browse through someone’s on-line animation videos and enjoy everything they’ve produced. That’s the happy feeling I …
Animated Fragments #15
Welcome to the first 2012 installment of Cartoon Brew’s “Animated Fragments.” Covering the animation world used to be a lot easier five …
“A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol”
I do believe there is such a thing as over-art directing a piece of animation to the point where the message becomes buried within the …
TV Cartoon Explains Politics to Kids
This 1961 episode of Tales of the Wizard of Oz harkens back to a time when animation writers didn’t speak down to kids. It’s a perfect …
“Lipsmackers by Beercan Rd.” by Sachio Cook
Lipsmackers by Beercan Rd. is a 2011 thesis film produced at the School of Visual Arts by Sachio Cook. The film has a quirky tone, …
TRAILER: “The Last Belle” by Neil Boyle
Fifteen years in the making. 35,000 hand drawn, hand-painted cels. Shot onto 35mm movie film on a rostrum camera. This is Neil …
“Two Against One” by Chris Milk & Anthony Schepperd
It’s a virtual guarantee that every time Philly-based Anthony Francisco Schepperd creates a piece of animation, it’s going to be more …
John Canemaker’s “Moon and the Son” on DVD
John Canemaker’s 2005 Academy Award-winning animated short The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation is finally out on DVD. While …
“More Than Winning” By Nick Fox-Gieg
“They gave me a gun, a pick, and a hand grenade, and said ‘Win at any cost,’ and I said ‘Right.’ There’s nothing I love more than …
THIS THURSDAY IN LA: Bob McIntosh Paintings
This Thursday, January 12, Trigg Ison Fine Art (9009 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90048) will host the opening reception for …
The Definitive History of Disney’s “Snow White” is Coming!
Since posting our 2012 animation book preview, I’ve updated the list with additional titles, and one of those books deserves its own …
Rediscovered: Long-Lost Version of “The Hobbit” by Gene Deitch
A long-lost version of The Hobbit by animation legend Gene Deitch has resurfaced online in the past few days. Why did Gene produce this …
“Three Caballeros” review by Wolcott Gibbs
Wolcott Gibbs was the the drama critic of The New Yorker for many years, but he also wrote about other sorts of stuff, such as this smart …
Music Video Roundup #2
Here’s a batch of recent music videos from around the globe to start off the new year. Remember to keep submitting your videos. We intend …
How to Run a Successful Kickstarter Campaign
A few months ago, Colorado-based filmmaker Corrie Francis Parks raised nearly $12,000 through Kickstarter to create her first …
Animated Fragments #14
Let’s have one more batch of Animated Fragments to close out the year. Fragments has been one of our most popular new features in 2011, …
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