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A Very Blue Beard
There’s no use even attempting to explain this 1979 Russian animated short–A Very Blue Beard (below in two parts). Just enjoy it…or …
Amid Amidi
Rediscovering Irv Spector
Director Michael Sporn has recently been in touch with the son of animation legend Irv Spector. Spector worked as an animator, designer …
Oktapodi Online
The French CG student film Oktapodi has been winning all sorts of awards this year including the “Best Animation” prize at the Imagina …
“Space and the Woods” Music Video
Another recent music video to point out. This one is for the band Late of the Pier and their song “Space and the Woods.” The video is …
Three Music Videos
Music videos are such a great place for experimentation with visual techniques and ideas. Here’s three that have caught my attention …
New United Airlines Animated Spots
United Airlines has unveiled five new animated spots for the Beijing Olympics. The commercial are elegant, visually-driven and beautiful …
Animated Chicago by Joe Fournier
One of the newest, and most unexpected, outlets for original animation nowadays appears be newspaper websites. For the past year or so, …
Animated Features for Grown-Ups
FilmInFocus.com has a series of articles entitled “Adult Animation: A Look at How Cartoons Grew Up.” I wrote a piece for them about the …
Who Needs to Pitch?
LA Weekly has two articles this week profiling Amy Winfrey and her animated webseries Making Fiends and Stefan Bucher’s Daily Monster …
‘Ideation’ by Jeremiah Dickey
Ideation is a well drawn and very short short by East Coast animator Jeremiah Dickey.
Eric Goldberg Speaks
The cuddliest man in animation, Eric Goldberg, is interviewed on the latest edition of the Animation Podcast. The chat is an hour long, …
Another Piece of Animal Kung Fu
Chop Socky Chooks is a CG television series produced by Aardman for Cartoon Network UK. The show, starring kung fu chickens, was created …
“Muffin Man” by Tom & Mark
“Muffin Man” is a new spot for Royal Bank of Canada directed by Tom and Mark Perrett (repped by Nexus Productions). The commercial uses …
Hanna-Barbera Anti-Drug PSA
When Scooby-Doo met Peter Max…
Bob Godfrey Documentary
A short but delightful BBC special (in two parts) about British animation legend Bob Godfrey. It’s from the early-1970s. The …
Betty Boop: Latino Icon
Apparently lots of Latino people think they look like Betty Boop. This article in Swindle Magazine discusses the popularity of the …
Color in 101 Dalmatians
To this day, Walt Peregoy’s color styling in 101 Dalmatians remains a fine example of how color can be used creatively in animation while …
Teaser Trailer for Pixar’s Up
This weekend at Comic-Con, Pixar previewed footage from their next film, Up, directed by Pete Docter. They’ve also just released the …
Tony Benedict’s Online Scrapbook
Animation artist Tony Benedict (no relation to Ed) has a personal website that offers a mishmash of photos, gag drawings and ephemera …
TONIGHT: Animation Block Party in NY
The West Coast may have the San Diego Comic-Con, but New Yorkers have Animation Block Party, a three-day animation festival that opens …
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