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Annie Awards coverage
Photos and article about the Annies at CGSociety.org. I enjoyed this excerpt from the article about Jerry receiving his award from June …
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New Art from The Haunted World of El Superbeasto
New stills have appeared online from the forthcoming direct-to-video Rob Zombie feature The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Chris …
Brad Bird Interviews
Brad Bird has done a couple radio interviews in the past week which are worth a listen. The first interview refers to him as “Big Bird” …
Prada’s Trembled Blossoms
Trembled Blossoms, a short film advertising the new Prada line, is worth pointing out not for its animation, which is a blend of awfully …
Why Don Hertzfeldt Probably Won’t Win An Annie
There are five nominees for Best Short Subject in this year’s Annie Awards, which will be presented by ASIFA-Hollywood tomorrow …
Next Tuesday: Patrick Smith Show in NY
Hot on the heels of his first solo art show last September, New York director and animator Patrick Smith is having another solo exhibit …
David Levy on The Rise of NY Indie Features
When I posted about my move to NYC last month, I alluded to the exciting trend of independent animated features being produced on the …
Obama-mation
Continuing our coverage of how animation is being used in this year’s Presidential election, below are two pro-Barack Obama spots …
Meet Hyacinth Hippo
I know what you’re saying to yourself right now: he’s finally lost his marbles and has started posting suggestive photos of voluptuous …
The Making of Timmy’s Christmas
Mike Nassar has written a super-detailed blog post documenting every step of how he and a few other artists produced Timmy’s Christmas, a …
Walk Cycle
Animation and comic artist Ryan Sias just published a new installment of his Silent Kimbly webcomic with a cheesy animation-related pun …
Faking It
Animator (and Animation Guild Local 839 prez) Kevin Koch has a useful post on his blog entitled “Faking It”, which addresses the topic of …
Radio Nova Spot by Romain Segaud
“Electro” (download 16mb file) is a stand-out commercial for French station Radio Nova directed by Romain Segaud (previously on the …
A Really Whole New World
This video is impressive: a guy, Nick Pitera, sings both the male and female parts of the Aladdin song, “A Whole New World.” As the video …
Animation Industry: West Coast vs. East Coast
Last week I had the pleasure of being the guest speaker for Dave Levy’s animation career class at SVA (School of Visual Arts). It was a …
Marcell Jankovics Animation Used In A Super Bowl Spot
Licensing old songs has been a staple of TV advertising in recent times, but could licensing animated shorts become the next trend in the …
“It’s Mine”
Not only was it a really good Super Bowl game, but Coca-Cola scored a touchdown with a terrific animation-related commercial titled “It’s …
Knitted Music Video
Director Simon Laganière’s new music video for the Quebec duo Tricot Machine uses artwork that is entirely knitted. Over 700 …
Badflavr.com by Arthur Metcalf
An impressive young talent who I’ve had the pleasure of meeting since moving out to NY is Arthur Metcalf. A self-taught animator, his …
Essential Viewing: Art Babbitt Documentary
Mathieu Vierendeel has posted onto YouTube the fascinating 1987 documentary Animating Art which examines the life and art of legendary …
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