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Schla La Las Video by Ben Cowell
To take a break from his day job as a CG animator at Nexus Productions, Brew reader Ben Cowell created a stop-motion music video for the …
Amid Amidi
The Value of Owning Your Creations
Spurred on by my recent posts criticizing Cuppa Coffee’s Zootube contest (here and here), animation artist Keith Lango has written some …
Zippy on CG
Last Saturday, the topic of Bill Griffith’s ZIPPY comic strip was computer animation. Click on the strip below for the full-size …
Live-Action Geri’s Game
Here’s something that’s cool for cool’s sake. Brazilian film students Cesar Turin, Dalila Martins, Dani Libardi and Dhyana Mai have …
Toy Story 3 and American Dog News
During a Disney investor’s conference yesterday, John Lasseter and Ed Catmull announced some major Disney-Pixar news. Notably, that TOY …
“After These Messages” At Nucleus This Saturday
Anna Chambers Need something awesome to do in LA this Saturday? Check out the art show opening “After These Messages: A Tribute to …
Shane Acker’s 9
Shane Acker, the director of the atmospheric Oscar-nominated short 9, was a special guest at the ANIMATION SHOW screening in LA a couple …
Yo Gabba Gabba! Greenlit
YO GABBA GABBA! has been picked up for twenty half-hour episodes by Nick Jr. The kooky live-action/animated preschooler variety show is …
More On Cuppa Coffee’s ZooTube
Cuppa Coffee president Adam Shaheen responded indirectly to my recent post, “Cuppa Coffee Wants To Ream Filmmakers” (Feb. 5), by writing …
Purple And Brown
A lot of Aardman’s work in recent years has been too slick and labored for its own good, but one of their new series marks a wonderful …
Marc Craste Commercial For Lloyds TSB
Director/designer Marc Craste (JOJO IN THE STARS) has completed a new :60 CG spot for Lloyds TSB. Watch the commercial here (15mb). The …
Emanuele Luzzati (1921-2007)
Italian animation legend Emanuele Luzzati has died at age 85. He collaborated with Giulio Gianini on numerous cut-out animation shorts …
Animation Show in LA
The new edition of the Animation Show arrives in LA tomorrow, February 7. It’s playing for one night at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Showtimes are …
A Coffeeshop for Animators
Finally, somebody has combined two of my passions: coffee and cartoons. Flip Cafe is a coffeeshop in Bangkok that, according to their …
Romain Segaud
Romain Segaud (b. 1980) is one of France’s most exciting up-and-coming animation talents. He was the co-director of the awesome student …
Madonna In The ‘Who’s That Girl’ Titles
Below are the striking titles for the Madonna film Who’s That Girl (1987). The titles, which re-imagine Madonna as a Betty …
Cuppa Coffee Wants to Ream Filmmakers
Toronto-based animation studio Cuppa Coffee Studios has always struck me as a decent outfit, but I’ve lost a lot of respect for them …
Super Bowl Ads: Meet The Robinsons
Below is the MEET THE ROBINSONS spot that Disney is airing tomorrow during the Super Bowl. It’s part of the MEET THE ROBINSONS channel on …
Doctor Finklestar: Space Urologist
Meet Doctor Finklestar: Space Urologist. Sophisticated humor this is not, but it does deliver the funny. It’s from C.H. Greenblatt, …
And You’re Qualified To Work in Animation Because?
Here’s a recent AWN interview where a Disney exec producer explains his credentials that qualify him to work in the animation …
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