Wild Brain in the SF WEEKLY
“After struggling uphill in the difficult yet potentially profitable world of computer animation films, Wild Brain is on the cusp of …
Amid Amidi
Chris Savino’s Adventures In Milk
Chris Savino, who worked on the original REN & STIMPY and has subsequently produced THE POWERPUFF GIRLS, directed DEXTER’S LABORATORY and …
SIGGRAPH’s Electronic Theater in Montreal
Here’s a chance to see some quality CG in Montreal. The SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater will play this Thursday, October 13, at the …
Talented Animation Student Blogs
Here are three terrific blogs by animation students, one each from France, Canada and the US. The future of animation looks bright if …
Tartakovsky Moving Into Features (Again)
Big buzzworthy story here: VARIETY reports that Genndy Tartakovsky (creator, SAMURAI JACK, DEXTER’S LABORATORY; director, STAR WARS: …
Pyrats at Gobelins
A group of French animation students at the school Gobelins have started a blog documenting the production of their animated short …
Why Europeans Teach Animation Better
A lot of people over the past few years (myself included) have been highly impressed with student animation films coming out of European …
War Photographer
Cold Hard Flash liked this music video.Drawn liked this music video.And now it’s my turn to like it. “War Photographer” is a Flash …
Dali and Disney in PRINT
The new issue of PRINT (Sept/Oct) has a good piece by John Canemaker about the legendary collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador …
Book Illustration Done Right
Illustrator Eric Sturdevant has a really excellent collection of scans of children’s illustrated books on Flickr. There is gorgeous art …
Magic Malibu Kingdom
Now that Michael Eisner is no longer desecrating the Disney name on a daily basis, he’s going to spend his time building his dream house …
Devin Crane Art Show in LA
Devin Crane, currently a vis dev artist at DreamWorks Feature Animation, is having a one-man show at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight (7020 …
More Praise for Wallace & Gromit
Former ANIMATO! editor Harry McCracken calls WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT “the most enjoyable non-Pixar non-Japanese …
Ottawa Trip Reports
I’m still working on my own little write-up about the Ottawa Animation Festival, but there’s a whole lot of festival coverage being …
MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION: Toru Fukuda
Contemporary Japanese illustrator Toru Fukuda’s work is dripping with mid-century, Abner Graboff-flavored goodness. There’s plentiful …
Sunday Pants
SUNDAY PANTS is a new animated variety show that premieres on Cartoon Network tonight, Oct. 2, at 9:30 pm (ET/PT). Each episode will …
Siepermann on TREASURE PLANET
Character designer Harald Siepermann has a series of posts on his blog where he shares his character concepts from Disney’s TREASURE …
GO FOR THE GOLD
I know Jerry has already mentioned this, but it’s worth doing so again. I received my copy of GO FOR THE GOLD: A MEATHAUS SKETCHBOOK when …
Disney Dunk
Swish! After Roy Disney Jr. fouled out with SaveDisney, he has rebounded by purchasing the Harlem Globetrotters. Nothing beats buying a …
Back from Ottawa
Four words: OTTAWA WAS A BLAST! I’m still recovering (sleep, man, sleep) and will write more about the festival in a bit. If you post …
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