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Free NFB Shorts Online
Here’s an amazing site. In honor of their 65th anniversary, the National Film Board of Canada has posted on-line fifty of their most well …
Amid Amidi
Jim Flora’s The Day The Cow Sneezed
I’m a happy camper today. That’s because animation director Ward Jenkins just posted an amazing piece on his blog about Jim Flora’s 1957 …
Two Classic Commercials
A very random post. Here’s a couple interesting commercials I recently saw on YouTube. The first is a beautifully animated spot for the …
Random Disney Photo of the Day
Jenny Lerew recently posted a photo on her blog of Disney legend Ken Anderson posing for a publicity snap with an unidentified Japanese …
Floyd Norman on Working in the Disney Bullpen
Veteran animation artist Floyd Norman has written a great piece for Jim Hill Media about what it was like to work in the Disney “bullpen” …
Tintin Documentary on PBS
Jason Vanderhill points out on the fps blog that the 2004 documentary, TINTIN AND I, about Tintin creator Hergé, will premiere …
Animation in San Diego
The amount of animation related programming at this year’s Comic-Con International: San Diego borders on the obscene. Nearly every …
Responses to “Is My Animated Short Worth a Penny”
Wow, lots of responses to last week’s post, “Is My Animated Short Worth a Penny”. The general consensus seems to be that while these new …
Freedom River (1971)
As relevant as FREEDOM RIVER was in Vietnam-era United States, I’d wager its message is even more relevant in our day and age. The film’s …
BLAST 9 Update
I hope this will be the last update on ANIMATION BLAST 9 before the issue is finally released. My printer tells me that the issue will be …
Cartoons, Copyright and YouTube
So, what’s new in the world of animation this week? Well, YouTube has bowed to pressure from the movie studios and removed hundreds of …
Is My Animated Short Worth a Penny?
There’s been a lot of buzz in recent months about services like YouTube that allow filmmakers to host and share videos. A BUSINESS 2.0 …
Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit
I’m ashamed to say that until today I’d never seen Bob Godfrey’s classic animated short DO IT YOURSELF CARTOON KIT (1961). Cheap and …
Coke “Happiness Factory” by Psyop
Last week Coke unveiled a new CG spot for its latest campaign, “The Coke Side of Life.” The commercial, “Happiness Factory” (watch it …
Cartoon Network: At Least Our Dialogue is Funny
I don’t expect much from Cartoon Network these days. After all, this is the same “Cartoon” Network that announced a few months back that …
ARK by Grzegorz Jonkajtys
The ARK is a new CG animated short written and directed by Polish artist Grzegorz Jonkajtys. It is scheduled for completion by the end of …
Ken Harris Online
Did you know Warner Bros. animator Ken Harris has a website dedicated exclusively to his work? Me neither. The site is MasterAnimator.com …
Annecy 2006 Winners
A number of the winning films from this year’s Annecy animation festival can be seen on-line in their entirety. Here’s links to the ones …
Blog Roundup
Haven’t done this in a while so here’s a look at some artist blogs that I recommend… Samuel Michlap has some mighty incredible …
Can’t Break Tack’s Stride
To follow up on our recent THIEF AND THE COBBLER coverage, here’s a YTMND called “Can’t Break Tack’s Stride”. And if you’re wondering …
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