Patrick Stewart Says Animation Most Exciting Area of Film
Actor Patrick Stewart expresses his appreciation for animation in this CNN interview and says that, “I think in film the most exciting …
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Chris Sanders Talks About “Big Bear”
Chris Sanders, the author of the Big Bear Aircraft Company, penned a detailed comment that clarifies the purpose of the book and the …
Read the Chris Sanders Storybook About What Was Wrong At Disney in the 1980s
An allegorical tale about the animation industry by the director of “Lilo and Stitch” and “How to Train Your Dragon.”
Animation vs. Animations
Does it bother you when someone calls multiple pieces of animation “animations”? Well, there’s a Facebook group for that: Stop Calling …
A Pitch Party Where Everyone Loses Except Animation Magazine
The problem with publishing a magazine about animation that nobody wants to read is that one often has to resort to questionable tactics …
Physics for Animation 101
A short piece about Alejandro Garcia, a professor at San Jose State who teaches physics to animation students and is now consulting …
“Space Jam” Producer Says Mo-Cap Isn’t Animation and Why He’s Wrong
Last July we posted the amended Oscar rules that stated motion capture would no longer be eligible for the best animated feature Oscar. …
Comment of the Day: Digital Domain Should Avoid Missteps of Others
Digital Domain is jumping head first into the feature animation game. Veteran studio owner and director Uli Meyer suggested in our …
Should I Post My Film On-Line?: A Filmmaker’s Perspective
Tiny Inventions wrote a fascinating blog post about the pros and cons of immediately distributing their short Something Left, Something …
Comment of the Day: There are good stories about Pixar to tell
Responding to my comment about the difficulty of writing anything interesting about Pixar nowadays, Brew reader Matt said: It’s hard …
Ed Wynn Deals with TV Network Execs
Ed Wynn on TV network executives in 1950: “You know what an executive is to me? An executive is a man who gets $50,000 a year, has a …
A Response to Harry Partridge’s Silly Go! Animate Rant
“It’s not a gay lobster but still funny” – a response by “reddplague” to Harry Partridge’s anti-Go! Animate cartoon rant. For the …
Animated Shorts: Sell or Give Away for Free?
Last year I wrote about how the family of British animation legend Bob Godfrey was uploading his films to YouTube. Now they’ve removed …
This PENCIL Must Be the Answer!
A Jack Kirby panel custom-drawn for traditional animators. Read more about the panel HERE. (via Super Punch)
BOOK EXCERPT: “Directing Animation”
New York animation director and ASIFA-East president David Levy has written a trio of helpful books aimed at young artists entering the …
Top Three Animated Films on YouTube and Vimeo
Hadn’t checked in a while and was curious to see what the most viewed pieces of animation on YouTube and Vimeo currently are. The results …
“Family Guy” Producer & Writer Alec Sulkin is an Insensitive Jerk
The image above contains the response to the tragic natural disasters in Japan by a douchebag named Alec Sulkin, who happens to be a …
5 Second Day at Titmouse
On President’s Day (February 21), Titmouse asked its animators to spend the entire workday animating their own ideas. The only rule was …
The 6 Most Unforgivable Animation Oscar Moments
Few people in the animation community take the Oscars seriously as a barometer for what is cutting-edge or innovative in animation, and …
LINK: Historian Michael Barrier Decries Pixar, CG Animation
Read the article on The Huffington Post.
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