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Walt Stanchfield’s Gesture Drawing For Animation
Anybody who’s studied animation in recent years is doubtless familiar with Walt Stanchfield’s drawing handouts. Stanchfield (1919-2000), …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
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Animation producer Lydia Holness has teamed with directors Jonathan Garin and Naomi Nishimura to launch a new design/animation studio, …
Inside SVA’s 3D Animation Program: Clubs, Studio Tours, And Industry Access
See how SVA’s 3D Animation and Visual Effects program uses studio tours, student clubs, and portfolio reviews to prepare artists for careers.
New Anime at the Egyptian
Roughly a month from now, on Saturday March 31st, the American Cinematheque and The Japan Foundation are presenting a double bill of two …
Mickey Like You’ve Never Seen
Check out this sweet animation for a proposed videogame called Neo-Mickey. Apparently the project isn’t going forward at the moment which …
1960 US Navy spot by Bobe Cannon
After Robert “Bobe” Cannon (the genius director of Gerald McBoing Boing) left UPA around 1958, he began to do a lot of commercial …
Lee Lennox’s “Girl and the Sea”
The Presets’ “Girl and the Sea” is an incredibly lovely mixed-media music video directed by Lee Lennox. It’s not a new …
Janet Klein
Once again this Thursday night – and every first Thursday of the each month – Jerry Beck will be the opening act for Janet Klein & …
More from Jules Engel’s estate
Here are a few more caricatures from Jules Engel’s estate, courtesy of USC’s Christine Panushka, Jules’s executor. Christine wants to …
How William Shatner Deals With Producers/Execs
This hilarious MP3 clip from the Howard Stern Show features an excerpt from a commercial recording session by William Shatner. Listen to …
Jules Engel on Bambi
These three caricatures, above, are of Jules Engel enacting part of a storyboard on Bambi. Don’t strain your eyes. Click here to see a …
Dookie-Poo
There have been many cartoon characters based upon… uhh, shall we say, doo-doo. From Spumco’s Nutty, the Friendly Dump to South …
Three Trees Make a Forest Contest
Ok, as promised in the post about the book last Friday, we’re giving away two copies of the book Three Trees Make a Forest, courtesy of …
Oscar ’07: The fallout from the “Happy Feet” win
Happy Feet won. Does it matter? The sad fact is, it may. I won’t deny that Happy Feet was a well made, entertaining film. I liked …
Tehran International Animation Festival
The 5th Tehran International Animation Festival (English website) kicked off yesterday in Iran and continues through March 1. It’s a …
Monday Morning Reading
Just a few interesting bits I’ve run across recently: Perhaps the best tribute I’ve read to Ryan Larkin is this piece by animation …
Oscar Winners
In case you haven’t heard, at the Academy Award Ceremonies tonight the Oscar for Best Animated Short was won by The Danish Poet. The …
A Red-Hot Trade Ad
I just came across this trade ad from a 1945 issue of Box Office Magazine. Click on thumbnail image at left to see it in full …
NY/LA Animation Events on March 2
Here’s a heads up on two unusual animation screenings on Friday night, March 2nd—one in New York, the other in Los …
Understanding The Mind Of a Development Exec
There’s an interview with Nickelodeon development exec Peter Gal in the new issue of Animation Magazine and I’d been debating about …
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life
Man, I can’t wait for this one! Ammo Books is getting ready to release what could become one of the must-have books of recent times: a …
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