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Festival Call for Entries: Holland, Stuttgart and Chilemonos
Cartoon Brew is pleased to announce the launch of our Animation Festival Guide.
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‘Saving Harry’ by Kris Hofmann
Magical paw prints guide Harry the hedgehog out of suburbia and back into the wild.
No AI, Perpetual License, Developed By Artists: Moho’s Free Side Quest Update Now Exports 2D Characters To Unity, Unreal, Godot, And Blender
Moho’s free 14.4 Side Quest update lets animators export full 2D rigs and animations to Unity, Unreal, Godot, and Blender using the glTF format.
Spanish Stop Motion Horror Feature ‘The Apostle’ Now Online
Spanish director Fernando Cortizo is doing something rare: making his animated feature easy to see.
New Cartoon Network Pilots: ‘Back to Backspace’ and ‘Pillywags Mansion’
Cartoon Network quietly dropped two new pilots on its website this week: Dominic Bisignano and Amalia Levari’s Back to Backspace and Sam Marin’s “Pillywags Mansion.”
DreamWorks Animation and Hasbro in Merger Talks
Although Japan’s SoftBank wasn’t successful in its bid to purchase DreamWorks Animation, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg continues to seek a buyer for his animation studio.
Tony Millionaire’s ‘Sock Monkey’ in Development as Animated Feature
Indie comic artist Tony Millionaire and animation artist Matt Danner are developing Millionaire’s “Sock Monkey” graphic stories as an animated feature.
‘Synesthesia’ by Michel Gagné
In the summer of 2013, composer Gheorghe Costinescu commissioned artist Michel Gagné to create an animated abstract visualization based on his 1973 work, “Dots, Lines, and Patches for recorded electronic sounds”. This film is the result.
New Job Openings at JibJab, Nitrogen Studios, Buck, HouseSpecial, and More!
Are you hunting for a great animation job? The Cartoon Brew Job Board is the ideal place to look for your next gig.
Artist of the Day: Kristoffer W. Mikkelsen
Today we look at the work of Kristoffer W. Mikkelsen, Cartoon Brew’s Artist of the Day!
The Making of ‘The Bigger Picture’ with Animator Chris Wilder
We go behind-the-scenes of the Oscar-shortlisted “The Bigger Picture” with animator Chris Wilder.
‘Recipe for Gruel’ by Sharon Smith
Life, one meal at a time.
Disney Will Release Both ‘Zootopia’ and ‘Moana’ in 2016
Disney has set release dates for its two 2016 releases: Zootopia and Moana.
Artist of the Day: Timothy Lamb
Today we look at the work of Timothy Lamb, Cartoon Brew’s Artist of the Day!
Michelle Obama Promotes ‘The Penguins of Madagascar’
As DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg knows, there’s lot of benefits to being President Obama’s BFF.
Lucasfilm Announces Surprise Animated Feature ‘Strange Magic’
Disney-owned Lucasfilm dropped a bombshell on the film world this morning: “Strange Magic,” a new previously-unannounced animated feature based on a story by George Lucas, will be released into theaters by Disney’s Touchstone Pictures label on January 23, 2015.
Pixar’s Tony DeRose Explains What Makes CG Characters Look So Smooth
What makes computer animation characters look so smooth? Hint: It’s not the artists.
‘Blue Umbrella’ Director Saschka Unseld Joins Passion NY
Saschka Unseld, who conceived and directed the Pixar short “The Blue Umbrella,” has moved to the East Coast to become the creative director of Passion New York,
KLIK! Animation Festival Winners: ‘Hipopotamy’ Wins Top Prize
The KLIK! Animation Festival concluded its six-day event last Sunday in Amsterdam, awarding its top prize to Piotr Dumala’s festival favorite “Hipopotamy.”
‘Song of the Sea’ Full U.S. Trailer
GKIDS has released a full trailer for “Song of the Sea” in anticipation of the film’s North American theatrical debut.
‘Big Hero 6’ Top U.S. Box Office with $56.2M Launch
Disney’s “Big Hero 6,” directed by Don Hall and Chris Williams, topped the United States box office with a first weekend gross of $56.2 million.
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