Rate Seth MacFarlane’s Performance Tonight
Love him or hate him, Seth MacFarlane is making history tonight as the first (and probably last) animator to ever host an Academy Awards …
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Burger Ad Bliss
There’s something profoundly delightful about this early-Seventies Burger King ad featuring a mustachioed octopus selling Whoppers. It’s …
Artists Of Any Skill Level Can Create Professional Quality Animation With Cartoon Animator 5.2’s Motion Pilot
CTA dev Garry Pye and his 15-year-old daughter Maddison demonstrate how easy creating animation is with CTA 5.2.
Oscar-Nominated Animation Shorts Gets No Respect in People Magazine
As an animation supporter, it’s moments like this that makes you shake your head and wonder why you even try. In a single magazine …
How To Draw Popeye
Scans of an entire how-to-draw Popeye book from 1939 have been published online.
“To This Day”, A Collaborative Animated Short about Bullying
The most talked-about online animation debut this week was To This Day, which featured the contributions of over 80 animation artists who …
VFX/Animation Industry Will Protest at the Oscars Tomorrow
What better time to protest Hollywood’s woeful treatment of animation and visual effects artists than on the film industry’s biggest …
“Ernest and Celestine” Wins The Cesar Award
The Cesars, the French equivalent of the Oscars, were handed out on Friday evening. The sole prize for animated film (shorts and features …
The UK Animation Community Reacts to Bob Godfrey’s Death
Some of the biggest names in the UK animation scene are expressing their condolences on the occasion of Bob Godfrey’s passing. Here’s …
Bob Godfrey, RIP
Bob Godfrey, the Oscar-winning director of animated shorts and creator of beloved TV shows like “Roobarb” and “Henry’s Cat,” is dead at 91.
People Saw “Escape From Planet Earth” After All
The Weinstein Co’s Stephen Bruno reveals how he convinced people to come see the film in theaters.
Guest Commentary: The Life of an Indian Visual Effects Artist
Within the last 6 months, two of the biggest U.S. visual effects houses—Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues—have declared bankruptcy. …
Shane Acker Joins Reel FX To Direct “Beasts of Burden” Film
Santa Monica and Dallas-based Reel FX has no plans to slow down. Already producing two features—Jimmy Hayward’s Turkeys and Jorge …
Scooby-Doo Performs on Fox News
This gives new meaning to the question, “Scooby-Doo, where are you?”
Get Ready for the App Version of Richard Williams’ “Animator’s Survival Kit”
Coming soon: the iPad app version of Richard Williams’ indispensable The Animator’s Survival Kit. The publisher, Faber and Faber, …
15 Reasons Why Frank Tashlin Was Awesome
A tribute to the legendary director Frank Tashlin on his Centennial.
“Fat” Floats Onto the Internet
This is a fat farm of a different kind.
“The Pub” by Joseph Pierce
The human zoo that is a British pub.
Gallery: Background Paintings from “Adam and Dog”
Minkyu Lee conceived his Oscar-nominated short Adam and Dog while attending the Film Directing program at CalArts. Lee, 27, spent nearly …
Happy 92nd Birthday, Borge Ring
Happy birthday to animation legend Borge Ring, who is 92 years young today! Borge began animating in the 1930s. Here’s a commercial …
Harald Siepermann (1962-2013)
A visual development artist who had contributed to films like Mulan, Tarzan, Brother Bear, and Treasure Planet, has passed away at age 50.
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