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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, …
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15 Reasons Why Frank Tashlin Was Awesome
A tribute to the legendary director Frank Tashlin on his Centennial.
Award-Winning 2D Animation Tips From The 2024 Cartoon Animator Contest
Learn nine pro techniques from 2024 Cartoon Animator contest winners to boost your 2D animation skills with creative rigs and smart motion tools.
“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.
If Pixar Made “Star Trek”…
After Pixarifying (is that a word?) the universes of Marvel/DC comics, Doctor Who and Star Wars, cartoonist Phil Postma has directed his …
The Legend of the “Legend of Tembo”
How the film’s co-director Aaron Blaise is keeping the memory of Digital Domain’s unproduced “Legend of Tembo” alive.
Will Anybody See “Escape from Planet Earth” This Weekend?
Today marks the American release of the Weinstein Company’s Escape from Planet Earth, a film that is best known for the nasty legal fight …
TONIGHT IN LA: DMTV2 Animation Screening
An exciting array of contemporary animation will screen tonight at the Synchronicity Space in Los Angeles as part of Floating World …
The Studio Promo To End All Studio Promos
How does a traditional animation studio promote itself in a CG-obsessed world? Austin, Texas-based Powerhouse Animation Studios, which …
Visual Effects Pioneer Petro Vlahos, RIP
Petro Vlahos, a visual effects pioneer and inventor of camera hardware, died last Sunday at age 96. His invention of the sodium vapor …
LOST FILMS: “Calaveras” by Jacques Colombat
What constitutes a “lost” film? The traditional definition is a film whose existence is confirmed but of which no prints can be found. …
Ralph Eggleston and Peter de Sève Featured in “State of the Art: Illustration 100 Years After Howard Pyle”
Last week the Delaware Art Museum debuted an exhibition called “State of the Art: Illustration 100 Years After Howard Pyle.” It will be …
JibJab’s StoryBots Learns Its ABCs
JibJab has completed the series of ABC videos that is part of their new children’s learning project StoryBots. The last video in the …
DreamWorks Animation Teams Up With Netflix For New Animated Series
The world of television animation is changing drastically, mainly by the fact that new animated shows won’t appear on TV. Netflix …
Pixar Artists Are Raising Money For A Short—And They’re Not Using Kickstarter
Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo show that there’s more than one way to raise money for an animated short.
Reel FX To Rhythm & Hues Artists: We Want You!
If there’s any silver lining to yesterday’s awful news about Rhythm & Hues, it’s that other companies hunger for the services of Rhythm & …
Official Press Release About the Ownership Change in Cartoon Brew
Author and historian Amid Amidi becomes sole managing owner of Cartoon Brew.
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