“On The Water” by Yi Zhao
Quite simple and quite effective. Fresh off the festival circuit this beautiful film, a metaphor of the life cycle, was the graduation …
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This Is What Computer Animation Looked Like In 1971
The documentary above offers a fascinating look at the Key Frame animation system designed by Marceli Wein and Nestor Burtnyk at the …
Level Up Your 2D Animation Like A Pro With Cartoon Animator
Cartoonist and animator Garry Pye shares quick and easy steps CTA users can take to up their 2d animation game.
“Pac Man: The Movie” by James Farr
If Hollywood were to take Pac Man seriously and produce a live action blockbuster movie of it – it would probably feel like this. …
GIVEAWAY: UPA Jolly Frolics DVD sets
CONTEST IS CLOSED! WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SUNDAY. I’ve got two copies to give away of TCM’s 3-dvd UPA Jolly Frolics set. It’s …
Bob Clampett’s first cartoons
Animator Mark Kausler blogs about his latest discovery – Bob Clampett’s first published cartoon art. It’s from 1925 and was published in …
Kim Deitch: “Leaping Tall Buildings”
Worth a look: Kim Deitch (veteran underground cartoonist and son of animation director Gene Deitch) talks about his comics career and …
Thomas Kinkade, RIP
The self-proclaimed painter of light, Thomas Kinkade, died unexpectedly on Friday at the age of 54. Before becoming a fine artist, …
LACMA in April: Alice, Fischinger and Paramount Cartoons
The spectacular sold out UPA program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) last week marked the beginning of even more …
DreamWorks Animation to Announce First Quarter 2012 Results and Host Earnings Conference Call
GLENDALE, Calif., April 6, 2012 — DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq: DWA) today announced that the Company’s first quarter results …
FUNimation Announces Acquisition of Anime Series “Sankarea” and “Shangri-La”
Flower Mound, TX — April 6, 2012 – FUNimation Entertainment announced today at Sakura-con it has acquired the rights to 2 anime series: …
“Easter Eggs” by Oli Putland
Just in time for Easter, Oli Putland’s cute stop motion egg-stravaganza Easter Eggs. The film was shot using an iPad 2 and iPhone 4 …
Eye Candy From The UPA “Jolly Frolics” DVDs
I watched all the UPA theatrical shorts back when I was writing Cartoon Modern, but seeing them restored on TCM’s new 3-DVD “Jolly …
“Garage” by Sam Chou
Five friends, five musicians, one garage. Here’s a killer sample piece created and directed by Toronto’s Sam Chou, for a TV series in …
“Motorcity” Set To Premiere April 30 on Disney XD
Disney XD is set to premiere Motorcity, a turbo-charged animated series set in futuristic Detroit, controlled by an evil billionaire …
Render Rocket Announces Two New Services
LOS ANGELES, CA — Render Rocket , an advanced cloud-based rendering services company, announced that it has added Free, Unlimited Test …
Pixel Farm Announces New 3-D Toolset for VFX Artists
MARDEN, Kent — The Pixel Farm, developer of innovative image processing systems for VFX, DI and restoration, announced PFDepth — a …
Stop Motion Animation Festival, Stop & Go 3-D, Heads To Europe
STOP & GO 3-D Premieres this May/June 2012 in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Leiden, Berlin, Pula and Zagreb Stop-Motion Animation Festival + …
Seeing Double? MacFarlane’s “Ted” vs. “Imagine THIS”
The trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s new movie Ted, went online Monday. Cartoonist Lucas Turnbloom has been drawing the online comic strip …
Welcome to the Gold Rush of Internet Animation Channels
In last week’s post about Butch Hartman’s animation channel, I wrote that, “The word of the year for Internet content is CHANNELS.” The …
Music Video Round-up (#9)
Crash by Belle & Sebastian A cover version by Belle & Sebastian of the 1988 hit song Crash by The Primitives. This animated video was …
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