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Aniboom Virtual Studio Announces the Aniboom Animation Marketplace
NEW YORK — August 23, 2011 — Aniboom Virtual Studio, the world’s first virtual animation studio, has released a new service — …
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Animated Sheet Music by Dan Cohen
Dan Cohen takes existing sheet music and animates it to the songs. The concept bears out the cliche that the best ideas are often the …
Artists Behind ‘Frozen,’ ‘Corpse Bride,’ And ‘Up’ Teach Character Design In New Course From The Creators U
Five leading designers share practical exercises, drawing demonstrations, and lessons from creating characters like Ellie and Sadness.
Duct Tape Tron
This funny new Duck Brand tape spot recreates the light cycle scene from the original Tron using duct tape, and features internet “Tron …
“AANAATT” by Max Hattler
Max Hattler’s “AANAATT”, a music video for Japanese artist Jemapur, is an abstract stop motion journey that disorients the viewer through …
Tweety’s lost titles
Here’s something I’ve never seen before – and you won’t be seeing it on DVD (or in color) anytime soon yourself. Cartoon historian David …
“An Abstract Day” by Oerd van Cuijlenborg
An Abstract Day is a 2009 experimental short by Dutch animator Oerd van Cuijlenborg that has just been posted on-line. The film uses …
Jewelry based on 20s/30s cartoon imagery
Inspired by black and white cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s, Paris-based web designer Tracey Polyflavor has been creating decorative …
“Aristocats” pencil test
Here’s something I haven’t seen before (pardon me if I skipped the Special Edition DVD): an early pencil test sequence from Disney’s The …
CBeebies Interstitial by Matthias Hoegg
To be sure, there’s a cute voice track in this interstitial for British children’s channel CBeebies, but the piece as a whole is charming …
A 60-Year-Old Article is More Relevant Than Ever
Ted Parmelee (pictured above, right) is perhaps best remembered today as the director of UPA’s The Tell-Tale Heart, but his career in …
Korean girls love Felix The Cat!
Check out this really cool Felix the Cat female tee-shirt line from Korean apparel maker Spao. Be sure to see the designs on all four …
The Soviet Influence on Cuban Animation
This short video story on the BBC is ostensibly about the influence of Soviet animation on Cuban kids between the 1960s and ’90s, but it …
Toon Boom’s “Lucky Fred” Picked Up For Overseas Disney Channel Airings
MONTREAL, Aug. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – As one of Toon Boom’s flagship studios in Québec, Oasis Animation today announced that in view …
“Tattoo Step” by Mike Maryniuk
I’ve been a fan of Winnipeg-based Mike Maryniuk ever since I saw Cattle Call, a 2008 short he co-directed with Matthew Rankin. Mike …
Disney Enlists Celebrity Hair Stylist Ken Praves For “Disney Fairies” Movie & Product Line
ANAHEIM, CALIF. (August 20, 2011) — Celebrity hair stylist Ken Paves and Disney announced today at D23 Expo, the ultimate Disney fan …
Mercury Filmworks Hires Former Teletoon Prod. Exec Travis Williams
Mercury Filmworks announces former Teletoon production executive Travis Williams as the new head of its development team. In 7 years at …
Talkin’ Cartoon Music
The folks at New York public radio station WNYC 93.9 are doing a whole week of shows on cartoon music. Today’s show – Soundcheck airing …
A “Cartoon Dump” plug …again!
[Start of Plug] What: Comedy! Songs! Puppets! Magic! And God-awful cartoons from the wasteland of 50s and 60s Saturday morning …
A Cartoon Color Wheel
Artists use a color wheel for inspiration; to help select colors and mix pigments. Last month, a group of writers at Slate.com created …
“Lighthouse” by Stefan Wernik
Liberty Mutual has commissioned a handful of animated projects over the past few years as part of their long-term ad campaign The …
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