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Claude Coats
Alan Coats, the son of legendary Disney background painter Claude Coats, has started a website about his father’s work at ClaudeCoats.com …
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A Wolf Loves Pork by Takeuchi Taijin
Classic cartoon chase meets David Hockney in A Wolf Loves Pork by Japanese artist Takeuchi Taijin. Technique and technical showmanship …
Rebecca Sugar Returns To SVA To Celebrate ‘Lonely Magic’ Music
The ‘Steven Universe’ creator reunited with SVA alumni to celebrate ‘Lonely Magic,’ sharing music, animation insights, and a live performance.
Today’s Funny Pages
The comic strip pages have been having their way with Disney characters lately. Here are two from today’s paper: Speed Bump by Dave …
Festival Entry Deadlines
Deadlines are fast approaching for three of the major fall animation festivals. If you’re looking for reputable international festivals …
MyToons No More
We heard last week that the MyToons site had shut down for good. MyToons, for those who don’t know, was a “social networking” site for …
Bendito Machine
. Jossie Malis, an animator and illustrator living in Barcelona, has been developing an animated series online for the last 3 years …
Joseph Holt
Layout artist and background painter Joseph Holt has started a new blog featuring loads of his production artwork from from the late-’90s …
Xtranormal: A Glimpse Into the Future of TV Animation Production
Over the past year, I’ve been sent links to a number of online start-ups that allow consumers to create their own animated films using …
Monday Morning Inspiration: 4 Great Posts
So much valuable educational material is being posted online nowadays. Here are a few newish items that have caught my …
Jules Engel Centennial Celebration
Next Saturday, April 18th, Cal Arts is presenting a Jules Engel Centennial Celebration in downtown L.A., at the RedCat theatre. The 5pm …
Harvey Talk
Next Friday you can meet me at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City where I will speaking about the origins of Harvey …
Jonny Quest: the Real adventures
It was announced several months ago that Warner Bros. is developing a live action feature based on Hanna Barbera’s Jonny Quest, with Zac …
Simpsons Stamps
I couldn’t let the day pass without noting the announcement of The Simpsons U.S. postage stamps. I believe the rule is that something …
The Upstate Four: An Interview with Fran and Will Krause
. The Upstate Four (viewable in two parts above) is an eleven-minute Cartoon Network pilot created by brothers Fran Krause and Will …
Animators’ Comic Strips
Ger Apeldoorn has uncovered a real find. A set of obscure comic strips, created for a local California newspaper in 1950 (The Redwood …
3-D is a Fad
I love 3D movies. Thanks to a pair of 3-D film festivals held in L.A. several years ago, I’ve been lucky enough to see perhaps 95% of …
The new Warner Bros. studio mural
Three months ago we mourned the end of the Warner Bros. animation mural at the intersection of Barham, Pass and Olive in Burbank. …
SpongeBob SquareButts
SpongeBob SquarePants + Sir Mix-a-Lot + Burger King = The viral ad that everybody’s going to be linking to for the next week. Case in …
F5 Conference Ticket Giveaway
“This isn’t ‘another design conference.’ It’s a meeting of great minds,” tout the promo materials for F5, a conference that takes …
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