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Grant Orchard’s Paintballing
There’s minimalist animation and then there’s Grant Orchard’s work. His short Park Foot Ball (mentioned on the Brew back in 2006 is a …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Bolt vs. Hercules Posters
Celbi Pegoraro noticed on his blog Animation-Animagic.com that the poster for Disney’s upcoming Bolt bears a striking resemblance to the …
No AI, Perpetual License, Developed By Artists: Moho’s Free Side Quest Update Now Exports 2D Characters To Unity, Unreal, Godot, And Blender
Moho’s free 14.4 Side Quest update lets animators export full 2D rigs and animations to Unity, Unreal, Godot, and Blender using the glTF format.
Cartoon Dump Tuesday June 24th
Live comedy! Horrible animation! And the return of “Dumpster Diver Dan”! In case you’ve forgotten, Cartoon Dump lives on, live in Los …
Japanese Animators Unionize
Beginning this month, a group consisting of hundreds of Japanese animation artists have launched the Japan Animation Creators Association …
Eric Goldberg’s Character Animation Crash Course!
The long-awaited how-to book from master animator and director Eric Goldberg is almost here. Character Animation Crash Course! will be …
Tom Hignite’s Home Imaginators
Tom Hignite, the Wisconsin home builder who thinks he’s Walt Disney, is back – in a series of local infomercials which ultilizes lush …
The Business of Stereoscopic 3-D Films
Stereoscopic 3-D filmmaking is either the latest film fad or the future of theatrical animation. For those who know their film history, …
Sleeping Beauty at the Academy
A newly restored, digitally remastered version of Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959) will be presented on Friday, July 18, at 7:30 pm …
Vintage Cartoon Trade Ads
Once again John McElwee, over at his Greenbriar Picture Shows blog, is waxing nostalgic about classic theatrical cartoons. McElwee also …
Donkey Ollie
If nothing else, Animation Magazine serves as an entertaining repository of all the awful ideas that animation studios try to produce …
Presto looks good
This preview clip ran on Saturday night after Monsters, Inc. (Thanks, Aldon Spears)
Bakshi party photos
Steve Worth posts many worthwhile things on the Asifa Hollywood Animation Archive website, including Mary Blair paintings and Ren & …
VooDooDog Shorts
I’ve mentioned the amazing work of London’s VooDooDog studio before. Between commercial assignments, the company supports and encourages …
Annecy ’08 Winners
The prizes for the 2008 Annecy Animation Festival were announced last Saturday. The top prize for short film, The Annecy Cristal, went to …
Worst Cartoons Ever at Comic Con ’08
Mark your calendars, clear the date… the all-new, craptacular 2008 edition of The Worst Cartoons Ever! – my annual report on the worst …
Felix the Cat studio photo
Just spotted on ebay: a vintage publicity photo showing the producer of the Felix The Cat cartoons, Pat Sullivan, and his wife Marjorie, …
The Influence of Ralph Bakshi
The latest issue of Arthur Magazine has an article by illustrator Arik Roper who recounts his personal memories of discovering the …
Pre-Code wrap-up
Mark Kausler blogged about the Pre-Code Cartoon show I presented at the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles last Tuesday. It was a smash …
Hanna-Barbera in 3D
Just because a drawn-character is translated into 3D, doesn’t mean it needs to look unappealing, ugly and clumsy. These vintage …
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