Evolution of a Disney Character
Master character designer Harald Siepermann has been doing some exceptional posts on his blog where he discusses how he arrived at the …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Animation Storytelling: The Pitch
Story artist Jenny Lerew has written another wonderful piece on animation storytelling, this time with a discussion of the story pitch, …
Praxinos’ Odyssey, A New 2D Animation Tool Powered By Unreal Engine, Is Out Now
Praxinos manager and co-founder Elodie Moog joined us for a brief Q&A about the software.
RARE ANIME FEATURE RESTORED
The Japan Times is reporting that the first post-war Japanese animated feature has been restored to its original 48 minute length.A …
“Remixing the Magic” in LA TIMES
Alex Chun has been writing some excellent animation/pop culture-related pieces for the LA TIMES in recent months, and his most recent …
I WANT MY MAYPO!
Homestat Farm, the current manufactuers of MAYPO (the maple flavored oatmeal cereal) are relaunching the product with an updated version …
The (Mis)Marketing of Feature Animation
The FPS MAGAZINE blog has a thought-provoking piece by Marc Hairston about how Disney – not having learned anything from their clumsy …
CHINA BANS SPACE JAM, ROGER RABBIT, COOL WORLD… etc.
I love this story in today’s DAILY VARIETY:Jessica Rabbit isn’t welcome in China — and Michael Jordan shouldn’t show up with any of his …
Happy Birthday, Nina Simone
Today is Nina Simone’s birthday (Feb. 21, 1933-April 21, 2003), and to commemorate the date, here’s a soulful stop-motion music video for …
Puffy Blog
The guys and gals of the HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI crew at Renegade Animation have put up a blog HERE. There’s a lot of talented artists on the …
Dear Mr. Iger,
Now that you’ve returned a creative producer – an animator, no less – to head Disney Feature Animation and Imagineering, and you’ve …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: ANIMATION 1906-2006
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has just noted that April 6th marks the 100th birthday of animation. James Stuart Blackton created …
Oswald South of the Border
Mexican reader Uriel Durán writes to let us know that Oswald is popular nowadays in Mexico, as well as Japan: The situation is that in …
MORE OSWALD
A week and a half later – and the Disney/Oswald Rabbit news just won’t die down! For those of you who need to get up to speed, two good …
Cartoon Brew Film of the Week: WELCOME TO GLARINGLY
There’s a lot of animation nowadays that has a retro-pixel look with blocky graphics. None I’ve seen execute the look as elegantly as the …
Aardman’s Johnnie Walker spot
This is an interesting, if not entirely successful, CG ad for Johnnie Walker produced by Aardman Animations. The one-minute spot brings …
BEST OF THE REST
Next Thursday night I will be giving a talk at the Van Eaton Galleries, discussing and screening some of the best non-Disney cartoons of …
Highly Recommended Reading
Visit HERE for an excellent blog post by feature story artist Jenny Lerew discussing simplicity in animation storytelling and how it …
Andrew Stanton Interview
How cool is this – Pixar animator Andrew Gordon has done a three-part podcast interview with co-worker Andrew Stanton, the director of …
Comments on CARS Clips
Pixar previewed a couple clips from CARS at WonderCon in San Francisco last weekend. Here’s a description of the clips shown. More …
UPA TRIBUTE UPDATE
The tribute to UPA on March 26th at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood is shaping up nicely. Mark your calendars now. Scheduled to appear …
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