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PARADE OF MONKEYS
Talk about personal vision. Freelance animator/illustrator Mike Owens has been working for over a year on an unusual personal film, a …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
Rediscover Chris Lavis And Maciek Szczerbowski’s Oscar-Nominated NFB Gem ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’
A look back at the Oscar-nominated short and the innovative artistry of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors of ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls.’
COOL WORLD Boards by Louise Zingarelli
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive’s Steve Worth has posted a collection of beautifully drawn pencil and Prismacolor storyboards …
COMMENTARY: To Pitch Or Not To Pitch?
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
HORNSWIGGLE PAINTED
Time for another update from animator/sculptor Jason Peltz who sends us the first image (above) of the painted Hornswiggle maquette he is …
AZUR AND ASMAR
The latest film from director Michel Ocelot (Kirikou) called Azur et Asmar will open in France next Wednesday, October 25th. Looks like a …
BLUE SKY BLOG JAM
It’s a shame the latest Scrat short was removed from GoogleVideo yesterday, but today the Blue Sky artists have another treat for us. …
HAIR HIGH PREMIERES IN NYC TONIGHT
At long last, Bill Plympton’s latest animated feature HAIR HIGH premieres tonight in New York City. It is screening for one week (Oct. …
THE NIGHTMARE IN 3-D
The other night I had a chance to screen the 3-D version of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. All things considered, the folks …
MERRITT & KAUFMAN’S SILLY SYMPHONIES BOOK
Here’s a book I can’t wait to have and hold (and read!). Russell Merritt and J.B. Kaufman have been researching the history of Disney’s …
NO TIME FOR NUTS
Scrat – No time for nutsUploaded by Juraya
THE MERRY CIRCUS
Slow day at the Brew. So here’s a lovely animated short, courtesy of YouTube, by the celebrated Czech filmmaker Jiri Trnka. It’s The …
NOTHING LIKE THIS
Okay, check out this cool music video based on a track by the late hip-hop producer J Dilla. Nothing Like This was produced by Brooklyn …
CG TOM & JERRY SPOT
Did you hear the one about the Tom and Jerry commercial in CG……selling a flavored milk drink… …in hebrew? Click Here. Oy Vey!
SATURDAY LINKS
Ain’t It Cool News posted a lengthy description and spoilers for the new Pixar short Lifted.New York Daily News TV critic David Hinckley …
BILL MELENDEZ PODCAST
Bill Melendez (of Disney, Warners and UPA) is one of the last surviving animators from the golden age still working today. Of course his …
WALT’S VAULT 28
Just last week I’d been posting on the upscale urban merchandising initiative Warner Bros. is promoting in an effort to contemporize the …
THINKING ANIMATION PANEL
If you’ve got 45 minutes to spare, you might enjoy this panel I was on last week at the Disney studio. It was set up by animators Angie …
ANIMATED FEATURES BY SOLO ARTISTS
With several big budget funny animal epics opening almost weekly, 2006 may well go down as the year of CG feature burnout. But 2006 may …
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