Notes on Bolt
Saw Bolt yesterday. Before the screening they gave everyone a promotional deck of playing cards featuring development artwork from the …
Saw Bolt yesterday. Before the screening they gave everyone a promotional deck of playing cards featuring development artwork from the …
It’s plenty refreshing to see a CG character that is designed with a sense of caricature in both his appearance and physical movement. …
I like the simplicity of these two new line-animation spots for the Detroit Institute of the Arts, which were made to help increase …
This beautiful anti-gun violence TV spot was directed by French animator, designer and illustrator Caroline Attia. This is her first …
I’ve been in Ottawa since Wednesday and it’s been wall-to-wall screenings, presentations and panels (not to mention parties, meetings and …
A new series of British TV spots, featuring Paddington Bear for Marmite, are quite refreshing. They mimic the cartoon series from the …
“Dancing” is a goofy music video for the Israeli pop band The Walking Man. The eclectic mix of Hockney-esque photo collage, pixilation …
Below is a short but insightful interview with JibJab co-founder Gregg Spiridellis about some of the recent business plans for their …
Tom Hignite, the Wisconsin home builder who thinks he’s Walt Disney, is back – in a series of local infomercials which ultilizes lush …
The awesome 2-D end credit sequence from Kung Fu Panda has been posted by Shine Studios in high quality Quicktime. Shine produced this …
Former Disney 2D animators James Baker (Mulan, Tarzan, etc) and Joe Haidar (Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas) have directed a new …
Speaking of creepy CG translations of 2D characters, the new adult-targeted Cheetos ad campaign starring Chester Cheetah is highly …
Visions of Frank is a dvd that came out last year collecting eight animated shorts by Japanese animators, all based on Jim Woodring’s …
Circulating amongst the animation blogs this past week was a very shortlist of possible nominees in the Animation Short Film category. …
I’ve been going ga-ga over the Disney and Pixar Little Golden Books for several years now. Jenny Lerew tipped us off to the new …
Graphic design students from Brazil attempt to recreate Chuck Jones’ One Froggy Evening in CG as their finals project. You can watch the …
Historians Jayne Pilling (from London, editor of A Reader in Animation Studies, Animation: 2D and Beyond, among others) and Giannalberto …
It’s funny how movie title sequences have now been moved to the back of the film. But that hasn’t stopped filmmakers from producing the …
If the Hollywood establishment isn’t producing the kind of animation you want to see, it may be time to take matters into your own hands. …
Karnival is a series of super-short animated pieces created by Jun seo Hahm at Portland commercial studio Bent Image Lab. The first two …