Books

New Book Round-Up

Haven’t posted a book review in a while, and I’m pleased to report I have several new acquisitions that are well-worth talking …

CGI

“The Backwater Gospel”

The Animation Workshop, a school in Viborg, Denmark, has posted this year’s crop of student films onto their Vimeo page. The school has …

Books

New Books

The Vault of Walt by my old friend Jim Korkis is a great read and must have for anyone interested in the history of Walt Disney. Korkis …

Animators

Miami World Cinema Center

We try to avoid political commentary here on the Brew, but the above by Miami Herald’s Jim Morin is a fine example of the new wave of …

Ideas/Commentary

Dear Sesame Street

Dear Sesame Street, We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We …

Animators

Graeme Hawkins

One of the most fulfilling aspects of blogging on Cartoon Brew is every so often discovering the young filmmaker who loves to experiment …

Shorts

Fruitless Efforts

We’ve highlighted the talented filmmakers at MAKE, the animation studio out of Minneapolis Minnesota, before. And as long as they keep …

Disney

Luxo sues Pixar/Disney

Poetic justice – or inevitable? The Los Angeles Times reports that the Norwegian lamp maker is suing over non contractual uses of its …

3-D

The 3-D Onslaught

Coraline was the first time I’d seen a film in 3-D in a very long time, and while I enjoyed the film immensely, the 3-D technology was a …

Business

Adobe vs Toon Boom

There’s a war brewing in the animation software world and Cartoon Brew is right in the thick of it. In fact, I only became aware of the …

Feature Film

Raggedy Ann pencil test

Sorry this is a bit hard to see, but it’s an early pencil test of Tissa David’s “Candy Hearts” sequence from Richard Williams Raggedy Ann …

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