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Holiday Gift Ideas: The Animation Pimp
One of my favorite animation books of 2007 is an unlikely choice: The Animation Pimp by Chris Robinson. Unlikely because the book is a …
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Book Review: To Infinity and Beyond
To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios (Chronicle Books, 2007) by Karen Paik is exactly the type of book you’d …
Animated Movie Titles
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 …
‘Karnival’ by Jun seo Hahm
Karnival is a series of super-short animated pieces created by Jun seo Hahm at Portland commercial studio Bent Image Lab. The first two …
Animation Artist Autobiographies
Inspired by Michael Sporn’s recent series of posts about his favorite animation books, I wanted to share this list I’d compiled a while …
Page d’ecriture
Student films have come along way since my day. Our friend “DeK” has just posted this little gem by three students of the CSC, Italy’s …
REVIEW: El Tigre (Nickelodeon)
My introduction to Jorge Gutierrez’s work was at the 1999 CalArts Producers’ Show. It was a screening of his CG short Carmelo. If I …
LEN LYE’S PEANUT VENDOR
Stop-motion animation teacher/historian Ken Priebe (The Art of Stop Motion Animation) has posted on YouTube what he calls “the creepiest …
Disney in South America Documentary
In the second part of Ward Jenkins’s terrific John Canemaker interview, Canemaker reveals a project he recently contributed to which …
Why Did Fox Bury Mike Judge’s IDIOCRACY?
One of the biggest film mysteries of 2006 still remains unanswered: Why did Fox bury the release of IDIOCRACY, the new live-action film …
Amid’s Notes from Ottawa 2006
The 2006 edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival marked my fourth straight year that I’ve attended the festival. Instead …
POLAR PLAYMATES
Three nice cels from Polar Playmates (1946) are currently up for sale on ebay.Polar Playmates, directed by former Disney animator Howard …
BOOK: MTV’S ON AIR
I saw this book at Hennessey+Ingalls the other day and it looks like it’s worth adding to the collection. ON AIR: THE VISUAL MESSAGES AND …
The Films of Carmen D’Avino
Again, thanks to the Internet, it’s possible to discover the work of an animator whose work is otherwise inaccessible nowadays. North …
Gordon Parks’s Animation connection
The passing of legendary American photographer/filmmaker Gordon Parks reminds me of an interesting fact I learned while researching my …
Swindle and Esopus
It’s always exciting to see animated films and animation artists receive recognition in mainstream art publications. Achieving this type …
WALLACE & GROMIT
Unless I’m mistaken, I’ve now seen every substantial theatrical animated feature of 2005 (except CHICKEN LITTLE). MADGASCAR, CORPSE BRIDE …
NY Trip Report: 50s Design, New Books and Mind Game
Thanks to Jerry who’s been holding down the Brew fort while I was away in New York City. I was out there working on the design and layout …
Tips from Ward Kimball
I was re-reading the Ward Kimball section in John Canemaker’s masterful WALT DISNEY’S NINE OLD MEN AND THE ART OF ANIMATION and ran …
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