Mediocrity in TV Animation
Story artist Jenny Lerew has posted a perceptive rant about mediocrity in TV animation. Of course, she’s right, but unfortunately I don’t …
Story artist Jenny Lerew has posted a perceptive rant about mediocrity in TV animation. Of course, she’s right, but unfortunately I don’t …
Toronto-based Chuck Gammage Animation recently produced a couple appealing and cartoony hand-drawn PSAs for “Sport-in-a-Box”, a new …
Mark Mayerson has a short but insightful commentary about the (sad) state of CG feature animation in the US and the hope that exists …
Traditional animator Jamie Oliff (Mulan, Hercules) and CG animator Angie Jones (Scooby Doo 2, Stuart Little) have teamed up to produce a …
There’s now an accurate contents listing for BLAST #9 posted on the newly redesigned AnimationBlast.com. Below is the wraparound cover …
Sprite Animation Studios has set up shop over at the Howard Hughes Center in West Los Angeles. The image above is from their first …
There is a quiet revolution happening in the animation community, and it’s all thanks to the Internet. With the explosion of blogs in the …
Here’s the latest on ANIMATION BLAST #9. I spoke to my Canadian printer yesterday, and he says if everything goes according to plan, …
The Society of Animation Studies has their annual conference coming up July 7th through 10th at Trinity College in San Antonio, Texas. …
A roundup of recent non-animation books that have caught my attention: I don’t know how Lane Smith does it, but every one of his …
Good news folks. ANIMATION BLAST 9 will be (finally) headed to the printer this Friday. I’m spending all this week doing final edits and …
BOOKMARK ALERT: Animator and cartoon historian (not to mention a friend of mine for over 30 years) Mark Mayerson has started a blog. And …
You know it. You have it. You’ve studied it from cover to cover. Preston Blair’s ANIMATION is the book on character animation basics. …
Any day now ANIMATION BLAST 9 should be wrapped up and sent to the printer. I’ve passed my biggest personal hurdle on the issue – the …
The Onion’s A.V. Club has posted a list of 15 Animated Films for Grown-Ups.The A.V. Club also just posted an interview with Matt Groening.
On April 20th, Cartoon Network will be holding a silent auction to benefit Fyn Stec. Fyn is the young son of current Nickelodeon and …
Just a brief update on the status of ANIMATION BLAST #9: I’m almost done with the issue and planning to send it to the Canadian printer …
Some sick perverted souls in South Korea came up with this piece of Flash animation. It might make you queasy. It might make you hate …
Wednesday night (3/22) at the Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, H.B. Lewis will be on hand to discuss his work in illustration and …
Check out these two examples of super-rare (and perhaps, unintentionally funny) Japanese cartoons from the first half of the 20th …