Books

CONTEST: Fleet Street Scandal

For today’s contest, we’re giving away TWO signed copies of the book Fleet Street Scandal, a 48-page hardcover book collecting the …

Feature Film

The Knights of Laika

This article by Chuck Salter in the new issue of Fast Company is a fascinating indepth read about the transformation of Will Vinton …

Books

Ratatouille Art

A new Pixar film usually means another great Chronicle Art Of book and, at the other end of the spectrum, another neat looking Little …

Disney

Ratatouille Triumphant

Brad Bird at last night’s world premiere of Ratatouille at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The best film of the summer will be …

Books

Chronicle Blogging

Development piece by John Hubley from UPA’s Rooty Toot (1952). From the collection of Mike Glad. The folks at …

Disney

A Fair(y) Use Tale

Film history professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University explains copyright law, via clips from Disney and Pixar films, in this clever …

Books

To Infinity and Beyond

This October, Chronicle Books will release To Infinity and Beyond: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios by Karen Paik and Leslie Iwerks. …

Books

Publishers Like Animation Artists

One of the more inspiring trends recently has been seeing book projects by animation artists being picked up for distribution by …

Disney

Disney at PhillyFest

A ‘heads up’ on some Disney Programs at the upcoming 16th Annual Philadelphia Film Festival, April 5th through 18th. Friday, April 6 …

CGI

Ratatouille Trailer

Here’s the latest trailer for Pixar’s Ratatouille with a lot of new footage that I haven’t seen anywhere else before. (Thanks, John)

Animators

Monday Morning Reading

Just a few interesting bits I’ve run across recently: Perhaps the best tribute I’ve read to Ryan Larkin is this piece by animation …

Books

Three Trees Make a Forest

In fall 2005, two story artists at Pixar—Ronnie del Carmen and Enrico Casarosa—joined forces with Japanese …

Animators

Brad Bird Podcast Interview

Pixar animators Adam Burke and Andrew Gordon of the Spline Doctors blog have posted a terrific 53-minute podcast interview with Brad …

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