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“The Animator’s Survival Kit” iPad App: An Animation Teacher’s Review
As an animation professor at the School of Visual Arts, I try to keep abreast of all the latest animation how-to books. There are many …
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13 Animation Directors You Might Not Have Known Also Voiced Characters
Whether it be for lack of budget or a desire to take center stage, TV series creators lending their own voices to their animated …
Your Guide to Animation Events at San Diego Comic-Con (Days 3 and 4)
Go here for Comic-Con Day 1 Animation EventsThe remaining half of programming for San Diego Comic-Con has been announced, and for your …
Your Guide to Animation Events at San Diego Comic-Con (Day 2)
Today, Comic-Con International: San Diego released the event schedule for Friday, July 19th, the second day of programming at the …
Your Guide to Animation Events at San Diego Comic-Con (Day 1)
This morning, Comic-Con International: San Diego released the event schedule for Thursday, July 18th, the first day of programming at the …
“Losing Nemo” Uses Animation to Warn of Overfishing
Aside from its cheeky title, there is little to smile at in Losing Nemo, a grim short that warns about industrial overfishing and the …
Film Review: For Tomi Ungerer, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough
In the 1950s, when the pages of the Saturday Evening Post and McCall’s were dominated with the realist paintings of Norman Rockwell and …
Participate in This Auction to Bring Ronald Searle’s Art to America
The work of British illustration icon Ronald Searle, who passed away two years ago at the age of 91, has influenced innumerable …
Uli Meyer’s Quest to Produce an Independent Animated Feature
Without the support and deep pockets of a major studio, financing an animated film is a task of Sisyphean proportions, even for a skilled …
An Interview with “Junkyard” Director Hisko Hulsing
My introduction to the work of Dutch filmmaker Hisko Hulsing happend in 2004 when I saw his nightmarish short Seventeen at Annecy. It …
First Stills From Disney’s “Frozen”
USA Today published an article this afternoon with these five stills from Frozen, the Disney studio’s adaptatation of The Snow Queen that …
Animography Aims to Bring Animated Typography to the Masses
Animography aims to make life a little easier by offering animated typefaces delivered in neatly organized After Effects files. The type …
Goodbye Storyboard Artists, Hello Amazon Storyteller
Amazon’s filmmaking arm Amazon Studios announced a new tool today that promises to eliminate storyboard artists from the filmmaking …
Sponsor News: New VFS Campus and A Video Reference Tool for Animators
Our thanks to the Vancouver Film School and Rhino House, two of the companies that sponsor Cartoon Brew.
The Five Most Mentally Unstable Ladies of “Venture Bros.”
Following the misadventures of a family of fourth generation super scientists and the villains and associates they have picked up along …
Brigham Young’s Computer Animation Program Profiled in “NY Times”
Last weekend, the New York Times Sunday Magazine published a proile of the computer animation program at Brigham Young University. The …
The Most Inappropriate “Monsters University” Movie Tie-In
Many people online have already criticized the premise of Monsters University, which appears to want to be both a raunchy college life …
From Animation School to the Real World
Last week, I flew out from Los Angeles to New York to attend the annual Dusty animation screening at the School of Visual Arts. I watched …
DreamWorks Animation Bets That AwesomenessTV Will Deliver Awesomeness
Earlier this month, it was announced that DreamWorks Animation had purchased the YouTube channel AwesomenessTV for $33 million in cash. …
Digging into Disney’s “Day of the Dead” Problem
Last week after word got out that Disney was seeking to trademark “Día de los Muertos” in preparation for its 2015 release of a Pixar …
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