Events

Drinking and Drawing @ Platform

Cartoonists going to the Platform International Animation Festival in Portland next week will be invited to be part of an experimental …

Animators

Ken Anderson Sketchbook Drawings

Don’t miss this charming set of sketchbook drawings by legendary Disney production designer Ken Anderson, posted at Mark Kennedy’s always …

Animators

Flickr Animation

Animator Dan Meth (of Hebrew Crunk fame) just completed an animation experiment. He animated his latest film while getting drunk in a …

Animators

Paul Terry on Animation (1925)

Allan Holtz, on his indespensible comic strip blog Stripper’s Guide, has posted an intriguing 1925 article (from Cartoons and Movies …

Old Brew

Everybody Can Learn From Animation

What can software developers learn from animation? Apparently, quite a bit. This post by Matt Linderman at 37signal’s Signal vs. Noise …

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Animation Still Key At Nickelodeon

While Cartoon Network continues to abandon cartoons in favor of live-action productions, this article in yesterday’s NY TIMES reaffirms …

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Classic Animation on Flickr

Today marks the launch of the Animation History Archive on Flickr, a new group I started where we can all share interesting visual bits …

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DOG DAYS OF ANIMATION

Disney story artist Paul Briggs has started an unusual art project/blogsite called Dog Days of Animation. Says Paul:It all began back in …

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Fall ’06 Animation Reading

I just realized that I never did an announcement here on the Brew to let everybody know that my book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN …

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More animation artist blogs…

It’s getting so that every animation artist has a blog. Maybe in the next update, I’ll do a post about artists who don’t have blogs. Now …

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Criticizing Animation Criticism

Inspired by Mick LaSalle’s MONSTER HOUSE review, Nick Tam has posted some excellent thoughts on today’s state of animation criticism. …

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Animation Blast #9 Update

There’s now an accurate contents listing for BLAST #9 posted on the newly redesigned AnimationBlast.com. Below is the wraparound cover …

Illustration

Not-Quite-Animation Books

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 …

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Animation Blast #9 Update

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 …

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Animation Blog Season

The summer of 2005 will go down as the animation artist’s blog renaissance. Artist blogs have been cropping up at an unbelievable rate …

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