Animators

Michael Sporn @ ASIFA-East

Heads up, New Yorkers. Michael Sporn will be discussing his short films at an ASIFA-East gathering tomorrow night at 7pm, at the School …

Events

Artists get down to business at Otis

Attention L.A. area artists. This one’s for you: on Saturday, June 9th, from 10 am to 1 pm, at Otis College of Art and Design on their …

Classic

Droopy on DVD: Uncut and DVNR’d

David Mackenzie has gotten his hands on the hotly anticipated dvd set Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection, slated for release on …

Shorts

Your Feet’s Too Big by Nancy Beiman

What a great way to start the week! Your Feet’s Too Big (1983) is a beautifully drawn short by animator/author/teacher Nancy Beiman, set …

Shorts

Madame Tutli-Putli

The indie animation blog Hydrocephalic Bunny informs about a very interesting looking new stop motion short out of the National Film …

Events

McLaren Remixed

FPS Magazine informs us about Norman, a new mixed-media stage production that combines the works of an animation legend with live …

Animators

Eric Pigors

Eric Pigors has worked at Disney Feature animation for fifteen years. He’s also contributed his art to Family Dog, Ed, Edd and Eddy and …

Events

Platform Selections Announced

Yesterday the Platform International Animation Festival announced their competition selections for films and installations. Film …

Ideas/Commentary

In Celebration of Color

It’s amazing the things one can find in old magazines. Below is an article I recently stumbled across in issue 16 of Lithopinion: The …

Disney

A Disney Art Exhibit in LA?

While it looks like animation fans in the United States definitely won’t be getting the “Once Upon a Time Walt Disney” exhibition that …

TV

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 …

Disney

Pinocchio Scene by Scene

There is an important Disney history triple-play going on at three of our favorite blogs. Michael Sporn got the ball rolling last year …

Disney

John Lasseter in the NY Times

Yesterday’s New York Times featured an interview with John Lasseter and some interesting bits can be gleaned from the article. One thing …

Animators

Jules Engel on Bambi

These three caricatures, above, are of Jules Engel enacting part of a storyboard on Bambi. Don’t strain your eyes. Click here to see a …

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