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AMID AMIDI: Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
Animation has been a passion of mine for the longest time. Looking back at what sparked this lifelong love for the art form, it wasn’t …
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Disney Artist’s Tryout Book (1938)
ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Archive has posted a rare 1938 animators handbook, the Disney Studios Artist’s Tryout Book. It outlines what …
Madonna In The ‘Who’s That Girl’ Titles
Below are the striking titles for the Madonna film Who’s That Girl (1987). The titles, which re-imagine Madonna as a Betty …
Don Hertzfeldt Conquers Sundance
A hearty CONGRATS to Don Hertzfeldt who earlier tonight won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the Sundance Film Festival for his new …
Oscar Nom For Recycled Life
I don’t know how I missed mentioning this last Tuesday, but it should be noted here that our good friends Mike Glad and Leslie Iwerks …
Once Upon A Time Walt Disney: The Book
Couldn’t make it to Paris for the landmark Disney art exhibit that closed a few days ago? No worries because next month Prestel …
Footage from Disney’s Enchanted
The first footage for Disney’s upcoming live-action/2d-animated film ENCHANTED has appeared online. A few seconds can be seen at the tail …
Animator Helen Hill Killed In New Orleans
This is the sad type of story that obviously no one would like to be reporting. After losing their home during Hurricane Katrina, …
THE SECRET SHOW
As animated features currently dwell in a CG rut of fairy tale spoofs and talking animal adventures, television animation has become the …
REMEMBERING JOSEPH BARBERA (1911-2006)
Caricature by Patrick Owsley This post will be continually updated with stories and remembrances about Joseph Barbera (1911-2006). …
FESTIVAL REPORT: 2D OR NOT 2D
Animator Nancy Beiman (of the Rochester Intitute of Technology) sent in this first hand report from 2D OR NOT 2D FESTIVAL held in Everett …
New Animated Bits Around the Web
Joel Trussell of WAR PHOTOGRAPHER fame has finished a great looking spot for the anti-smoking campaign Way2Quit. Check it out …
THE SUCCESS OF KIWI!
What’s the most popular piece of animation on the Internet right now? How about KIWI!, a Master’s thesis film by Dony Permedi of School …
Tonight: Tom Sito at UCLA
Tonight at UCLA, Tom Sito will be discussing and signing his new book DRAWING THE LINE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE ANIMATION UNIONS FROM …
COMMENTARY: To Pitch Or Not To Pitch?
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
THE MERRY CIRCUS
Slow day at the Brew. So here’s a lovely animated short, courtesy of YouTube, by the celebrated Czech filmmaker Jiri Trnka. It’s The …
ANIMATED FEATURES BY SOLO ARTISTS
With several big budget funny animal epics opening almost weekly, 2006 may well go down as the year of CG feature burnout. But 2006 may …
Terry Teachout on Why YouTube Rocks
Despite some missteps on YouTube’s part, like the unnecessary removal of dozens of public domain cartoons from its site, I’m still a huge …
The First Machinima Hit?
Machinima is a CG animation technique that uses real-time, 3D gaming engines for its imagery source as opposed to traditional CG software …
Lorelay Bove
I know two things about Lorelay Bove. 1.) She’s a character animation student at CalArts. 2.) She has some beautiful paintings on her …
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