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There are many ways to create animation, and most of them are tedious and life draining. It's pretty common to find animators incorporating some combination of chair and desk as a prison of their practice, where they trudge through their work while simultaneously wasting away. Tobias Stretch has no appetite for that lifestyle, and uses the world as his stop motion playground.
Cartoon Brew officially launched on March 15, 2004. A decade is a long time to be doing anything, but it feels like an especially long time to be blogging daily. As we head into the site's 10th anniversary year, here are some reflections on where we've been and where we're headed.
"Frozen" is beautiful to see, fun to sing along with and is a modern day marketing marvel, but the script has structural and performance issues that are worth examining because they impact directly on acting.
The Cartoon Network upfronts took place yesterday and the now Stu Snyder-free network presented its slate of upcoming shows for the 2014-'15 season to their advertising and promotional partners.
Indian animator Prosenjit Biswas walks us through his process of using Cartoon Animator 5 to create his animation projects.
Špela Čadež's visually distinct works deal with tricky themes like addiction and domestic violence with compassion, humor, and no judgement.
Scale your CG productions and easily collaborate with others around the world with Amazon Nimble Studio.
We speak to finalists in this year's pitching contest about the benefits and challenges of creating animated IP in the region.
Matt Watts talks about an important and often overlooked part of the 2D animation process: character rigging.
Industry artists are tired of pay secrecy and are sharing their salaries on social media.
Showrunner Anton Vereschagin shares the pipeline and tech challenges that come with producing a high-quality cg series in Russia.
Three top creators reveal the secrets of developing successful Youtube animation channels.
An overview of your rights as a studio employee in the United States.
Montreal's major annual animation event is back for its 17th edition.
Applications are now open for the event's free three-day intensive workshops with industry pros.
Created by ex-Disney artists, Taiko Studios had to learn some new tricks in international collaboration to create its first project, "One Small Step."
In order to produce "Negative Space," a gorgeous stop-motion short that illustrates a father and son’s shared ritual of perfectly packing a suitcase, the directors were forced, rather appropriately, to get quite good at the art of packing themselves.
Practical effects, digital make-up, and dry-for-wet filming helped make Guillermo del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' possible.
Sign up for Toon Boom's free Animation Career Camp and learn how to optimize your skillsets through specialization.
Headed to U.S. theaters next February…