Flash

CBeebies Shorts by Matthias Hoegg

Matthias Hoegg, whose graduation short Thursday appeared on the Brew recently, just completed two delightful mini-shorts — “Ollie” and …

Animators

Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010)

Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …

Cartoon Culture

UP-Inspired Engagement Shoot

Photographer Joy Harmon Prouty was asked by a couple to create an engagement portrait shoot themed around the childhood pastimes of Carl …

CGI

Gul by Adnan Hussain

Adnan Hussain’s short film Gul (Flower) draws the viewer in with its striking impressionistic CG imagery, but keeps the viewer engaged …

Music Videos

Children In Need music video

Every year, the BBC airs a Children In Need charity fundraiser. This year they produced a stop motion music video which, especially for …

DVD

Bill Plympton’s Dog Days dvd

Independent animation great Bill Plympton has released a new dvd collecting all of the shorts he has created between 2004 and 2008: Guard …

Business

The State of DreamWorks Animation

The NY Times published a lengthy piece last week about how DreamWorks Animation is performing financially. None too shabby is the Times’ …

Business

Adobe vs Toon Boom

There’s a war brewing in the animation software world and Cartoon Brew is right in the thick of it. In fact, I only became aware of the …

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