‘A New History of Animation’ Could Become The Definitive Textbook History of The Art Form
This new animation history textbook is based on the animation history courses that author Maureen Furniss teaches at CalArts.
This new animation history textbook is based on the animation history courses that author Maureen Furniss teaches at CalArts.
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Brad Bird, virtual reality, storyboarding, and true animation legends are part of our must-see Comic-Con events.
In the new frontier of vr animation, basic film concepts like cutting and editing can become huge technical challenges.
Brad Bird's animated classic is getting the art-of book treatment, a mere 17 years after its theatrical release.
These adorable animated characters won the Oscars last night -- and we're not talking about Minions.
How an indie animator in New York City added a unique animated touch to a major Hollywood film.
Culhane also inspired the character of Flying John in "Fantasia/2000."
An animation-specific roundup of panels, presentations, and other cartoon goodness at America's biggest pop culture festival.
Starting in 2017, Disney's popular retelling of the Rapunzel fairy tale comes to life as an animated TV series.
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Comic-Con International: San Diego is almost upon us, and the organizers have released the event's mammoth program schedule. The madness, taking place from July 24-27, includes hundreds of panels, discussions, art demos, and screenings, with everyone from Buzz Aldrin to Betty White getting their moment to shine.
It's getting harder and harder to tell the difference between YouTube cartoons dreamt up by teens in their bedrooms and big-budget TV studio productions created by professionally-trained artists. Today, Disney Television Animation announced the beginning of production on "Pickle & Peanut," a "buddy comedy series about two unlikely friends—an emotional pickle and a freewheeling peanut...two underdogs who dream up plans to be anything but ordinary."
Our post on Andy Serkis's inflammatory rhetoric about the limited role of animators on his motion capture performances generated a robust, often heated, discussion in the comments. By far, the most informative comment was provided by 3-time Oscar winner Randall William Cook, who was the animation supervisor and designer at WETA on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that was released between 2001 and 2003.
Ralph Bakshi pulled himself away from his drawing desk in New Mexico to chat with Cartoon Brew about his legacy, his latest project "The Last Days of Coney Island," which he recently funded on Kickstarter, and what he really thinks about the computer’s role in animation these days.
A look at animation history via Cartoon Brew's archives.
The Los Angeles indie animation event of the season takes place tomorrow, Saturday March 8th, at The Cinefamily. Animation Breakdown Roundup! is a collection of over two dozen shorts by seasoned indie stars (Vince Collins, Emily Hubley), current filmmakers (Kirsten Lepore, Takeshi Murata, Devin Flynn, Allison Schulnik, Galen Pehrson, Amy Lockhart, Matt & Paul Layzell, Garrett Davis, Charles Huettner, Caleb Wood, Alex Schubert) and next-wavers (Peter Millard, Sean Buckelew, Quique Rivera Rivera.)
British animation legend Bob Godfrey (1921-2013) answers the question “What Is Animation?” in this short film directed by Martin Pickles. …
Video editor Trevor Carmick is receiving all sorts of attention for his new side project called Beer Labels in Motion, a collection of …
Go here for Comic-Con Day 1 Animation EventsThe remaining half of programming for San Diego Comic-Con has been announced, and for your …