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Know Your Feature Animation Cliches: The Dead Mother
On a couple occasions throughout the years, people have asked me, Why do so many animated films have dead mothers in them?
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Interview: Ralph Bakshi on the Animation Industry, Then & Now
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.
Animation Breakdown’s Alex McDonald and Kevin Sukho Lee on Launching A New Festival
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.)
Let’s Talk About the Animation in “The Lego Movie”
Attempting to predict box office results is a fool’s errand, but it’s safe to say at this point that The Lego Movie, which opens this …
Pixar Makes Painterly CG: New Research Could Change The Look of Their Films
Last summer at SIGGRAPH, Pixar presented a paper offering some clues about one of the major new directions that CG feature animation is headed. The paper, "Stylizing Animation By Example," explored how filmmakers could achieve more expressive rendering styles that disregard the perfect boundaries of computer graphics rendering and mimic traditional painting techniques.
Animation Oscar Nominations: Full Coverage
See which animated features, shorts, and VFX films from 2013 are nominated for an Oscar!
The Man Who Invented the Name Pixar Retired Yesterday
A tweet last night by Pixar director Mark Walsh announced that one of the company's earliest employees, Loren Carpenter, retired on Friday.
BAFTA 2014 Animation Nominations Announced
Three animated features and three shorts were nominated today for the 2014 BAFTA Awards.
“Animation For Adults” Film Series Will Screen in Los Angeles
Beginning next Thursday and continuing through January 25, the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles will present the film series "Animation for Adults."
Animation Books To Watch For in 2014
New books about "Adventure Time," Mary Blair, Alex Toth, Disney Golden Books, Pixar, and DreamWorks will be published in 2014.
Golden Globes 2014 Animation Nominees Announced [UPDATED]
This morning, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for its Golden Globes award. The 71st edition of the Golden Globes will be presented on Sunday, January 12.
Pixar Co-Founder Ed Catmull Wrote A Book about How Pixar Works
Pixar co-founder (and current president of both Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios) Dr. Ed Catmull has written a book that explores …
Book Review: “The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design”
"The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design" ranks among the most unique and delightful animation books in recent memory.
Your Guide to Animation Events at San Diego Comic-Con (Day 1)
This morning, Comic-Con International: San Diego released the event schedule for Thursday, July 18th, the first day of programming at the …
Brigham Young’s Computer Animation Program Profiled in “NY Times”
Last weekend, the New York Times Sunday Magazine published a proile of the computer animation program at Brigham Young University. The …
Why Is It So Difficult to Make Cute Cartoon Characters?
Audiences can instantly recognize a cute cartoon character when they see one, but why are memorable cute characters so difficult to create?
The UK Animation Community Reacts to Bob Godfrey’s Death
Some of the biggest names in the UK animation scene are expressing their condolences on the occasion of Bob Godfrey’s passing. Here’s …
Warner Bros. New Theatrical Animation “Think Tank”
Warner Bros. is bringing back its feature animation division with the formation of a new in-house creative brain trust.
Pixar Releases New RenderMan Software
Emeryville, CA – Pixar Animation Studios simultaneously released RenderMan Pro Server 17.0 and RenderMan Studio 4.0, extensively …
Disney•Pixar’s “Brave” Comes to Blu-ray Combo Pack on November 13, 2012
“A heroic fantasy, it also realistically captures the complex shadings of familial relationships, particularly those between a mother …
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