Birdo Created Rio 2016 Olympic Mascots
São Paulo-based Birdo Studio was selected to create Rio's 2016 Olympic mascots.
São Paulo-based Birdo Studio was selected to create Rio's 2016 Olympic mascots.
Indie American animation legend Bill Plympton, whose films have been officially unavailable on the Internet for the past decade, has reached a deal with Shorts International to make his extensive body of self-produced work available to online audiences.
This fall DreamWorks is collaborating with the trendy LA fashion label Joyrich on a Richie Rich collection.
Why Nickelodon's public pitching spectacles are a disservice to the network and to the artists who work there.
Today we look at the work of Oren Haskins, Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day!
Seth MacFarlane has been accused of ripping off the foul-mouthed-teddy-bear concept for his 2012 film "Ted" from a California company called Bengal Mangle Productions.
Before I got hired at Disney Features, I sold a few magazine articles and developed a love of writing for print, where there was nothing between writer and reader but words on a page. When I became a Disney employee, I realized I was surrounded by animation veterans with vivid memories of the rambunctious days at the old Hyperion studio, and the creative struggles that went into making "Snow White," "Pinocchio," and the other early features. Talking to older Mouse House staffers, it dawned on me they could provide great source material for articles.
Disney's head animation writer in 1977 was cartoon veteran Larry Clemmons, who had first been hired at the studio in 1930. At the time of his hiring, he was a Yale graduate with a degree in architecture, but an Ivy League education was of little value in 1930 when the economy was collapsing...and few buildings were being erected.
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.
"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.
Japanese-American animation legend Jimmy Murakami, who played an important role in the development of Ireland's animation industry, has died at the age of 80, reported the organization Animation Ireland. The cause of death is unknown.
Arthur Rankin, Jr., one-half of the iconic animation duo Rankin/Bass, died on January 30th at his Harrington Sound, Bermuda home. He was 89.
For a brief decade-long period in animation history, between the late-1960s and late-1970s, feature animation filmmakers cast aside their inhibitions and created films that aimed to titillate and shock audiences with the novelty of sexual cartoon imagery.
Mickey Mouse and Damien Hirst are strange bedfellows. Hirst (b. 1965) is a multidisciplinary artist foremost in the group dubbed Young British Artists (YBAs). He burst onto the scene in the 1980s, a very promising maker of paintings, sculptures, and more. He has become extraordinarily successful, which does not necessarily mean that his promise has been fulfilled.
Flower sniffing, carpet calisthenics, and other restless leisure-time activities. Domestic life can be tough. Finally, day breaks.
Foam Bath (Habfürdő, 1979) is a film that I’d seen only in bits and pieces so it was exciting to stumble onto the full version posted …
A second new Mickey Mouse short, No Service, has been made viewable (for American viewers) on Disney’s website. This short is night and …
Earlier this month, College Humor took on the toothsome irrepressibility of Disney’s Oscar-winning short film, Paperman, with its …
The only way to see the Oscar nominated short films before the Academy Awards ceremony in February.
Burbank, CA — Disney Junior’s newest hit animated TV series geared to kids ages 2-7, Doc McStuffins, will be available for the first …