The Making of ‘The Bigger Picture’ with Animator Chris Wilder
We go behind-the-scenes of the Oscar-shortlisted "The Bigger Picture" with animator Chris Wilder.
We go behind-the-scenes of the Oscar-shortlisted "The Bigger Picture" with animator Chris Wilder.
Cartoon Brew looks at some of the likely contenders in the Oscar race for this year's best animated short film.
I just returned from an awesome week in Bucharest, Romania where I was on the jury of the 9th edition of the Anim'est festival.
Today we look at the work of Yukari Masuike, Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day!
There's a startling revelation in a new "Rolling Stone" piece about Cartoon Network's hit series "Adventure Time": creator Pen Ward hasn't been running his show since sometime during season 5.
Focal press has released cover art for what is sure to be one of next year's most popular animation titles: Andreas Deja's "The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Greatest Animators."
Since debuting last month, the fan-made episode of "Sailor Moon," entitled "Moon Animate Make-Up!," has garnered over 1.2 million views. Cartoon Brew interviewed the organizer of the project, Kate Sullivan, to learn more about how the project was produced.
Steve Hulett recounts his role in the the confusing and chaotic production of Disney's most un-Disney-like feature, "The Black Cauldron."
"Chief has to DIE,” Ron Clements said. “The picture doesn't work if he just breaks his LEG. Copper doesn't have enough motivation to hate the fox."
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is putting a special emphasis on animation this year, and has announced that Disney's "Big Hero 6" will be the opening night film of their 27th edition.
Netflix’s slate of original animated programming continues to grow with the recent announcements of three new series: "The Knights of Sidonia," "Ever After High" and "Dinotrux."
How did Aymeric Kevin and his team manage to produce so many quality backgrounds on such a short schedule? Aymeric speaks to Cartoon Brew about the background art of "Ping Pong."
On a couple occasions throughout the years, people have asked me, Why do so many animated films have dead mothers in them?
My wrestling match with Ken Anderson now over, I returned once more to Wolfgang "Woolie" Reitherman and Larry Clemmons, working on the story end of "The Fox and the Hound."
A little Cartoon Modern inspiration for a Monday morning: these Donald Duck and Alice in Wonderland production cel/master backgrounds …
Today we look at the work of Uwe Heidschötter, Cartoon Brew's Artist of the Day!
DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon 2" opened in second place this weekend with an estimated $50 million. The film trailed the $60 million debut of another sequel, the R-rated "22 Jump Street," directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who also directed "The LEGO Movie," which opened to $69 million earlier this year.
"It's kind of like "The Lion King" meets "The Avengers," says Nancy Kanter, general manager of Disney Junior, when describing their upcoming preschool series "The Lion Guard."
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.
The first chapter of Steve Hulett's memoir about working as a writer at Disney in the late-Seventies and Eighties.