Tech

This Bear Animation Is Not Computer Animated

This short animation of a seemingly CG bear climbing stairs is garnering a lot of attention on the Internet because it's actually a CG bear printed as 3-D models and then animated in stop motion.

Feature Film

“ParaNorman” Smears

Here’s something I’ve never seen before: sculpted smear models. Over the past decade, 3-D printers have transformed the art of stop …

Animation by Bobe Cannon
Animator Spotlight

Animator Spotlight: Bobe Cannon

Cannon is best known for directing graphically groundbreaking shorts like 'Gerald McBoing Boing,' but his incredible work as an animator on the Warner Bros. and MGM films is sometimes overlooked.

Jim Tyer animation of Popeye
Animator Spotlight

Animator Spotlight: Jim Tyer

Tyer's crude drawings and off-kilter movements can give the impression of being slapdash, but like a great jazz musician improvises around a melody, Tyer expertly bent and stretched his characters with a playful sense of experimentation.

Shorts

“Nest” By Michael Ruocco

Nest is a short and sweet piece of character animation by NYC-area animator Michael Ruocco. The animation displays unusually sharp …

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