“Spend It Wisely” by Tommy and Markus Vad Flaaten
Two brothers go down town to buy a present for their little sister’s upcoming birthday when the unthinkable happens… From the madcap …
Shorts
“Farm Music” by Yousuke Oomomo
Cute imagery and creepy lyrics rub up against each other in Farm Music, a short by up-and-comer Yousuke Oomomo. To learn more about …
The Middle East Explained via “Three Little Pigs” and Angry Birds
Russian animator Egor Zhgun mashed up audio from Disney’s Three Little Pigs and an Angry Birds graphic style to create Three Big Pigs, an …
Trailer: “A Morning Stroll” by Grant Orchard
Promising trailer for A Morning Stroll by Grant Orchard, whose brilliant timing and shrewd minimalism have made him a long-time favorite …
“A Googy Cartoon” by Myke Chilian and Kali Fontecchio
Myke Chilian and Kali Fontecchio made this teeny-weenie 37-second cartoon for Googy (episode 3) featured on Channel 101 this month. For …
“Dog Skateboard” versus “Dogboarding”
Last month, we posted Dog Skateboard by Nate Milton of The Amigo Unit. Lo and behold, twenty-six days later there’s the release of …
Animated Fragments #4
For more about Animated Fragments, see this earlier post. If you want to see all the fragments collected in one place,subscribe to this …
“The Duke” by Jonathan Campo
I love the illustrative-collage animation style of Brooklyn-based painter Jonathan Campo and hope he continues to explore this quirky …
Top Three Animated Films on YouTube and Vimeo
Hadn’t checked in a while and was curious to see what the most viewed pieces of animation on YouTube and Vimeo currently are. The results …
“The Incident at Tower 37” by Chris Perry
After two-years on the festival circuit, animator Chris Perry is releasing his short, The Incident at Tower 37, online today in honor of …
“FIVE” by Moritz Reichartz and Andrea Éva Györi
Memorably surreal images–alternately beautiful and disturbing–populate the world of FIVE (FÃœNF), a pixilation short by Moritz …
“The Light At the End” by Chris Burton
The Light At The End is by Chris Burton, a 26 year-old self-taught animator (“…and still learning”) based in London. Burton …
“Viliam” by Veronika Obertová
Viliam is Veronika Obertová’s graduation short from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia. The handmade papercraft …
Animated Fragments #3
For more about Animated Fragments, see this earlier post. Promo for Canal Brasil by Sergio Yamasaki (Brazil): “The idea was to tell …
“The Bellows March” by Eric Dyer
Eric Dyer’s The Bellows March is a sublime way to end our unintentional zoetrope week on Cartoon Brew. I first saw Dyer’s film when I was …
“The Indescribable Nth” by Steve Moore
I was surprised to run across The Indescribable Nth, an odd curio from 1999 directed by Steve “Oscar” Moore and produced at Character …
Animated Fragments #2
For more about our new section Animated Fragments, see this earlier post. I Always Look Angry: 1000 Self Portraits by Tom …
Comment of the Day: “Ballad of Nessie” Production Notes
Matt M, one of the artists who worked on Disney’s The Ballad of Nessie, commented with some helpful details about the production of the …
Animated Fragments #1
It used to be that animators posted only finished films on-line, but increasingly I’ve noticed that even short animation tests and …
First art from Disney’s “The Ballad of Nessie”
Like a breath of fresh air, check out these three newly released images from Walt Disney Animation Studios’ The Ballad of Nessie (click …
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