“In the Beginning” by Katie Wendt

In the Beginning, a senior film made at RISD by recent grad Katie Wendt, recounts the Genesis creation myth with quirky cartoon touches …

Creature Combat IV: Animation

Created in a four day animation workshop at Germany’s Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Susanne Wohlfahrt and Marcus …

“Pillow Peter” by Nigel Clark

Pillow Peter is a junior year film made by Nigel Clark at the School of Visual Arts in New York. It’s an eccentrically drawn film about …

“Visit” by Kangmin Kim

While animation is usually a time-consuming craft, some people push it further than others. All I could think of while watching Kangmin …

“Indians” by Louise Cailliez

Colored pencils, cut-outs, and graphite pencil are eloquently blended in Indians. The folk art mixed-media approach does a nice job of …

“Stand-Up” by Joseph Pierce

Stand-Up (2008) by Joseph Pierce made a strong impression on me when I saw it at Annecy a couple years ago. Since then, I’ve searched …

“Tatooine” by Eric Power

Minneapolis musician Jeremy Messersmith’s latest song inspired Austin-based animator Eric Power (Waking Life) to recreate the Star Wars …

“Kahani” by Meg Park

Kahani is short film created by student Meg Park in her final year at Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. Park …

“Bottle” by Kirsten Lepore

The first time we wrote about Kirsten Lepore, she was studying at Maryland Institute College of Art where she’d made an inventive …

“Death Buy Lemonade” by Kyu-bum Lee

Death Buy Lemonade created by Kyu-bum Lee at Sheridan College is the shortest film in Cartoon Brew TV’s Student Animation Festival. Don’t …

Normativism by Eliran Bichman

Eliran Bichman’s final project made at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem is a powerful, personal, self-portrait on being a …

“Manfred” by Arjen Klaverstijn

A graduation project made by Arjen Klaverstijn at the Utrecht School of the Arts in The Netherlands. One of my most frequent bits of …

“2 Bajillion A.D.” by David Ochs

How do you top your freshman student film when that film is the impressive Who’s Hungry? Now a sophomore at CalArts, David Ochs posted …

“Precise Peter” by Martin Schmidt

Martin Schmidt’s Precise Peter is an inventive bit of CG filmmaking, made more impressive by the fact that it’s a student film produced …

“Always, Only, Ever” by Barbara Benas

Watch Always, Only, Ever below: Always, Only, Ever was created by Barbara Benas at the Columbus College of Art and Design. There’s …

Bruce by Tom Judd

Bruce is a powerful graduation film directed by Tom Judd at Royal College of Art. A simple gag on the surface, there are some …

TALKBACK: What are 2010 graduates doing?

Here’s a talkback post dedicated to all the students who have graduated from animation schools in 2010. Now that it’s been three to four …

The Solo Adventures

If you like Star Wars, you’ll get a kick out of this. The Solo Adventures was shown a few weeks ago at the Star Wars Celebration V in …

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