Recently I’ve been enjoying reading Jim Korkis’ latest book, The Vault of Walt. It’s entertaining in as much the same way as Walt’s People and Working with Walt (A new volume of which will be released soon), except it reminds …
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Carla Veldman
Rarely do I see stop-motion animation reels (something I’d love to feature more on the site), so it’s with great pleasure that I share with you Carla Veldman’s charming Sheridan Graduate reel. I’m just itching to see her short now. …
Surf’s Up Behind the Scenes
There a bunch of interesting behind the scenes videos on YouTube about the look development of Sony Pictures Animation’s, Surf’s Up, which is in my opinion a highly underrated animated film. Here’s two of the videos below, for more check …
Storyboarding Toy Story 3
Bobby Chui recently interviewed one of my favorite artists, James Robertson, on ChuiStream. It’s a great interview full of insight into the boarding process in feature animation at Pixar, the dynamics of a Story Department and Story team, and the …
Studio Ghibli Layout Designs
A month or so ago, a good friend of mine managed to grab me this. Its an art-book published specifically for the Studio Ghibli Layout Designs Exhibition. Quite a rare book and it contains very inspirational layout drawings by Miyazaki …
Stopping Time (Part 2)
Three weeks ago I posted about the amazing photography of Harold Edgerton. Unfortunately all I could find to post were photos I found through Google Images. Since I got the book last week, I’ve been able to scan some of …
Takeshi Kitano
Master Japanese film director, Takeshi Kitano, talks about his approach to film-making. There are some real gems here, particularly part 2 when he talks about acting and improv. There are six parts in total.
Armchair Archivists
It’s no secret that I love Disney history. Here’s something that will make the like-minded happy and sad. The Disney Fan Club (D23) has started a series called Armchair Archivists. They’ll be digging deep into the Disney Archives with every …
Anatomy of Mickey Mouse
There’s more where this come from at Jason Freeny’s, MoistProduction Blog.
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