The 1950s and 1960s at The Walt Disney Studios marked unprecedented stylistic directions brought on by the mid-century modern and graphic sensibilities of a new wave of artists. This volume explores the contributions of these heroes with special emphasis on …
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How Animator Gary Andrews Used Sketching As Therapy After Losing A Soulmate
Ex-Disney animator Gary Andrews’ beautiful animation ‘The Doodle Diaries’ illustrates what family life is like since the loss of his wife Joy.
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Raf Anzovin is Making CG Animation Fun
CG Animation can often drown artists in technical limitations both in terms of software (Maya) and methodology. Things are getting better, as studios have begun pushing new boundaries in rigging, design aesthetic, and limited animation with films like The Lego …
Pombo Loves You
A distant father confronts a heroic but troubled past-life as an ’80’s TV show mascot named Pombo.
A Quiet Place: Telling a Story with Sound
I loved this film. It’s particularly interesting to learn about the adjustments the writers made to the screenplay. Sound always plays a particularly important role in the horror genre, but A Quiet Place takes this a step further, making sound …
Korobushka
A beautifully animated student film by Sheridan graduate, Patt Jewanarom. Student films are often unfinished, but in this case I think it makes for a more enjoyable short, at least for animators. 🙂
Breakbot: “Another You”
Breakbot and Ruckazoid merge, creating Breakazoid, a cosmic pimp, who distributes his love to humans by taking them across the galaxy on the planet love in this stylish music video by Olivier Lescot.
Kali Mata
Bengal, 19th century. At the edges of the Kali temple, the British India’s army led by the implacable W.H.Sleeman is about to wash against the last representants of the ancient stranglers assassin’s brotherhood, the Thugs.
Monty Granito’s Awesome Comic Book Story Animatics
Featuring scenes with Batman fighting thugs, Spider-Man and Winter Soldier taking on Thanos, and Captain Marvel duking it out with Venom, these animatics are full of great ideas and possibilities executed masterfully.
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Spungella is Making Excellent Animation Videos on YouTube
YouTube seems over-saturated with video essays on film analysis (You may have noticed we’ve stopped posting them as often as we were). Animation has been largely overlooked save for a few great videos, like this one about Chuck Jones. I’ve …
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