Animation Articles: March 29, 2020
Remember HIM; the villain from The Powerpuff Girls? Read about the Beatles cartoon that inspired Craig McCracken to create him. News This week we also said goodbye to one of France’s comic icons Albert Uderzo. Uderzo co-created and co-produced…
Animation Articles: March 22, 2020
In other coronavirus news, animation studios at home and abroad suddenly realised that employees would have to work remotely whether studios wanted them to or not. Indiewire digs into how American studios are managing a dispersed workforce, while Anime…
Animation Articles: March 15, 2020
A selection of the best animation articles including news, opinions, and features from around the world for the week beginning the 15th of March, 2020. News Pixar Hits a New Low With ‘Onward’ Box Office Debut Character designs for Space Jam…
Animation Articles: March 8, 2020
BUSTLE – The hype for this film is about as real as it gets and these differences mean it may as well be a completely different film from the original. News Taika Waititi Set To Direct Two Netflix Animated Series Based On Roald Dahl’s…
Animation Articles: March 1, 2020
The only part of Frozen I like is when the evil prince tells the villagers that there’s hot glogg available in the palace. ANIMATION MAGAZINE – The definitive list from animation historian Jerry Beck. News Six Japanese Creators Sign On for…
Animation Articles 06-2020
Netflix lopping off half of every episode of Pop Team Epic is example 1547 that they do not care about anime as anything but an abstract branding term. News Celebrating the Founders and Future of French Animation COLLIDER – The trailer for the film…
Animation Articles 05-2020
A selection of the best animation news, opinions, and features from around the world for the week ending February 2nd, 2020. News WildBrain revives Johnny Test in new TV series THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER – One hundred years ago this week (Jan. 29th to…
Animation Articles 04-2020
25YL – This is a rather nice tribute to a film that tends to be overlooked all too often. News The 47th Annie Awards ANIMATION MAGAZINE – Klaus cleans up, but Netflix is the real winner taking home 19 statues and somehow managing to win both…
Animation Articles 03-2020
/Film Report: ‘Road To El Dorado’ And ‘Shark Tale’ Director Bibo Bergeron Indicted In France Vulture /Film ‘The Simpsons’ Star Hank Azaria Will No Longer Voice Apu Crunchyroll Read moreDaughter Prototype Animation Test…
Animation Articles 02-2020
Screen Rant Cartoon Research A selection of the best animation news, opinions, and features from around the world for the week ending January 11th, 2020. Some of you may remember just a few years ago when the number of animated features being released…
Torsten Shrank on Designing Characters for Klaus
A big part of the appeal of Klaus resides in its Character Design. Meet the person responsible for it all, the uber-talented Torsten Shrank, and have a look at his process while designing some of Klaus’ most iconic characters. [embedded content]…
Animation Articles 01-2020
But many films—even some successful ones–lacked vision and originality. Too often, the studio features felt like CG business as usual. Viewers looked to the work of foreign and independent artists for greater creativity in animation. Vulture…
‘Facing It’ by Sam Gainsborough
Shaun always feels separate and isolated from the confident, happy world around him. Whilst waiting for his parents in a busy pub, Shaun struggles valiantly to join in with the admirably happy people in the crowd, but the more he tries, the more he goes…
Animation Broke My Heart
Perhaps I got tired of always being the outsider. Perhaps I didn’t bang on doors hard enough. Perhaps more personal sacrifices could have been made. Hindsight isn’t always 20-20. I even made my own cartoon! Something I’m incredibly…
Leuki
Leuki has mysteriously disappeared. Papeï starts looking for his faithful companion and meets a strange tentacle. [embedded content] A film by Julien Leconte
La Noria
A young boy who loves to draw and build ferris wheels encounters strange creatures that turn his life upside down. [embedded content]
Freaks of Nurture is FINALLY online!!!! Just in time for…
[embedded content] Freaks of Nurture is FINALLY online!!!! Just in time for Mother’s Day, you can now share the film with that special lady that makes you wanna rip your hair out sometimes that you love unconditionally …
Getting a Grip on Anxiety with Gremlin Girl
Franny is an independent, seemingly confident woman with neurotic anxieties that manifest themselves as Gremlin Girl. The webseries by Emily Rifkin and Rebecca Warm is a humourous look at the personification of anxieties and they were kind enough to…
Introducing Socel: Microblogging Made for the Animation Industry
Tired of Twitter? Spam, jerks, and advertising got you down? Want to connect with the rest of the animation community in a meaningful way? Good news! Socel is for you. Read this post and find out why. Mastodon is a microblogging (read: Twitter-esque)…
Instagram post by DAVIDsTEA • Oct 1, 2017 at 4:28pm UTC
Instagram post by DAVIDsTEA • Oct 1, 2017 at 4:28pm UTC: DAVID’S TEA – TEA OF THE MONTH – October (Carrot cupcake)Here’s a lil’ gif I made for David’s Tea (I didn’t get to taste the tea, but I…
Freaks Of Nurture – Mom’s HouseSneak peek of my new stop-motion…
Sneak peek of my new stop-motion short Freaks of Nurture produced by the NFB. * To see more of Jako Lanterne’s work, please check out their website! They are a husband and wife team set in Montreal and are fantastic to work with.…