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The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI) has opened up its submission process for animated films for their inaugural event to take place June 22 – 24th, 2012. It’s free to submit works before February 29th 2012 and submissions close April 15th 2012. The entries will be curated by a committee of experts, and selected films […]
IdN have selected 32 clips from the last five issues of their Motion Gallery, which revolve around the world of Network Branding, Projection Mapping, Mixed Media, Infographics and 8Bit Video-Games Technology. This DD isa compilation and review of the best work of 2011. Specifications: 106 min, Dolby Digital, All Region DVD and 8 page Frenchfold […]
It’s that time of the year again! Escape Studios is teaming up with Oscar-winning visual effects company The Mill, Autodesk, HP, CG Society, 3D Artist and Digital Artist to launch a Social Media competition aimed at aspiring CG artists looking to break into the world of film, TV, games or commercials and young professionals only […]
It’s that time of the year again to announce the now traditional Encounters Bristol International Film Festival. It will be happening this November, showcasing animation and live action talent from around the world. This year it will host a series of symposiums on future ideas and future trends with industry specialists, such as Studio AKA. There […]
I can’t get over how good this is. This is the work of Luciano do Amaral, a Brazilian 2D and stop-motion animator. He paints stages, designs models, builds armatures, does illustration, designs and paints. The movements are all so precise and subtle that it takes the brain a while to realize it’s stop-motion. I take […]
Disney Junior is bidding to collect a million Disney memories in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity. The campaign is being supported by a host of stars including Sir Michael Cane, Thandie Newton, Jason Isaacs, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Julie Walters CBE, Lewis Hamilton , Mel C, Ben Price, Fay Ripley and Dermot O’Leary. Head […]
Tammy Semen and Kyle Marshall are hosting an art show showcasing the many talents of the Toronto animation scene. The show will be at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario). Show runs June 29– July 5, with reception on June 30, at 7pm. They have a great crew of artists that includes: Chuck […]
While his wife is undergoing slimming treatment, André goes on a discovery tour of this very unusual center… Directed at Supinfocom Arles in 2010 by Bertrand Avril, Pierre Chomarat, David Dangin and Thea Matland. slimtime official website
Some more great work from the Danish animation school, the Animation Workshop. Bertram is a little boy, who, while struggling with his homework, dreams himself into the future where he experiences how it is to be a pilot, a zoo keeper and other amazing things. I love the story and the performance. The transition between […]
Á Côz, by Emmanuelle Walker, is an animated series of small dramatic comedies starred by a six year old little girl, who understands (better than most) that the future of our planet is hanging by a hair. She proposes her naive solutions to stop the destruction. All the episodes reach the same conclusion: “When you’re […]
More than a teaser, this is a mouth watering appetizer created by Headless Productions, a small independent animation studio based in Barcelona. It was founded by Adrian Garcia, Alfredo Torres and Victor Maldonado. The piece was developed in order to convey mood and style of the film and the characters, it was screened at the […]
I know this is meant to be the season to be jolly, but I just had to post this short Argentinian animation. It truly is a tear jerker in more than one sense. You’ll know what I mean once the big twist is revealed. Bot animation and humour are simple and unpretentious, and I think […]
This is a charming short animation by French graphic designer Kadavre Exquis. It has a really nice dark duotone that adds to the ominous look of the character, although given his motifs (fruit) he’s anything but. The boiling line, although you can’t see the line much, gives is an agreeable tactile feel to it all. Theodore […]
Quirky is always a positive in our books and Marcel is nothing but that. Plus he’s got one huge eye! We hope that the next instalment of this little guy’s adventures feature him skiing on someone’s toenail clippings. You’ll understand when you watch it! This stop frame animation was directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp. Marcel is voiced […]
Attention all vegetables, fruit and spuds of a weak disposition: Look away now! The scenes you’re about to see might have been prepared with the best seasonal animation ingredients but the recipes may contain traces of dark culinary humour and a dash of Dexterian greenery horrors. Designed/Directed/Animated by Tom Bunker for MTV Gonzo on MTV […]
A while back we passed on the news that Disney had been given the green light on an animated series called ‘Fish Hooks’. Well the series is now rolling out in the U.S. and it will be arriving in the U.K. this month, here’s a little clip, enjoy! Fish Hooks is a brand new animated series […]
Aka ‘The king and the Beaver’ is a graduation student film made in 2010 at the mighty Gobelins animation school. The animation in this lovely short is brilliant, superbly timed, great posing and a cute and original story line, which is probably one of the hardest things to get right in a short film. To […]
If you are a big fan of Canadian animation, and you should be, you will be happy to know that the event that every year thrives with the talent of hundreds of Canadian creators. The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is the largest event of its kind in North America, a major film event attracting […]
A selection of the top directors, creators and designers in Canadian animation will be getting together in Ottawa at the Mother Goose Gets Animated event, where the artists where asked to asked to recreate each of their favorite nursery rhymes. The exhibition takes place alongside [but not part of] the OIAF and it will be […]
This lovely short was directed at Cube Creative during the summer of 2010 by Gobelins’ students Louis Thomas, Theo Guignard and Benjamin Moreau. This Parisian agency hires talent graduated from animation schools based on the strength of their student film, which has obviously worked out for both parties. The quality of all their work is […]
It’s happening again! The annual search for hot new talent in the area of Computer Graphics, which is conducted by Escape Studios, The Mill, 3D Artist and The CG Society, is taking place once more. This is not for the faint hearted but for those with a passion for computer graphics who are willing to work […]
CBE David Sproxton is the co-founder and Managing Director of Aardman Animations. Alongside his partner Peter Lord, he is a pioneer in stop frame animation. During his lifetime, David has been a producer, director and a cinematographer. David and Peter met in grammar school where they made their first animated film using David’s Bolex camera. […]
One of the things I like most about Arjen’s work is the unpretentiousness of his work, simple basic rigs, relying on a charismatic illustrative style his focus is on the characterisation and the story itself. Minimal and original! Manfred is an animated short by Arjen Klaverstijn, a freelance animator who recently graduated from the Utrecht […]
When I saw this yesterday, my eyes were sweating with excitement, then my jaw fell right on my little toe and made me cry even more. This is all figuratively speaking of course… honest! I’m not sure what I liked more, the mad, shotgun-style creative pattern (or lack of it) that becomes obvious just by […]
This short animation was created and directed by Sumo Science at Aardman for Nokia, via Wieden & Kennedy. It is a beautiful and imaginative sequence starring a 9mm girl called Dot who’s being chased by a disproportionate unraveling danger. It was inspired by Professor Fletcher’s invention of the CellScope, a Nokia device with a microscope […]
The Holland Animation Film Festival is pleased to continue its web competition. HAFFTube, that’s where it all happens. HAFFTube is our official channel within YouTube. Next to the competition, the channel will be a place to find footage of past festival editions, trailers and contacts of the festival. Visit HAFFTube and post your reaction! The […]
Camilo Duarte is a Colombian born animator, currently based in Barcelona. For 5 years Camilo has used 3D Studio Max and Maya to rig and animate his characters. As you can see by the high quality of his reel, he keeps getting better and better, his characters have great posing, silhouetting and sense of balance. […]
A lonely circus performer ambles the woods reminiscing of his long lost friend. This sombre and charismatic project is the creation of Michael Amstad, Philipp Halfmann, Volker Langholz, Benjamin Lützow and Dominik Mader who are known as Hylas Films, an animation collective based in Berlin. Circus is the first of a suspense stop-motion series, a […]
Here’s a sweet piece by Bobbi-Dee Schultz, a recent graduate of the Vancouver Film School’s Classical Animation Program. A day dream become animation about a kid who’s day dream animation becomes real. Hope you like it!
This wonderful piece was animated by Mariana Villegas Flores a Mexican born animator during her studies at the Vancouver Film School. The character’s performance is convincing and manages to say a lot without the need of dialogue, further more, Mariana manages to give the sea a personality of its own. She says about the short: “A […]
Richard Williams with some of the 30,881 drawings used in the 412 scenes shot for The Animator’s Survival Kit — Animated Richard Williams is a Canadian animator, winner of two Oscars and countless other awards for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and A Christmas Carol. He is perhaps best known for his unfinished […]
Renown London CG academy Escape Studios are launching today a new kind of online course: online mentored learning courses. The mentored learning courses are perfect for international graduates who can’t travel to their facilities in London or those who need to balance work and study commitments. Students get access to a virtual classroom, where they […]
Now this is a very special work, created by the wonderfully twisted brain of Tom Bland and London based freelance animator and illustrator. He created this for a short film competition as well as for fun and practise. The competitions theme was ‘B Movie’ and all entries should be about 3 minutes long. He won […]
The Vancouver Film School keeps harvesting unique animators with some beautiful skills, this one was created by Miguel Otálora a graphic designer from the Colombia’s Universidad Nacional and traditional animator from the Vancouver Film School. An out of control bullet is the result of a bet in a small dive bar. The Bet is an […]
This animation is just delicious. A perfect example of what happens when good animation skills meets technology. Moignon looking for a girlfriend on Face-de-Bouc, dressed in a beautiful princess, while Coin-Coin, a valiant knight, sets out in search of events and adventures. Fight epic sub-atomic explosions “should not touch the yogurt Coin-Coin…” This episode was […]
Here’s a wonderful animation, cleverly written and animated by 21 year old Irish animator Bryan Joseph O’Sullivan. He studied animation at IADT Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. The short is about two young detectives named Rian and Pogo who set out to investigate and explore the depths of their hometown Oakridge. Along the way they encounter odd […]
Passion Pictures, have done it again! Well, more specifically Pete Candeland has done it with the directorial skills that brought us Rock Band cinematic for The Beatles, he’s recently directed this commercial for Coke Zero called ‘Happy Kingdom’. The clip was produced by Debbie Crosscup from Passion Pictures and the designated creative agency was Ogilvy […]
Brilliantly acted, the timings are perfect and the movements are austere but surgically chosen and, if that wasn’t enough, the story is quite endearing. Eliza Ivanova animated this short for her 3rd year at CalArts. She is originally from Sofia, Bulgaria. Currently. She graduated from <a href=“CalArts’ character animation program, completing her BFA4. She received the […]
Based on the popular Daily Telegraph comic strip of the same name by Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor. BreakThru has worked with Charles and Russell to bring Alex off the page and on to your screens. Alex has been shot, kidnapped, run over, abducted by aliens and marooned in the Amazon rainforest. He’s endured two […]
How do you fancy winning an iPod or an online 3D course from Escape Studios? That’s what they’re offering as a thank you for those who have graduated from a UK university and don’t mind spending 5 minutes filling in their Graduate Survey. Basically, they’re interested in learning about how you got on finding a […]
It feels unsettling because is real and is close to all of us. This animation is a follow up to the award winning short ‘Blokes’ and was animated by Matt Frodsham depicting the word of Mat Lloyd’s poem. They are both tapping into major social issues here, so I am sure it will get all […]
Eyes with legs, zombie-like pandas, ghosts with long tongues, crabs, aliens, robots, a singing smartie. Anything you want, you name it! This video has it. Dry Fish is a very special creation by Andy Martin a freelance designer/director based in London. His recent work has included projects for clients like Channel 4, E4, Trouble, Sky […]
After an overwhelming response for the 2009 festival Encounters International Film Festival, Bristol, has once again teamed up with YouSendIt, to accept festival submissions digitally. In a bid to decrease waste and make life a lot easier for Filmmakers, with YouSendIt, filmmakers can upload an entry directly through the Encounters web site. Submissions open 19 April […]
Surreal short animation about a man who’s life echoes inside a box in his chest… ad infinitum. Yes, now I read that again it sounds like a dream Salvador Dalí may have had. This blindingly creative and thoughtful short was created by Rebecca Sugar for her animation thesis at the School of Visual Arts, she is […]
Just in time for Mother’s Day, StoryCorps has released Q&A online. Q&A features Joshua Littman, a 12-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome, interviewing his mother, Sarah. Joshua’s unique questions and Sarah’s loving, unguarded answers reveal a beautiful relationship that reminds us of the best—and the most challenging—parts of being a mother. The image above is one […]
Learn the truth (approximately) about Vlad the Impaler. Was he really a Bloodthirsty psychopath or simply a misunderstood artist? Armed with unpretentious slapstick humour and Wikipedia, Australian animator Doug Bayne has successfully harvested 251 of amusing musings on the life of this mythical Wallachian man.
How do you think your money works for you? Green City Energy and Musclebeaver give you the answer in animated form. This quirky and amusing 4 minute clip uses loads of movie references as well as real world of course to show you what your money apparently does behind your back. This is a campaign run […]
A little girl’s curiosity is sparked by a mysterious creature as she plays in her grandparents’ barn. Meet Meline is a hyper-realistic and beautifully short film is an independent production by Virginie Goyons and Sebastien Laban. It took 2 years to finish. On their own they completed all the pre-production including script, concepts, previz, characters, set […]
This is a fabulous, back to basics, unpretentious animated short, where all that matters is a story well told. I admire enormously the animations that can convey amazing amounts of information without any dialogue. This is a truly wonderful piece. Written, directed and animated by Lee kyu-tae, sound by Gwon young-hwan and the music was […]
I have always been a big fan of the look of 60s American illustration, with very simplistic features that tell o much about the character, a dominant colour on each scene, basic compositions and very accentuated poses. This charming short has it all and it’s all handsomely delivered. This short animation was commissioned by Faber […]
Electro Rock meets Pinocchio. That’s how Copernicus Studios, a Canadian artist-driven animation studio, describes the latest animated video created for the Jimmy Swift Band. The story is epic, the characters are wonderful and charismatic, the animation is meticulous and full of life, the backgrounds are wonderful. Probably the only thing I didn’t like about the […]
This is a short sketchbook-style animated film that takes a close look at people at a “La Fete Nationale” celebration in Montreal, Quebec. You can clearly see through the portrait of each ‘character’ in this animated sketch, you can almost recognize them from the times you’ve been to a public event and you even get […]
According to the Daily Express Tim Burton is taking on the creation of a new animated 3D version of The Addams Family. He is hoping CG will resurrect the spooky Addams Family, who last appeared on the big screen in 1993’s Addams Family Values. Deadline.com has reported that Illumination Entertainment acquired the rights to the […]
This truly inspired stop motion work by Haley Morris is a visual metaphor for the progression of Alzheimer’s. This six minute story portrays an old man who’s struggling to keep hold of the objects he manages to fish out of the ominous ocean beneath him. The technique seems outstandingly suited for the subject and is […]
The London International Animation Festival is organising a fabulous event with American cult animator Bruce Bickford. This is a rare, one-night-only presentation of his films, featuring the exclusive English premiere of his new film that he has been working on for many years – Cas’l (excerpt bellow). Bickford is best known for his collaborations with […]
This is a fantastic opportunity, brought to us by Escape Studios and Pixar, for anyone interested in character animation and story telling. This one-off, two day professional Master Class delivered by Pixar Animation Studios’ Andrew Gordon (senior animator) and Matthew Luhn (story artist). With contributions to nearly every feature film created by Pixar in the […]
Penguins are no longer flightless birds, how? Thanks to gravity zero and the help of a handful of talented animators, director Frank Vroegop and art director Federico Costa. Another brilliant production created by Delapost in Paris. It’s quite visible how much fun this must have been, is like reproducing the dreams of someone who has too […]
The Brothers McLeod always seem to have exciting new projects up their sleeves. They are currently working on a short series of police comedy animations for BBC Comedy Extra. Based on their Sticks animations. You can meet the characters for the pulp fiction on their website. I think this is truly inspired, and it goes […]
Dutch animator Job Kind has launched a mesmerising music video called “Runaway” from Dutch singer/songwriter Bart van der Lee. The pencil-test look of it has a sort of nostalgic touch, not only from an animator’s point of view but also for the song itself, I think it works quite well. Parts of the video have a […]
This is an Irish animated film by Cartoon Saloon, the makers of Skunk Fu, Old Fangs and CúIlín Dúalach. It screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in February this year. Soon after it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Film. The story takes place in the XIX century. Abbot Cellach is raising […]
This beautifully animated short is a cynical and lively view of the world were everything we do affects something else which in turns affects us. I see the world this way and perhaps this is why it appealed to me. I think is wonderful and even if not at least you’ll be tapping your foot […]
I just stumbled on a nice little article in Quirky Guide, about the Suginami Animation Museum in Japan, which collects the best of their animation culture. Suginami-ku in Tokyo is also known as anime town and is where a lot of animation companies are now located. The Suginami Animation Museum looks like a fantastic place […]
Gary’s doctor is determined to cure him of his fear of doors but Gary does not want to leave the comfortable and beautiful world he’s imagined for himself, he is happy where he is. Unfortunately his psychiatrist wont give up so easily. This clever story was put together by a group of students from the […]
Sometimes reality is harder to believe than fiction, and when that happens, what better medium to capture its madness than animation? When the BBC Ireland realised that, they created On the Air bringing to life some of the most idiosyncratic phone-ins from BBC Radio Ulster’s Gerry Anderson show to the screen by animating the real-life […]
You would think that life as a stone would be boring, right? Wrong! After I saw Das Wheel (The Rocks) I realised, you could have a blast of a time! Imagine using a pine nut as a hand grenade, which you can throw near by your victim. only instead of an explosion a tree would […]
What time is it? Adventure Time with Finn and Jake! You may remember having seen this absolutely crazy, random, bizarre, lovely animation about 3 years ago. Well, it looks like they’ll be back on the small screen thanks to Cartoon Network. Join Jake the dog and Finn the human, for algebraic adventures in The Land […]
I just bumped into this great animation I saw a couple of years ago and I thought I should share it here in case some of you haven’t seen it. It was written and animated by Carlos Lascano as part of the Red Bull program organised together with the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, […]
Learning new things is always great, and if you can learn them with a smile in your face is even better. The way this short educational film was written disguises the fact that you’re learning, it bursts with charisma. I haven’t seen much made from the team behind this production but I can see there […]
As you all know, things are really rough in Haiti right now, so animator Howie Shia and his brothers decided to use their company to do something to help aid those suffering from the earthquake. They have set up PPF Neighborhood: over 2 dozen like-minded friends in the independent arts community (both in Toronto and […]
With 20 years of experience in the animation industry, Eric is an exceptionally skilled animator in both CG and traditional animation. His impressive portfolio contains names such as Dreamworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Brothers, and Rhythm & Hues among others. Some of his most recent projects are The Princess and the Frog, Alvin and […]
At first I thought this was going to be a funny ironic animation about the nature of deadlines, but instead it turned out to be a wonderfully depicted paradox between two creators and their creations. Do you remember that engraving by Maurice Escher where a couple of hands are drawing each other? Well, this is […]
This short video was created by Yann Benedi and Celine Desrumaux, in Montreal (November 2009), for the event Challenge your world 20/20, a partnership between Challenge Your World and Motionographer. 20 video artists create 20 wild, whimsical, and unconventional machines that solve environmental issues. If we’re going to transform the world we have to push […]
Completed in January 2010 by The Brothers McLeod, The Moon Bird is a dark fairytale about an orphan girl who must outwit a terrible sorceress with the help of a magical lunar bird. The film is a short animation fifteen minutes long funded through the UK Film Council, Screen WM and CHANNEL 4. Watch out for […]
This is an incredibly awe worthy DVD course with award winning character artist Richard Smith, who has worked on titles such as Star Wars Battlefront 3, Time Splitters 4, Without Warning and Haze. In this DVD, he takes you through modelling a Next-Gen game character, starting with a rough concept design and evolving it into […]
Very little is known about the life of ninja’s when they go on holidays, but one thing is for sure: the danger never ends. This is a simple story very well put together created by Daniel Klug during his course at Animation Mentor in 2008. When only the eyes are visible you have to rely […]
© PRNewsFoto/Jamster © newscom.com Traditionally, at 20 years you celebrate your China anniversary, or if you’re of the modern trend, Platinum. But somebody must have given Marge Simpson the wrong information. To celebrate The Simpson’s 20th anniversary, she decided to pose nude for US Playboy magazine According to The Guardian newspaper, the famous cartoon character […]
Jeff Pratt has had a fascinating (slightly meandering) career. After many years working as a space shuttle engineer for NASA, Jeff swapped the ‘infinite and beyond’ for a graphic design and computer animation path, which he kicked off with none other than Pixar, joining the teams behind ‘Toy Story’ 1 and 2, ‘A Bug’s Life’, […]
Meet Fot, the mightiest soccer player even existed. A real hero of our time. Fot is a short animated movie made by an incredibly talented animator illustrator neuroscientist from Palmerston North (New Zealand) called Alex Dron. The design of his characters is quirky and unique indeed, I do hope he’s going to give us the […]
This is the tale of Walter, a rookie secret agent faced with a problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase (as you do). What started out as a simple test animation, quickly grew into a bold attempt at studio-level CGI filmmaking […]
I must confess I haven’t heard of this movie until today. Unfortunately, the official website doesn’t give much away at the moment, but after a little research I found that the film was presented at Cannes in May 2009. It got picked up by StudioCanal, partnered with Universal Music Group. The film will be directed by […]
I have a weakness for this kind of retro looking animations, this nicely executed short was created by Matthew Kalinauskas for his animation programme studies at the Sheridan Institute of Technology in 2008, with music by Monica Corey. the use of colour blocks in the backgrounds, the colour palette and even the boiling line, all […]
It may not mean much to you if you’re not from south America, but Boogie, el aceitoso (the oily) is a comic book legend created by the talented Argentinian cartoonist Roberto Fontanarrosa. Boogie is making it to the big screen by the hands of production company Illusion Studios. In my humble opinion the animation is […]
I find it extraordinarily satisfying when I bump into traditional animation sequences with great acting and emotion. This short by Vladimir Kooperman is truly fetching in that sense. Perhaps it’s all down to the fact that I reckon our dog would behave in a situation like the one depicted in the film. I really felt […]
French media groups Method Animation and MK2; and Indian animation studio DQ Entertainment are putting €8 million (U$11.5 million) into a joint kitty to fund a project that will bring Charlie Chaplin to life as a cartoon character in an animated television series. DQ Entertainment will be charge of the CG production. The series will […]
Many of you would have seen this, but is always such a nice feeling to watch again something as delicious as this little short from Korean independent animation company Mesai. Alarm was created by Moohyun Jang and Jungwoo Choo. Even though you know it’s a caricature of real life, it’s annoying how closely it resembles […]
One of the most fascinating facts about this film is that the main character was based on the actress Laurie Maher, whose eyes were filmed and composited into the actual puppet. Have a close look, it is as eerie as powerful. Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train, weighed down with all her earthly possessions and […]
Escape Studios are conducting a survey to find out what their students and readers think of their courses. Whether you are just starting out, studied with them a long time ago, or just use their free tutorials they could use your input! By January 22nd one of lucky winner will be drawn at random from the […]
Latest demo reel from Christine Phelan, a character animator based in the San Francisco Bay area, featuring some of her work at Double Fine Productions on “Brütal Legend” (2009), as well as some sequences produced for LucasArts on “Star Wars: The Force Unleashed” (2008). Her characters are full of life, and I’m happy to see […]
Nick Cross is an award-winning animator and independent film-maker living in Ottawa, Canada. He’s played a key role in the production of several animated features such as Ren & Stimpy ‘Adult Party Cartoon’ and Rupert, not forgetting his personal projects: The Waif of Persephone and Yellow Cake. Nick’s portfolio contains clients such as Nelvana, Spumco, […]
In a similar line to (but not quite) Creature Comforts but with a greener objective, this series of hilarious stop-motion animations are sending out messages on what we can do to help the environment. Each story addresses an issue in a clever and funny way; and the characters deliver a beast of a performance, you […]
There’s a new CGWorkshop: Modern Game Character Creation with Lara Croft (Tombraider Underworld) modeler Jonathan Rush in this intense nine week course. Jon will be stepping up to take you under the hood of the ‘character art hot rod,’ where you will learn the ‘ins & outs’ of successfully creating video game characters within a […]
About a year ago I started work on a project called Tootles. After all this time I am only half way and I am hoping to have it finished this year, although that’s hard to ensure, mainly because I do this around my commercial work and, like for most people, bills keep getting in the […]
John Griffith has been announced as the winner of the Aniboom Marvel Motion Comics Competition. This is his entry, named “The Stronger”, and it shows a great deal of dedication, understanding of the characters, camera movements, angles and the character’s personalities. The animator has taken advantage on the fact that these heroes are so well […]
How To Train Your Dragon is an adventure comedy set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, based on the book by Cressida Cowell. The story centers around a Viking teenager, who lives on the island of Berk, where fighting dragons is a way of life, after all the Vikings have been […]
After being exiled, launched into space by Earth’s heroes, the spaceship that was supposed to transport the Hulk to an inhabited planet, it gets sucked by a wormhole, which sends him to planet Sakaar. A planet full of unimaginable technology and innumerable alien species. Unfortunately for the Hulk, the planet is being run by a […]
Dreamworks Animation is working on an adaptation of A. Lee Martinez’s book Gil’s All Fright Diner for an animated film. The creative story team behind Kung Fu Panda (Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris) is already working on it, and Barry Sonnenfeld will be directing it. Duke and Earl are just passing through Rockwood county in their […]
I just stumbled on this piece I saw about 3 or 4 years ago and it had the same effect it had back then: I got shivers down my spine. This is a deliciously delivered short created by Swiss artist/director Ben Hibon for MTV Asia. It was broadcast as both a standalone short film and […]
A beautiful story told with a Burtonesque dark rhyme narration. It is very imaginative and with a clear directorial voice. There’s no need for elaborate action by the characters or intricate camera movements, the charisma of the characters and their stories makes up for all of that and it manages to keep you on edge, […]
What would your life like be if your head was facing the other way? Sure it’d be handy in some instances, like seeing if someone is following you or talking behind your back (also, see below), but it would certainly make your life pretty eventful. Cúilín Dualach is a 12 minute animated short film, produced […]
Stoke Your Fires is a 3 day long festival of animation for professionals and students. The event takes place in Potteries Museum & Art Gallery where screenings, exhibitions, master classes and awards ceremonies will take place. This is the third instalment of the festival, which will kick off in February 2010. Animators (professional or otherwise) can […]
Storm clouds gather as a timid bookworm braves his daily walk to the bus stop. When he discovers what awaits him on board, he realises he’d have been better off outside in the storm. The Passenger is the result of 6 years spent in a bedroom with a computer. It began in 1998 as a proposed […]
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I must say I found this stunning animation quite scary in a beautiful way. The concept is very clever and the animation exquisitely delivered. A curious young girl prances down a snowy street when something catches her eye that perhaps shouldn’t have. Your brain bounces back between awe and tension. It’s really quite clever. The […]
A traffic pedestrian sign is understandably fed up with his job until he discovers that there’s more to life than posing and discovers dancing. This smile provoking animation is the product of 7 months of work from 13 students in the 3rd year of the BAA Animation program at Sheridan College in Oakville (Ontario, Canada). […]
Nathaniel is almost 7 years old but he still can’t read… When his aunt Eleanor left him her library containing hundreds of books, Nathaniel was very disappointed! Yet each of these stories will deliver a wonderful secret: at night with the little hero, the lovely Alice, the wicked fairy Carabosse, the terrible Captain Hook, they […]
Some of the brains behind Ghost in the Shell, Blood the Last Vampire, Tales of the Black Freighter, Ergo Proxy and Samurai Champloo have come together to give life in animated form to Dante Alighieri’s medieval unforgettable epic. In February 8th 2010 Film Roman and Manga/Anchor Bay will release DANTE’S INFERNO The animated movie on Blu-ray […]
A couple of kids live in a small piece of floating land, the boy likes inventing machines to help him fly even if he gets hurt in the process, luckily his friend is always around to give him a helping hand. It has a fetching style of illustration and character design. This is an end […]
There are currently 2 new courses at CGWorkshops open for registration: Compositing in Nuke with Steve Wright and Rigging in Maya 1 with Todd Widup. Plus from now until the end of February 2010, all CGS members get 10% discount* off all CGWorkshops. Steve Wright course offers an eight-week introduction to Nuke, a powerful visual […]
My Dog Tulip, the celebrated novel by J.R Ackerley, was made into a full length animated feature by producers Norman Twain, Howard Kaminsky and Frank Pellegrino. Christopher Plummer and Isabella Rossellini voice this vividly animated, touching story of an elderly man who rescues a German shepherd and how the two become fast friends. It was […]
“The Bunjies are the biggest, greatest, loudest Rock’n Roll group in the World. They are also not yet out of junior school. Royalty, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Totalitarian Dictators, they all want to be photographed alongside The Bunjies. The Bunjies, however, aren’t interested in any of that. They just want to rock. Well, actually, they just […]
Meindbender animation studio has been an active Swedish animation company since 2006. Meindbender is the result of combining the talent of Michael Bengtsson, Olov Burman, Calle Haldin and Tony Österlund. Although they have a variety of styles, the one that caught my eye was a very tactile stop-motion-like animation with a real clay feeling to […]
Isabelle Duarté, Lee Danskin, Charlotte Wills, Alex Amelines and Jeff Pratt Last Friday evening I had the opportunity to take a close look at the working machinery of the animation training titan that’s Escape Studios. I can safely say that Escape are one of the best CG academies in the world, you can train there on […]
A boy eats everything in his path but he doesn’t know when to stop. This is a major project by Australia based animator Kim Young Ha (aka Flew) for his RMIT Animation course. Kim says “I am really interested in human nature and how people react to problems. Sometimes, unexpected things happen and one may […]
This slick duotone animation is based on a Taoist fable, which tells the story of a battle between two countries over territories on a tiny snail’s horn. Big and Small are not mere limited to the visual, but also refer to the psychological. Territory is Wei Hou’s first animation production, it’s also his graduation project […]
A little boy wants to have a wee in the middle of the night, but in order to do it he must cross a very dark corridor… luckily he turns into a superhero and will fight all the evil monsters on his way to the toilet’s door but… This lovely animation along with its fantastic sound […]
David Sproxton, co-founder and Executive Chairman of BAFTA and Oscar-winning Aardman Animations, has taken over at the helm of Britains biggest and longest running short film festival, ENCOUNTERS, replacing outgoing Simon Cooper as the festivals third Chairman. The news comes as the dust settles on Encounters 15th successful year (17–21 November in Bristol), in which […]
Tyger is a wonderfully magical short Directed by Guilherme Marcondes for Brazilian animation house Birdo Studio in 2006. It was based on the poem Tyger by William Blake from the ‘Songs of Experience’ book. Guilherme says: “The tiger is as much dangerous as it is marvelous and this ambiguity makes us avoid the pure romantic […]
Here’s a blast from the past for you to enjoy. Marvin Digs is a short animation that produced by Ralph Bakshi (The animation pioneer who brought us ‘Cool World’) for Paramount Pictures in 1967. Marvin is a teenager from the decade of the sixties who looks like a walking hairball. Charged with the hefty task of […]
Here’s a truly inspirational animation reel for you to enjoy. Eric Walls is a CG, a traditional 2D animator, and illustrator and a writer. He’s worked for big boys like Disney, Rhythm & Hues, Warner Bros, Dreamworks and many others. If you’re anything like me after watching this reel you’ll want to run back home and […]
This is another mighty course organised by Escape Studios. The course itself has been developed and taught by Pixar Veteran Jeff Pratt. Jeff honed his character animation skills on some of Pixar’s best loved movies including Toy Story, Monsters Inc., Geri’s Game and A Bug’s Life. It begins with a professional introduction to all aspects […]
Pixologic has released version 3.5 of their sculpting software ZBrush with new features like ZSpheres II, ZSketch, Quick Sketch, Surface Noise and Planar brushes. They’ve made it easier to create organic characters, mechanical objects, environments or product designs. Not only has Adaptive Skin mesh creation been improved for ZSpheres II but so has Unified Skin, […]
Upon leaving a music academy after an unsuccessful audition for a place, a distraught young violinist is injured in a car crash involving the principal of the academy, who then tries to make amends by granting him admission. This beautifully sequence was animated by Chan Ghee Leow, unsurprisingly it won July’s instalment of the 11 […]
The Beauty Of Life is a 2D short made by Moritz Bunk, Patrick Kreuser, Felix Graf, Marc Mueller, Sylvia Kratzsch, Christian Miletzki and Goro Fujita at the end of their first term at The German Film School. This traditionally hand-drawn animation was a huge time consuming project. This labour of love took a year to […]
This is another beautiful end-of-course short animation created by 5 talented Gobelins students, the clip was not only made for fun and passion but also, like all shorts, to be seen by people… and you could also say that this one was made to be touched. It has such a tactile delivery of textures and […]
The trailer for Warner Home Video latest animated venture has been released. The story is based on the 1999 Grant Morrison JLA: Earth 2 story, where a heroic Lex Luthor from an alternate universe coming to the Justice League for help against the Crime Syndicate. This is the seventh video in the line of the […]
Germans in the Woods is a moving animation that illustrates the scarring experience of Joseph Robertson, a 86-year-old World War II veteran who fought for the Allies at the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler’s last major offensive. Amidst fierce combat and harsh winter weather, both the Germans and the Allies suffered heavy casualties. But Mr. […]
Sweet animated short about a little boy who’s playing with snail up on his tree house on a rainy afternoon and follows them towards a dream circus. Created by a groupd of Supinfocom students: Philippe Desfretier, Nicolas Dufresne, Sylvain Kauffmann and Martin Laugero. The music was created by Thomas Miquel.
Halo Legends is Warner Home Video’s new CG anime series following up on the game’s mythology. It will be produced by 343 Industries, a part of Microsoft Game Studios, the exciting tales-beyond-the-games will be released on February 9, 2010 as a Special Edition 2-disc version on DVD, Blu-Ray™ and downloads. A similar to the Animatrix […]
After a few years of quiet retirement and meditation, the lethal weapon of the brothers McLeod also known as Fuggy Fuggy is back, this time he’s wishes were more than he could chew. Enjoy!
Encounters Short film Festival returns this November to celebrate 15 years of supporting new national and international short film and animation talent with a jam-packed programme. Introducing new for this year an Online Audience Award partnered with Babelgum, extended competition programmes and more delegate only events than ever before. You can now see (or download) […]
Disney Channel has had the go-ahead for their first animated series in 3 years: “Fish Hooks” (working title). The story revolves around the party guy Milo (Kyle Massey), his neurotic brother Oscar (Justin Roiland) and an overly dramatic goldfish, Bea (Chelsea Staub). They go to Freshwater High, a school at the bottom in a giant fish […]
Present and past artists and/or animators behind all Disney animated productions have joined efforts to create an online gallery, named the Suspended Animation Gallery, which will offer artwork created exclusively by the Disney production artists. Anyone can now purchase original artwork (paintings, sculptures, drawings) from the people who have been involved in adding life to […]
This is the end of course film of 5 Gobelins students: a collaboration between Jérémie Moreau, David Francis, Rony Hotin, Baptist Rogron, Gaelle Thierry and Maïlys Vallade. The story of a lighthouse keeper who suddenly wakes up from his sleep by a particularly large insect. The attention to detail is remarkable and the combination of […]
The newest film by award-winning animator, Nick Cross. ‘Yellow Cake’ is a lamentable tragedy mixed full of pleasant mirth. Both the style and the story are unique and a delight to watch, you can tell it’s been a labour of love. Nick started working on Yellow Cake in November of 2006 after he finished production […]
A young African boy finds himself lost in the middle of the wild Savannah. While carrying a machine gun may make him feel safe, will that be enough to recognise where the real dangers are? This is a stunning animation by Adam Temple, an animation graduate from Sheridan College, which he did for his fourth year […]
I’ve been using After Effects for a while and it has always bothered me that there’s no easy way to know the size in pixels of a specific layer. Maybe it’s just me but I keep needing that information for one reason or another and you always have to come up with sneaky ways around […]
Mariza is a short 3d animated film I created back in 2008 by Greek animator Constantine Krystallis. This was his final project for her animation MA at University of Technology in Sydney. After a year of doing the rounds in animation festivals she’s finally made it public. The characters are very believable, both stylistically and […]
When I saw this short, I was trying to figure out the animator’s analogy, or if it was a metaphor (I’m certain it is) what was it for, and maybe it’s just me but it seems to apply to many things. Society, mid-life crises, belonging, paranoia, trends, etc. It’s either so clever it fits more […]
This is the fantastic work of Thomas Alan Bland, a London based character animator. His personal creations tend to make a lasting impression on any viewer, and they are full of life, at least to begin with. Tom warns: “it is a bit gruesome in places, if you would like a toned down version please ask, […]
Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that new development partner, Storek Studio, has released an update to its widely popular nVeil video plug-in exclusively for the FxFactory platform. nVeil creates unique kaleidoscopic visual effects by filtering source imagery through vector graphic veils. nVeil’s expanding library comes preloaded […]
Scene»Heard, the brand new student filmmaking competition, is now calling for entries. The free-to-enter competition, presented by PRS for Music, is challenging student and graduate filmmakers to create their own imaginative 90-second cinematic interpretation of a famous musical quote, song lyric or song title. There is a £1,000 cash prize. Short films will be accepted across […]
The Exquisite Corpse project was set up early this year by Animation House Cirkus and invites people to create a monthly follow-up storyline to be animated by the Cirkus team. As it’s grown up now, The Corpse is extending its scope. Students from various animation courses and Universities have been working on it using 3D […]
This is a very insightful article recently published by Jake Friedman from Animation Mentor guys on how a character animation diploma can be applied in virtually any direction you may be interested in, from games to feature length films. They talked to five animators across the US to find out how an education in character […]
Lovely animation by Lois van Baarle, a digital illustrator who is currently on her fourth year of animation study in Holland. I have seen some of her work and I think you may agree with me that it’s of very high quality. I love the characters and the acting is very charismatic, very enjoyable. Even […]
If you’ve seen Bruce Lee fighting Ironman, then you’ll like this. Created by one of Woolf + Lapin’s collection of talented directors Patrick Boivin. A French Canadian self taught director, who began by drawing comic books 15 years ago and quickly discovered that it was faster to tell stories with movement.
Johnny Kelly has created this two-minute animated voyage through one of nature’s cycles, following the trials and tribulations of a humble apple seed. The film was kindly funded by Adobe, made using their CS4 range of software. It was produced at Nexus Productions and features a soundtrack by Jape. It was made using a mixture […]
Guided by a strange dog, an old man goes to an icy faraway land. After a grueling journey in the cold snow, he reaches the edge of a frozen lake to which he ventures alone, in there a strange ballet of lights takes place. This short was directed as a short opening for the Festival International […]
This is a monster of a reel, it’s got some (quite literally) kick ass 2D hand drawn sequences, mixed art work, 3d animation, stopmotion, character sketches, digital paintings and concept drawing. And it’s all beautifully created by Wang Xun from the School of Art & Media Nanyang Technological University.
You can’t go wrong with a cute looking robot and a rabbit that can do a funky beat box! BeatBot is a short made by Bartek Kalinowski for Bachelor of Science Project in PJWSTK. The film was created using Autodesk Maya 2008 and After Effects. Music and Sound Effects made by Michal Jurek.
The Ellensburg Film Festival offers a wide spectrum of local and global cultural, artistic, and innovative diversity through educational programs, forums, and entertaining visual experiences. By offering viewers quality films, we can expand their knowledge of cinema and enhance their appreciation of the filmmaking process. OCTOBER 2–4, 2009 in downtown Ellensburg, WA For a complete list […]
One of my favourite animation directors, Malcolm Sutherland, directed and animated this fun short advert for the non-profit group ParticipAction earlier this year. Studio Pascal Blais was in charge of the production and sound design. I love the morphing effect between the scenes. Sometimes I find the boiling line a bit too much but here […]
Jonathan Rush, the modeler behind Lara Croft (Tombraider Underworld) will be at the helm of CG Society’s last workshop of the year. In this nine week course, Jon will be stepping up to take you under the hood of the ‘character art hot rod,’ where you will learn the ‘ins & outs’ of successfully creating […]
Created by filmmaker Xanthe Hamilton, Branchage is today an internationally-recognised film festival for the island of Jersey. The festival takes its name from the Jersey tradition Visite du Branchage, a biannual check that all island residents have fulfilled their obligation to ensure that hedges, branches and trees growing on their property are trimmed so they […]
This short animation was created for the Catholic Charity CAFOD, it is the first time they use animation as support material for one of their campaigns and I was honoured to help them with the project, it will hopefully help raise awareness about their Harvest Fast Day fund raising event. The project involved a lot of […]
This is the animation reel of Argentinan studio Gazz it contains a wide variety of styles and a brilliant character animation on the first half of the reel. I don’t meen the rest is not nice it’s just more motion graphics than character, but it is also brilliant. Have a look. There’s some great work […]
The Raindance peeps have organized this course for those of you with an idea for a film, the course has been designed to help you fine tune your film pitching skills. There’s a panel of top British film executives (ie the decision makers of the film industry). This is like the dragon’s den for filmmakers […]
“My soul capsized like a fish paralyzed on a chopping board”… A city of singing cats are preyed upon by a mysterious figure intent on performing his own feline symphony. The Cat Piano is a fantastic short film created by Australian animation studio The People’s Republic of Animation. Narrated by Nick Cave. Directed by Eddie […]
Roger Aasheim is a 3d freelance animator born and raised in Chattanooga Tennessee. He often freelances for Curious Pictures in New York. Apart from the great 3d work you see, Roger has experience with traditional drawing, cartoon/realistic animation. He is a Maya/3Ds Max user
This is the hard work of a first year student at CalArts nicknamed ‘storkeater’ on YouTube. “Who’s Hungry” is a boiling-line black and white story of two kids who get in trouble when a strange man in a van full of ice creams lures them into his trap. Yes, I felt a little tense t […]
Wallace and Gromit are to become presenters for the first time in a new BBC1 peak-time science and invention series next year. ‘Wallace and Gromit Present: A World of Inventions’ will see the animated duo take a lighthearted and humorous look at mind-boggling inventions in an attempt to inspire a whole new generation of innovative minds.
Bristol based animator Albinal was commissioned by the NHS as part of a competition to produce this short animation aimed at “middle-aged female habitual drinkers”. Albinal says: “You can see poor old Brenda suffering the ill effects of drinking too much. So let that be a lesson to you!”. I love the characters, their universe and […]
Last weekend I stumbled upon this wonderful one and a half minute animation, created as an answer for a competition organised by Canal J with the combined effort of Max Loubaresse, Marc Bouyer, Axelle Chériet and Anthony Vivien. They are all talent out of French animation school Supinfocom Arles, which might explain its high standards, […]
MAXON just unveiled the release 11.5 of CINEMA 4D. They have added lots of new features such as improved workflow, accelerated render engine and an enhanced picture viewer, which lets you compare test renders so you can see the result of your picture adjustments. C4D now takes full advantage ot Snow Leopard in Mac and […]
Aniboom has teamed up with Marvel to bring you this fun competition. You can download selected pages of select Marvel Comics, along with music and voice over files; and then bring the stories to life. Total Prizes include 50 free Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited subscriptions, works featured on Marvel.com, and cash prizes totaling $20,000
CBBC is looking to expand their Cartoon Works portal to turn it into a ‘creative cartoon playground for the UK animation industry.’ according to CBBC’s head of drama, animation and acquisition Steven Andrew. He says: “We are very excited by cartoon works which we hope will act as a creative cartoon playground for the U.K. […]
Pixar Technical Director and author of Digital Lighting & Rendering, 2nd Edition, Jeremy Birn is back to mentor students in Lighting & Rendering in Maya. Throughout this workshop, students will be moving from introductory subjects into more ambitious topics, such as adapting your lighting designs for Global Illumination, creating new looks in Hypershade, optimizing Mental […]
After Shane Ackner joined Gnomon as their new resident artist, it was just a matter of time for an event like this to happen. On Saturday, September 5th at 6pm The Making of “9″ event will start, followed by The Art of “9″ gallery opening at Gnomon Gallery at 8:00. RSVP.
If you haven’t seen this, The Amazing Screw-On Head is a comic book written by Mike Mignola, creator of Hell Boy, and published by Dark Horse Comics. In 2006 an animated pilot was produced and pitched to the Sci-Fi Channel, despite the brilliance of its plot and the great acting talent of Paul Giamatti (Screw-On […]
For the second time the Holland Animation Film Festival presents an international competition for web animations. HAFFTube is their official YouTube channel. That’s where it all happens: Flash, Machinima, Brickfilms, this competition is open for all animation films available online! An international jury of filmmakers selects the winner out of the final 50 titles. The […]
Have you ever been on a date with a picky girl who sneers at your every effort to impress? if the answer is yes, then this clip is likely to bring back some sour memories. This is the graduation project Animation Mentor student Emanuel Amler, which was featured in their AM August newsletter.
A fantastic (potentially heart breaking) animated advert for Knorr, directed by David Hicks from Sons and Daughters and DDB Canada. Axyz studio did the visual effects so well that you hardly think about them when you’re watching. The main character’s performance is brilliant and he’ll even leave you with a smile in your face by […]
DreamWorks Animation announced today that Will Ferrell, Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill will star alongside Tina Fey in its upcoming theatrical release, Oobermind (written by Alan J. Schoolcraft and Brent Simons), which is scheduled to be released on November 5, next year. Will Ferrell assumes the leading role of Oobermind, replacing Robert Downey, Jr., who […]
Animation Mentor, the online animation school, launched today another of their useful eBooks: ‘How to Become an Animator’. Shawn Kelly says: “Ideal for people who love animation and are passionate about learning about the art of animation […] provides advice and information on different types of animation jobs, tips on clarifying your personal goals and […]
Di-O-Matic has released Voice-O-Matic v3 for use as a lip synchronization plug-in for Autodesk 3DS Max. Voice-O-Matic is a powerful, easy-to-use plug-in which automates the lip synchronization process for your animated CG characters directly in 3ds max. Simply feed a recorded audio file to the plugin and it will automatically generate timing and lip position […]
I can’t wait for this Disney film to be released here in the UK. From what I’ve read after the US and Japan release the film is quite weird, but that’s what you’d expect from the mighty Hayao Miyazaki, right? Weird and wonderful at the same time. Ponyo (Noah Cyrus) is a baby goldfish who wants […]
It’s probably not possible to resist the charm of Chris Ware’s aseptic illustration style, and even more so if they are moving, like in this fantastic animation/story put together by him for This American Life — Live!. The song is “Eugene” by Andrew Bird. Animation by John Kuramoto. Although the video has been around for […]
The National Media Museum is presents the 16th edition of the UK’s longest-running animation festival. Host to screentalks, workshops and special events led by some of the industry’s top names, the festival’s high point is the annual BAF Awards, which celebrate the very best in new animation from around the world. Unfortunately submissions for BAF09 are […]
From the maker of Simon’s Cat comes this wonderful RSPCA short. I love it when a character can keep you interested for so long without fancy story telling, camera movements or dialogue. Besides dogs are great by default anyway. The dog’s acting is full of great subtleties, which give him loads of personality, that’s why […]
FOX (via Aniboom) is looking for the next great holiday TV special. Create a 2 to 4 minute animated short about a well-known holiday — Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, Halloween, anything celebrated in the U.S. Submissions will be accepted from May 27, 2009 through to August 31, 2009 at midnight.
A little known fact is that elephants are the only mammal that can’t jump. Or is it? This beautifully animated short by Danish artist Nicolas Deveaux proves otherwise. I am not sure what’s more beautiful: the animation or the idea of an elephant jumping on a trampoline.
Zombocalypse is the kind of thing you would love to have handy when a deadly zombie plague is taking over the world. As I was watching these I was really swishing I could get my hands on one of those kits, the lovely animation of Rob Moffett from VDA Studios reminds me a little of […]
If you’re lucky enough to live in California, you shouldn’t miss this event at Gnomon School of Visual Effects. Special guest Gary Bruins (Effects Supervisor) will be talking about his experience of working on Pixar’s UP. Event Details: When: Thrusday, August 13th, 2009 Meet & Greet: 6:00 pm — 7:00 pm Presentation: 7:00 pm — […]
Rob Bredow, CTO of Sony Pictures Imageworks’ has announced 5 applications to be released as open source: ” This software can be freely used by large and small studios around the world. We’ve intentionally chosen popular non-restrictive licensing models to help ensure you have lots of options. Each of these projects have passionate people behind […]
Back in 2001, when onehugeeye was just still a minuscule eye I created a font based on my handwriting to be used mainly on cartoons. While I was working on this new re-incarnation of the good old eye, I stumbled upon it and thought it a nice nostalgia touch to have distribute it once again. […]
Because there’s never one when you need it, here’s a template that I’ve found very handy in the past. This A4 template is in editable PDF format so you can customise it to your project’s needs. I hope you find it useful!
Loogaroo is holding a one day Puppetry workshop on August the 14th, from 10am to 5pm. 139 Duke Street, Miramichi, N.B. (506.622.3333) The main focus of the workshop is on Puppetry for camera. An approach to performing puppets for the camera will be presented in a series of “layers”, with each new layer compounding the difficulty […]
Is interesting that it happened to be a Saturday morning when I bumped into this brilliant animation by Gene Fowler. It has a lovely tactile style that sends you (or people my age) by to your childhood years, and every weekend you hoped that this time the Coyote will finally catch that pesky Roadrunner. I […]
HISTORY is teaming up with Aniboom to give you the chance to put your take on a great historical speech on television. Download and animate recordings of Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Josh Brolin, Allison Moorer, Sandra Oh and others. They’re looking for inspirational, imaginative, and inventive takes on the words that would define the tenets […]
This is a delightful love and adventure story, created by Canadian animator Kyle Marshall. The short looks wonderfully retro, without being old. The colours, the character design and even Amanda Downing’s music take you back to an early age of animation, sprinkled with some contemporary ingredients, you are left wanting to see more of captain […]
The animated short Flutter was written, directed, animated and scored by Canadian artist and filmmaker Howie Shia. It is a black-and-white urban fairy tale about two school kids: an athlete and a graffiti artist, who reluctantly part ways to pursue incompatible paths. The emerging adventure is told using a mix of ink, graphite and digital […]
Is always great to see the quirky short stories students can come up with, and even better when they’re as well animated as this one. This short film was created by Zack Mathew at the Vancouver Film School.
This fantastic piece not only has brilliant character acting, the concept is just mouth watering. Chemical elements are children in a playground and unexpected things happen when they decide to play together. I can see this rolled out in a series: some are bullies, some are shy and incompatible with all the rest, some have […]
Created by an animator with a passion for believable characters, original stories and resourceful visual techniques, onehugeeye is the place for inspiration. onehugeeye was created in the year 2000 by Alex Amelines, and it has been in constant evolution, shifting formats but always focusing on characters and their world. Follow me.