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Cars 2’s Victor Navone takes the wheel!
…industry as a conceptual designer and 3D artist. In 1998, he began studying 3D character animation in his spare time. One of his early animation exercises, Alien Song, went on… |
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Cars speeds off with top Annie Award, Flushed Away wins big
…Flushed Away, DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features Character Animation, TV Yu Jae Myung, Avatar, (The Blind Bandit), Nickelodeon Character Design, Feature Nicolas Marlet, Over the Hedge, DreamWorks Animation Character Design,… |
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The Best Of 2018: The Year Old Became New (Again!)
…to me that 2018 was a very interesting year in animation and entertainment. Disney had a dominant year, particularly in animation with the critical and commercial success of Pixar’s Incredibles… |
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Picks Of The Year 2004
…a low re-gift rate! Jolly Roger Messenger Bag I don’t know if this is animation related, but if you like animation you probably also like pirates! I know it makes… |
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Beauty And The Beast: Diamond Edition
Walt Disney Feature Animation (1991/2002), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (October 5 2010), 2 Blu-ray Discs plus 1 DVD, 92 mins plus supplements, 1080p high definition 1.78:1 widescreen, 7.1 DTS-HD Master… |
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Animated Views’ 2017 Animated Movie Guide
…it will be better than similar releases. Official Website: Currently not available. Release Date: March 3rd. The Boss Baby Studio: DreamWorks Animation, 20th Century Fox Storyboard: DreamWorks Animation and… |
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Home On The Range
Walt Disney Feature Animation (April 2 2004), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (September 14 2004), single disc, 76 mins plus supplements, 1.66:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Rated PG, Retail:… |
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Disney Legend Floyd Norman writes (and talks) about his Animated Life
…Disney animation. Well, Disney animation doesn’t need saving. It’s here, it’s always been here, and it’ll always be here. Whether Disney wants to support animation, is a corporate choice. Even… |
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Popeye’s Voyage: The Quest For Pappy
…decried the move from hand-drawn animation to CGI, noting that the form of animation is not nearly so crucial to the success of a film as story and character. In… |
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Otto Messmer And Felix The Cat
…as a landmark character in animation history, since that is exactly what he was: a character. Prior to Felix, animated characters were generally created simply as a means of putting… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2
…but at the time it was the only place for animation to go. If animation would not be seen on television, it would rarely be seen at all. Like it… |
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Agenda set for the Animation Block Party
…an Animation Survivors Panel. Four animation originals talk about the genesis of the New York City animation experience. This will be a one of a kind discussion with industry survivors… |
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The Lion King: Platinum Special Edition
…King paved the way for more research and development into animation technologies and the beginning of the animation toon-boom that saw rival companies Warner Bros, Fox Animation and, later, Katzenberg’s… |
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Become an animated judge in the Animex Student Animation Awards
The following is a press release on the Animex Student Animation Awards special public choice award, in which everyone is invited to cast a vote: The Animex Student Animation Awards… |
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San Diego 2016 Comic-Con Exclusive
…over a thousand fans looking to celebrate 25 years of NickToons. Hector Navarro of the Nick Animation podcast moderated the exciting panel that featured Craig Bartlett (creator of Hey Arnold!),… |
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Pencils to Pixels to Prominence
…RichCrest Animation [Div. Crest Animation / INDIA] Rick Rich is among the best known and most respected US animation creators. Beginning his career at Disney, he was the studio’s youngest… |
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Tangled : An Interview with Disney Designer Laurent Ben-Mimoun
…in the history of animation: Pixar joining forces with Disney animation! AV: Who did you work with? LBM: It was Glen Keane and Lisa Keene, the art director then, that… |
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The Swan Princess Lasts Far Longer Than Forever with Director Richard Rich
…you as a director, is there any difference between working with computer animation and traditional hand-drawn animation? Richard: “Well, there is, but a lot of things are exactly the same…. |
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The Art of Toy Story 3: animation historian Charles Solomon tells about his “Favorite Toys”
In 1995, a small animation studio named Pixar released a movie that revolutionized the world of animated films. With genre-defining technology, gorgeous colors and animation, irresistible characters and a healthy… |
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The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery In The Mist Edition
…daring fight held deep in the cogs of the Big Ben clock. This was the first time computer animation had been combined with full-quality drawn character animation, and much was… |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
…is the truly handcrafted nature of the models and animation. While everything is super-slick and fluidly animated, there’s a slight art-house European animation sensibility to the characters, their clothing ruffled… |
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Animated Comic-Con coverage!
…Disney Feature Animation was promoted officially. Nonetheless, at the “State of the Animation Industry” panel, Animation Guild leader Kevin Koch mentioned The Frog Princess as being a traditionally animated feature… |
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Bambi: Diamond Edition
…balked at the new film’s “wildlife illustrations”. Bambi was an ambitious step toward the artistic nature of animation that Walt had begun with Fantasia, but coupled with a strong narrative… |
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Paul & The Dragon
…but with some minimal Dutch intertitles) and a 2005 animation test lasting around 60 seconds which served as a pitch reel in proposing the project to investors. AniKey’s animation process… |
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Pete Docter’s Up-bringing!
…career in hand-drawn animation for Disney Feature Animation, Bob Rogers and Company, Bajus-Jones Film Corp, and Reelworks in Minneapolis. Upon arrival at Pixar in May 1990, Pete created and directed… |
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D23 Expo 2019 Exclusive
…Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios booths in which the talent would be surprises. The results were that for the Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios booth they had the… |
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The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
…the home video and the then-growing DVD market. The Aladdin spin-off, The Return Of Jafar, had been an experiment, and a highly successful one at that, and though its animation… |
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The View 2017 program and guests now announced
…x LAB 8. Mark Osborne – The Little Prince and Kung Fu Panda, DreamWorks Animation 9. Kris Pearn – Director The Willoughbys, Bron Animation and Cloudy With A Chance of… |
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Heavy Metal: Collector’s Edition
…hometown who worked on both Heavy Metal and Toy Story, so there is definitely some talent on display here. Some of the animation is actually very good, and animation buffs… |
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Changes in store for ASIFA-Hollywood, Annie Awards
…the status quo. For starters, this includes updating our membership qualifications, establishing a representative voice for every animation studio and creative technique, building an advisory board of animation luminaries and… |
