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Tinker Bell

…a core issue with CGI animation; when a figure isn’t being drawn from scratch each frame or two, and is instead basically a virtual puppet being manipulated, there are just…

Otto Messmer And Felix The Cat

…two weeks). Sullivan’s studio grew to match the demand, and moved altogether in 1923. Messmer gained permission to use other animators on his films, beginning with Bill Nolan. Nolan made…

Eric Goldberg takes us on a Character Animation Crash Course!

…an animator is not to aim for that every time out. AV: How do you feel about the future of hand-drawn techniques as animation shifts to paperless production using Cintiq…

Mad Monster Party

…a “whos-who” of TV cartooning, and they also pretty much forged ahead over the years with the first made for TV animated movies, including a 2D drawn animation series based…

Dumbo: 60th Anniversary Edition

…(he actually resembles the “pig head” that is drawn onto the detective in Who Framed Roger Rabbit’s cut scene). Though he did turn up later as a popular comic book…

Gay Purr-ee

…and Mr Magoo’s Puddle Jumper, won Academy Awards in 1953 and ’55, respectively. The new style of these cartoons brought about changes in the other animation studios, with roughly drawn

The Lion King: Platinum Special Edition

…released first, it was merely the first four episodes of the Aladdin TV show strung together, whereas Simba’s Pride was fully designed for video from the outset and given a…

Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers

…Goofy’s lack of brains) by working together, something that doesn’t quite work out first time around, which leads to a fall out of the group. Pete and his henchmen, three…

Shrek 2

…animation to become computer-animated comedies and signalled the dismal end to big time, studio produced, traditional hand drawn fare. Whatever the naysayers proclaimed, Shrek was a massive hit. Cue sequel….

Father Of The Pride: The Complete Series

…rang, and I started to worry about the “theatrical levels” being upheld, considering that 90% of far eastern animation (albeit the hand-drawn kind) is usually complete trash. Adding to this…

Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin

…well, being drawn mostly on twos for essentially full fluidity. Of course, what is achievable today does outshine the efforts of this low-budgeted crew, but the faces have fun personality,…

Anastasia: Family Fun Edition

…the 1990s before computer mice took over from hand drawn ones, and looking back on it again now only emphasises how much traditional hand drawn, musical storytelling is missed. While…

Cinderella III: A Twist In Time

…the Prince into their ballroom outfits, the effect is cheapening rather than having the desired effect. Cinderella is drawn faithfully to the original design, as are most of the characters,…

Happily N’Ever After: Widescreen Edition

…put together a CGI pipeline while also actively making the movie. Without the facilities to completely pull this off, BAF had to outsource sequences to companies in Australia and Canada…further…

300: 2-disc Widescreen Edition

…was much more of a relationship with the characters because they were drawn from stereotypes we had encountered in print and moving picture media many times before. We knew those…

The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition

…story wanders from encounter to encounter, ultimately ending up at the title’s stone, from which the sword must be drawn. It comes very late into the movie, by which time…

Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 2

…their stable of characters to the small screen when Roger’s star began to fade thanks to drawn out copyright wrangles. Perhaps tired of Bugs and company – the unit had…

Woody Woodpecker And Friends: Classic Cartoon Collection

…warmth of a Mickey Mouse. But he is also loonier than all of them put together, as this stunning new collector’s set shows. Though somewhat popular at the time, audiences…

Meet The Robinsons

…all the good stuff at the beginning, we then meet Cornelius, and somehow the whole film locks back together; he brings the required dramatic weight and super-injects a whole lotta…

A pair o'Pixar reviews!

…that it’s traditionally drawn, it does outstay its welcome. The other bonus features don’t amount to much, though director Brad Bird’s comments on some deleted scenes show just why he’s…

The Wild

…William Shatner. Lastly, Disney themselves decided to get into the CGI racket, devastatingly shutting down their historic and traditional hand drawn unit and switching to producing loud and aggressive computer…

Snow White: Disney’s Animation Research Library’s Lella Smith reveals the Dwarfs’ Once Upon a Time!

…that they made about characteristics of the characters and then the way they were drawn that helped those feelings. The fact that each dwarf is a definite individual is one…

Burton, Timm, Katzenberg to receive Winsor McCay Award

…Animation series as Superman, Batman Beyond and Justice League Unlimited. He has drawn several graphic novels and comics stories for DC Comics and is currently producing a series of direct-to…

The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog, Disney’s long awaited return to hand drawn animation, has finally hit theatres. This movie can’t be reviewed in a vacuum. It’s the first major traditionally…

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey

…back to her family. The Sweatbox Review: With Disney’s The Princess And The Frog making the big waves for the return of hand-drawn animation to the big screen, it’s easy…

Tangled : An Interview with Disney Designer Laurent Ben-Mimoun

…live action movies, I thought it was a great opportunity to go back to animation and work in such a renowned studio. Everybody has drawn Disney characters or at least…

The Best Of 2010: The Year 3D Made Contact!

…although Pixar’s Up eventually and inevitably took the award, it was still great to see hand-drawn material gaining such support. The Blu-ray and DVD pack was strong, too, proving again…

Picks Of The Year 2004

…The Three Musketeers, drawn the proper, old fashioned way and full of classic, Disney heart that’s been missing from their higher ranked features of late. One By One Though special…

David Couchariere: from Blue Sky to DreamWorks, an Animated Career

…line of several characters dancing together. My favorite scene was a subtle acting scene where Rodney, the hero, is sitting in a chair pouring some hot oil down his back…

Bambi: Diamond Edition

…can’t be with you any more…” by the Great Prince, signalling the famous end of his mother’s life. After this powerful moment, drawn and played with maximum impact, the scene…