"Run Hamster Run!" - New Hand Drawn Animated iPhone Game

(story via CartoonBrew ) Character Concept art © Erin Humston . Animation students pay attention: Here's an inspiring example of an ind...

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Disney's The Princess and the Frog - Dec. 11 - Go see it !

(lead animator Bruce Smith, animating on The Princess & the Frog) It's been 6 years since Disney has released a hand-drawn animated ...

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November 11 Second Club - B.J. Crawford

Another great entry from B.J. Crawford into the 11 Second Club competition (November 2009) --

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AAU School of Animation Fall Animation Festival - December 4, 2009

AAU animation students, attend the annual AAU School of Animation Fall Animation Festival , held this year on December 4, 2009. The specia...

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The Secret of Kells - Special Screening

For Your Consideration: 2009 Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Feature -- "THE SECRET OF KELLS" . If you live near Burbank, ...

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A Day For Hand Drawn Animation - 2009

"A Day For Hand-Drawn Animation -2009" (click on image to view it larger) I posted about this last year , here: http://hand-drawn-...

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On the survival of Drawn Animation

My friend , animator Tahsin Özgür has often made the point that the term "2D animation" is inadequate to use when referring to wh...

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Pups of Liberty - a new animated film by Bert & Jennifer Klein

Directed by Bert and Jennifer Klein, copyright Picnic Productions 2009. This new animated film looks absolutely charming. "Pups of Lib...

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Tom pencil test (Tom & Jerry)

I haven't posted a classic pencil test in a while.  Here for your inspiration is a scene from Hanna Barbera's  MGM Tom & Jerry c...

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Behind the Scenes at Disney's Talent Development Program

“You learn something from every production that you’re on, even if it’s, you know, a commercial that lasts three weeks. You learn something ...

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"The Apple and The Worm" , new hand-drawn feature film

The Apple & the Worm is a new hand-drawn feature film from director Anders Morgenthaler. The film was hand-drawn, but was animated pap...

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Pencil Test Depot - great resource

Add this one to your bookmarks and check it frequently: The Pencil Test Depot This collection (which is ever-growing) of pencil tests was pu...

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Thoughts from Brad Bird

I came across this quote from Brad Bird on CartoonBrew recently: "It’s also worth noting that (Wall Street) analysts are always bullis...

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Sylvain Chomet's "The Illusionist"

"The Illusionist" from a script by Jacques Tati , directed by Sylvain Chomet (" The Triplettes of Belleville ") The fi...

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Milt Kahl pencil test - King Louis and Mowgli

Some Milt Kahl pencil test goodness : (a drawing or two are missing, so a couple of bumps not there in the original , but this is pretty muc...

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