"Une Vie de Chat" a new animated feature film
The Thief & the Cobler - Layout tests and Pencil tests
Rare behind-the-scenes look at raw pencil tests and camera layout tests. Pencil tests of Zig-Zag (and early version of Zig-Zag pencil test a...
Sister blog - CHARACTER DESIGN NOTES
"The Monkey and the Elephant" by Boris Maras
The Monkey and the Elephant by Boris Maras , Sheridan College 2010. He animated this in 2 months. From Boris Maras's blog : "Keep...
"Slim Pickings, Fat Chances" by David de Rooij and Jelle Brunt
(cross-posting this from my other blog "Animation Grad Films" which showcases animated shorts made by students at various art sch...
2010 Annecy shorts from the Gobelins School
http://www.gobelins.fr/galerie/animation/ Another great crop of student films from the Gobelins School in Paris , made for the 2010 Annecy ...
British Animated Ads of the 80's
YouTube has a number of animated commercials by Richard Williams, Oscar Grillo, Richard Purdum, Eric Goldberg, and other luminaries of the ...
Kaj Pindal : Laugh Lines
Laugh Lines is a film portrait of animator Kaj Pindal . He is seen at work creating zany cartoon characters, teaching students of animation,...
Palm Springs International ShortFest signal film by MAKE
Via CartoonBrew . Minneapolis-based studio MAKE created this animated signal film for the forthcoming Palm Springs International ShortFest ...
Sylvain Chomet interview
Sandro Cleuzo's blog
Storyboarding by Sherm Cohen
The ever-resourceful Sherm Cohen is posting a series on Storyboarding: Check out Sherm's other videos: Storyboarding Commentary Series S...
new trailer for "The Illusionist"
NEW: Official website is up: http://www.lillusionniste-lefilm.com Official trailer and several additional clips, image captures from the mov...
Tribute to Disney/Pixar story artist JOE RANFT
Today (March 13, 2010) would have been Joe Ranft's 50th birthday. This tribute film was made by Joe's friend John Musker for t...
Pete Docter on success in Animation: "Draw, draw, draw"
Pete Docter gives advice on succeeding in Animation:
Rad Sechrist's "How To" blog
Waking Sleeping Beauty trailer
(watch it full screen) Even better , go watch the high-quality Quicktime version of the trailer here: http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/w...
First reviews of Chomet's "The Illusionist"
The Secret of Kells - official U.S. trailer
The Secret of Kells official U.S. release trailer. This film has been released in Ireland and in Europe, and has played a limited Oscar-qua...
Inspiration: Rune Bennicke Rough Animation pencil tests
Animation by Rune Bennicke . Click through the link to Rune's Vimeo page to see more of his pencil tests - Brother Bear Koda's Mom R...
Making-Of "The Princess & the Frog" - A Frogumentary
Behind the scenes interviews with some of the artists who made "The Princess & the Frog" . Here are two parts of the "fro...
Mike Nguyen's Animation Blog - RAINPLACE
Chinese master traditional animator Te Wei 1915 -2010
Saul Bass on Art and Commerce
(found via Alan Cook's page ) -- Saul Bass: "I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares" This excerpt from a docume...
Lip Sync - Gesture and Body Language speaks louder than words
Good clip via the Speaking of Animation site : http://www.speakingofanimation.com/2010/01/gesture-vs-lip-sync/ "Here’s evidence that p...
Cordell Barker - Master Class in Animation
Via the excellent National Film Board of Canada web site. A master class in animation led by Cordell Barker in which he talks about the maki...
