[reposted from My Modern Met] “Last year, over the course of a month and a half, Pixar story artist Emma Coats grabbed the Internet’s attention when she shared some of Pixar’s golden rules of storytelling, via Twitter. They were guidelines that she had learned, that she wanted to pass along to others. There were 22…
prostheticknowledge: A Twitter profile from Smart Argentina (@smartArg) features all the frames to a text art animation, a car commercial. I put this gif animation together to see what it looks like – the idea being that you press / hold the ‘j’ button on your keyboard to automatically jump to the next tweet in…
Well, what do you know–Aardman Animation is still alive and well! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6z7C7Qura8&feature=player_embedded The Pirates! Band of Misfits comes out April 27, and stars the voice acting of Hugh Grant and Selma Hayek.
For fans of Jeff Smith’s epic fantasy / adventure comic, Bone, this sort of news has been nothing but a rumor since the mid-90s. This time they mean it. The Hollywood Reporter announced today that P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend’s Wedding) will be directing, and Patrick Sean Smith (Greek) will be writing the script. Read…
I thought that, after yesterday’s post regarding the digital future, we should have something a little lighter about books:
(From the NFB.CA blog) Attention all budding and blooming animators! Hothouse, our very own “12-week paid apprenticeship in full-on professional animation filmmaking” is once again calling for submissions. Things are shaping up to look mighty exciting for this 8th edition. I mean, let’s be real for a second: how great would it be to get to…
A powerful message from our friends at Studio Shelter. I hope everyone is getting in plenty of time for writing, drawing and creating during the holidays. If you’re putting your creativity to work for the holidays (making your own gifts, cards, goodies, etc), let me know! I’m putting together a post of what readers are…