The Animation Pimp: Life's a Piece of Shit

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: The Animation Pimp | Site Categories: People, Writing
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The animation Pimp riffs on the topic of laughter and its importance in our lives. Especially when things are less than peachy.

The Magical Junk-Filled World of Jiří Barta

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: 2D, Films, People, Stop-Motion
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The Czech stop-motion director talks about his latest film, Toys in the Attic.

Toy Story's Rex Parties in New Short

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Director Mark Walsh talks about Pixar's latest Partysaurus Rex short.

Growing a Studio – Ken Ralston Talks VFX at Imageworks

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The five-time Oscar winning visual effects supervisor reflects on his career at Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Mind Your Business: Cartoonists

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Columns: Mind Your Business | Site Categories: Awards, Cartoons, Events, Illustration, People
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Mark Simon geeks out over comic strip greats at the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Awards.

What is Great Animation?

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Noted historian and professor Karl Cohen surveys top artists and educators on what is great animation.

A Stitch in Time

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Learn how no sewing or fabric detail is too small for ParaNorman's costume designer Deborah Cook.

Travis Knight Talks ParaNorman, LAIKA and the Art of Stop-Motion

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LAIKA’s top gun discusses their latest stop-motion gem and the ground-breaking effort behind its production.

Arianne Sutner Talks ParaNorman

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The producer of LAIKA’s latest feature discusses the challenges of pushing every imaginable stop-motion animation boundary.

SIGGRAPH 2012: Virtual Production Heats Up

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Events, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects
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At the 39th SIGGRAPH conference in LA this week it was all about improving the virtual production workflow.