Raymond Pettibon, Repeater Pencil, 2004. Still from singular screen animation with sound. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York, and Regen Projects, Los Angeles.

The Drawing Center (New York) in collaboration with Smart Spaces, the not-for-profit art space that uses vacant store fronts as their roaming venue, is presenting a show of animated shorts called Framed: Drawings In Motion.

Poster shot for Norman McLaren: Animated Motion Part 1. Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada.

How do I learn animation? For those with a school nearby and some time on their hands, it’s no problem. But for those with limited options, here are some resources to help teach yourself animation. This first post on the subject covers the art of timing.

There are lots of options when it comes to 2D animation software.

Learning animation on your own is very doable. This third of the four part series on the tools of the trade looks at vector based softwares for animation.

A still from Noteboek, 2008, by Evelien Lohbeck

A close encounter with the next five of twenty-five YouTube Play award winners, films beginning with L through N.

15 May 2010 by Caroline Leaf (oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in.) Courtesy of the artist.

This October, at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, I finally had an opportunity to meet Caroline Leaf in person. Her films were among the first animated shorts I fell in love with when I discovered animation. The Street and The Owl Who Married A Goose, to name just two of her many films, are among my favourites even to this day.

Several years ago I’d heard that she had moved on from filmmaking and was now painting. I was curious to know what was behind the shift, and even more curious to see her current work. 

There are lots of options when it comes to 2D animation software.

Learning 2D animation on your own is very doable. This first of a four part series on the tools of the trade looks at mark making in a digital world.

A detailed description of my 2D hand drawn animation process.

Cropped image from the !Women Art Revolution poster.

Both the documentary !Women Art Revolution and the associated booklet should have pride of place in libraries that collect resources on American art history.

ShuttleXpress made and sold by Contour Design

Finding the perfect gift for the animator in your life.

Still image from Jeu by Georges Schwizgebel. (Courtesy of Studio GDS and the National Film Board of Canada.)

Georges Schwizgebel’s films are swirling journeys through space and time. The first of a three part series, this article looks at the inspiration behind his films.