A still from the short documentary film Soundswalkers by Raquel Castro.

To say that Soundwalkers, a fascinating film by director and sound researcher Raquel Castro, sensitives us to the soundscape of our modern world is to minimize its achievement. 

Pumpkin carving at the Animators' Picnic. 

It’s time for the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011.

Still from the short film Bath Tub IV by Keith Loutit

There's at least some form of animation in all the YouTube Play winning entries. Which tells me that animation's star is rising in the art world.

Still image from Romance by Georges Schwizgebel. Courtesy of the NFB.

In this, the third of four articles on the work of Georges Schwizgel, we follow the production of Romance and examine Schwizgebel's unique way of visualizing his animated world.

Cover of the book Designing Sound for Animation by Robin Beauchamp (Focal Press.)

Learning to create animation on your own is very doable. This post, one of a series focusing on the tools of the trade, looks at the basics of creating a sound track for your film.

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.

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.

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

Learning the basics of animation on your own is very doable. This second of a four part series on the tools of the trade looks at inexpensive, small, and fast storyboarding softwares used for animation.

A still from Josh Bricker's video "Post-Newtonianism"

Josh Bricker’s video “Post Newtoniansim” runs real footage warfare (Iraq?) side-by-side with gaming warfare. But the viewer’s response is the real subject of this film.