Drawing on Knowledge: Most Read Posts

Ryan Woodward; the Added Value of Animation

dmaas — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:30:19 -0800

Ryan Woodward's film "Thought of you" offers a great look at what hand animation has to offer, and what an animator and his audience can expect from the medium.

Walt Disney - How to Train your Animator

dmaas — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:33:36 -0700

Walt Disney lays out revealing thoughts about what up-and-coming animators should be taught, and how.

Hitting a Moving Target: get a grip on your animation project schedule

dmaas — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 02:56:47 -0700

If you don't have a grip on how long you'll need to produce your animation, you don't have a grip on your animation. This first post on targets shows how easy it is to calculate an animation target, and how important...

2010: the year animation oozed out of the entertainment nische and contributed to society!

dmaas — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:26:43 -0800

We don't have to travel to some alternative future to look back at 2010 as the year in which animation technologies and talent has spread beyond the film and games industries to make a true difference in education. Its happening now and its pretty exciting.

Animation Insiders; a review

dmaas — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 07:12:41 -0800

If you rightly suspect that there's more to good animation than 12 clearly defined principles then the book Animation Insiders is for you. And if you're strapped for cash or a starving artist, well - it's still for you because it's been published as a free eBook at les Shamans under the direction of Patrick Beaulieu.

Arte interviews David O'Reilly

dmaas — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:59:52 -0800

The German/French station Arte interviews David O'Reilly, who takes the opportunity to talk candidly about the materiality of 3D graphics, the idiocy of an unnamed American producer, the creative energies of Berlin and many of his films.

Making Urs; Moritz Mayerhofer's student film

dmaas — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:32:50 -0800

Moritz Mayerhofer shares the long road towards making his Oscar-short-listed graduation film Urs.

The Pig Farmer; Nick Cross steps up to the plate

dmaas — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 04:09:41 -0800

Nick Cross releases The Pig Farmer in the same manner that he produced it... boldly, independently and without looking back.

Technology, Culture..... GOAL!!!

dmaas — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:01:00 -0700

Sports form a window to the soul of.... erm, okay. That's a bit thick. Football is only peripherally relevant to animation and yes - I'm stretching that relevance pretty thin here. But somebody has to - its the World Cup after all. And it's truly interesting how a sport can reveal a country's mentality - or perhaps form it.

Learning from Pina

dmaas — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:11:28 -0800

Why you should go see Wim Wender's film about Pina Bausch's dance theater in Wuppertal...