Me Books Launches Children's Book Contest
Me Books and Show Me the Animation partner to launch a children’s book contest to unearth one of the UK’s best budding author/illustrators.
Category: Illustration
Superman Celebrates 75 Years
The Cartoon Art Museum helps celebrate 75 years of Superman with an exhibition exploring the long and storied history of The Last Son of Krypton.
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GRworks & 826LA Announce 'Pen To Paper' Exhibit
GRworks and 826LA bring together stories written by children and illustrated by professional artists in “Pen To Paper.”
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Comments and Concept Art from 'Wreck-It Ralph' VisDev Artist Lorelay Bove
Personal insights alongside newly released concept art from Disney's Lorelay Bove, visdev artist on Wreck-It Ralph.
Roman Dirge Injured in Hit-and-Run Accident
A fund is established to help illustrator Roman Dirge with his medical expenses from a hit-and-run accident in Hollywood, CA, on February 26, 2013.
Narrative Art Exhibit Opens March 23
The Cartoon Art Museum exhibit, “I See What You Say: Visual Stories and Narrative Art,” opens March 16.
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Oscar® Tour SoCal Day 3 Continues at Sony Pictures Animation
Day 3 in LA continues with a screening, Q&A and tour of Sony Pictures Animation.
Oscar® Tour SoCal Day 2: Disney's ARL - Animation Research Library
Day two in LA continues at Disney's immense Animation Research Library - the ARL.
Digitally Restored Peter Pan on Blu-ray Soars to New Heights
A digitally restored and remastered Peter Pan is a must for any animation collector and fan of great family entertainment.
Book Review - 'Dark Shadows: The Visual Companion'
Fred Patten digs into Mark Salisbury’s book detailing the latest Tim Burton – Johnny Depp collaboration.
The guardians of "The Rise of the Guardians"
The powerhouse team behind DreamWorks latest feature "The Rise of the Guardians" gather in New York City to describe their creative collaboration.
WHAT DO MOE HOWARD, 3-D COMICS AND ANIMATION HAVE IN COMMON?
Everybody knows that Moe Howard, as well as his cohorts Curly, Shemp and Larry, were creative geniuses. But not so many know that Moe’s son-in-law, Norman Maurer, was a genius in his own right.
Outrage Over Using Disney Characters to Promote Dangerous Body Images
SumOfUs has launched an online petition calling for Disney to "Stop using your children's characters to promote dangerous body images."
From Ducks to Dragons: Translating a DreamWorks Franchise into Print
Aaron Sparrow and James Silvani discuss the new Dragons: Riders of Berk comic series.
Encounter with Peru Part 2 - Non-Human Storytellers
And so, while this series of blogs is not really related to animation per say, they are truly inspired by the power of imagination open-mindedness is capable of unveiling to us all.
Luxology Ships NPR Kit for modo
Non-photorealistic rendering kit produces hand-drawn and traditional looks for architectural, fine art, and technical illustration projects.
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Mind Your Business: Cartoonists
Mark Simon geeks out over comic strip greats at the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Awards.
MUTILATOR!
Growing up, I was a latch key kid, often coming home to an empty house after school. My babysitters’ names were Popeye, Tom, Jerry, Bugs and Daffy. I was literally raised on those old school cartoons with their over the top slapstick violence and impeccable timing.They would leave an indelible mark on me.
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art to Transfer Assets
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) and the Society of Illustrators have announced plans for MoCCA to transfer its assets to the Society.
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Cartoon Art Museum Presents Cartoon Story-Telling with Joe Wos
Watch drawings come to life, and learn how to create your own, as Joe Wos presents his original blend of storytelling and live cartoon illustration, an unforgettable and entertaining experience that children and adults of all ages will enjoy.
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Mind Your Business: Comic-Con Alter Egos – Part 2
…When we last left Mark, he was battling with a number-crunching Klingon and trying to Trek into the big Comic-Con sessions, where evidently too many had gone before him…
Mind Your Business: Comic-Con Alter Egos – Part 1
Part 1 of Mark's epic journey to get his geek on and dive headfirst into Comic-Con.
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR FEATURE OUTLINE IS DONE?
I recently went to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and looked at dozens of pencil drawings by Gustav Klimt. Surprisingly, I made an interesting mental connection with screenplay outlines: A pencil drawing visualizing what is going to be painted is to an oil what a screenplay is to a film.
The Head Is Born
The beautiful thing about inspiration is that you never know when it’s going to hit. Case in point – it’s 1989 and I’m working in the equipment checkout room at NYU’s Tisch School of The Arts. The room is where student filmmakers go to borrow the cameras, lights and all the grip stands they’ll need to make their films.
Maurice Sendak Dies at 83
Maurice Sendak, the children’s author and illustrator best known for the 1963 classic “Where the Wild Things Are,” died Tuesday in Danbury, CT, at the age of 83.
