Tricky Women: Women In Animation
A compilation of essays on women in animation, Tricky Women: Women In Animation is a very welcome addition to current critical writing on the subject.
Category: Art
Dice Tsutsumi’s Sketchtravel Art Project is Auctioning a Masterpiece of Art History
Recently, I had an opportunity to talk to Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi, whom many of you know as a driving force behind the Totoro Forest Project and most recently, the Sketchtravel charity art project. An accomplished artist who spends his days applying his formidable skills as an art director at Pixar Animation Studios, Dice gave me an inside look at the unprecedented Sketchtravel sketch book, a historic collection of sketches which is being auctioned off this coming October 17th.
A Tribute to the Fallen
I have been going to Comic-Con on and off since ’94 and I have seen the change. Up to a few years ago, the Con, as it is now know, was the celebration of the comic book artist and writer. It celebrated a genre that had sustained since the turn of the last century.
Li Songsong in New York
Chinese artist Li Songsong is showing new paintings at The Pace Gallery in New York until August 5, 2011
William Kentridge - 5 Themes
A grand show of early animation and current work by South African artist William Kentridge.
Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 23
Special Guests: RISD Senior Animation Students 2011
Live, from the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating senior animation students take over the show and grill the very Alan Foreman and Joel Frenzer on their animation information. Topics: jobs in animation immediately after school, maintaining your own art practice while working in the studio, secrets of FFAF podcast production, beatboxing, general fears, and the rapture. Refereed by RISD Animation Professor All-Stars, Amy Kravitz and Bryan Papciak.
The SoHo Gallery for Digital Art: Animation Festival 2012 – Animation Challenge 2012
Announcing the SoHo Gallery for Digital Art's Animation Festival 2012!
Dallas Animation Studio Creates the Perfect 3D Recipe for Bimbo Bakeries USA
In March of 2010, Janimation, Inc. was chosen to re-design the international brand standard for Mexico City based, Grupo Bimbo. The iconic Bimbo Bear came to life at the Dallas based production house with the loving hands of Animation Director, Greg Punchatz at the helm of the Janimation team.
The Art of 'Howl' Exhibit Launches at the Cartoon Art Museum
This multimedia exhibit includes character design drawings, animation keyframes & concept art, photos by Allen Ginsberg, storyboards, animatics, and images from Drooker’s graphic novel version of the poem.
Art Babbitt: A Class of His Own
How one artist/activist pioneered animation education.
The Lyrical Lines of Tsvika Oren
Tsvika Oren has been deeply involved in animation for the better part of 30 years - creating, teaching, writing, judging, jurying…
Women in Art and Animation
A new film and a new book – women in art, women in animation
Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 22
Special Guests: Michael Markman / Sheila Sofian & David Fain
The sounds of chewing, the sounds of music, the sounds of talking. Episode 22 of the Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum. Featuring: Joel, Alan, Sam Olschan, Computer, Guests, Alan's Cat, Beef Jerky, Sinatra, Elvis, Plucky Duck, Animated Documentaries, and Ricky Gervais. Enjoy.
REVIEW: Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
Marvel vs Capcom 3 answers the most important comic related question ever... Why can She Hulk talk in complete sentences and the Hulk can't?
Her Morning Elegance Creators Launch the First Global Excision Art Project
The Her Morning Elegance Gallery (www.hmegallery.com) has, for the first time ever, taken a music video apart frame by frame and begun to distribute the video as photography all over the world.
Gnomon Shows Off Art From Transformers: War for Cybertron
Gnomon's art gallery shows off Transformers: War for Cybertron. Great looking art featuring Optimus Prime, Megatron and... Zoidberg?
Is Speed Painting a Sport? Learning Digital Content Creation by Watching
Okay, so maybe it isn't really a full-blown sport, but if the proliferation of these videos of digital artwork screen-captured during the creation process is any indication, it's fast becoming a popular spectator event in any case.
Oscar Tour LA Photo Gallery: Disney Animation Research Library (ARL)
One of the highlights of the week was a morning spent at Disney's Animation Research Library (ARL). Housed in the non-descript former feature animation studio, the library houses more than 65 million pieces of animation art representing over 80 years of work from Walt Disney Animation. If you love animation, or have any sense of animation history, then the Disney ARL is a little slice of heaven. Actually, it's the whole pie.
"We Don’t Need Artists Anymore!" - Finding a Place in the Procedural World
I was stunned when I heard an engineer gleefully utter that proclamation. I wasn’t surprised by the sentiment; I know that a certain amount of friction exists between the polar worlds of artists and engineers - mostly, I believe, from the lack of a common language. But is that statement true?
Warfare As Gaming, Gaming As Warfare
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.
Art Takes Courage - Going Digital is Just One More Challenge
No matter how much you think you need a “normal life,” you really don’t have time for one - the earlier you recognize that, the better off you’ll be. You must have the courage to say “I need to do this” and then let the chips fall as they may.
LME Collections Redesigns Site – Spectacular New Collection Release
Since 2006 LME Collections had been creating collections of After Effects templates, presets and graphics (2800+ ) for Fortune 500 corporations, students and broadcast designers.
In Event, Interactive, Technology, Event, Interactive, Technology, 3D | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: All
II International Poster Contest Animayo 2011
A 600€ Prize + a special pass to visit the festival and meet the artists personally can be yours!
In Call for Entries, Event, Films, Visual Effects, Call for Entries, Event, Films, Visual Effects | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: Europe
Birdy The Mighty: Decode Season 1
Teenage boy meets scantily clad alien girl reluctantly out to save humanity. Great action and prepubescent hijinks ensue.
When Art Lives With Dancing Cats
There's been a lot of response to my last article. This really interesting challenge just arrived in my inbox. In fact, it’s so strong that I’m publishing it in full. It’s from Janet Blatter, a cognitive scientist, author, and film script and development consultant.
