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Focus on My ‘Vote:’ Six Point Harness Delivers Election-Themed Animated Music Video for ABC’s ‘Black-ish’

Channeling Golden Age UPA cartoons, Childish Gambino’s ‘Feels Like Summer’ and ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,’ director Musa Brooker and Six Point Harness — the studio behind Oscar winner ‘Hair Love’ — create an animated music video for the two-part ‘Black-ish’ election special.

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Covid-19 Headline News

New Short Reveals a Young Boy’s Imaginary Battle Against the Covid-Dragon

In Joey Jones’ charming CG animated film, ‘How the Covid-dragon Disappears,’ a kid’s imagination serves as the battleground for a knight’s valiant fight against the coronavirus, honoring the brave essential workers of the 2020 pandemic.

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Even a Pandemic Can’t Stop Politics from Being Funny on ‘Tooning Out the News’

Quickly retooling their production in the face of COVID-19, executive producers R.J. Fried and Tim Luecke continue bringing us a sorely needed daily animated dose of hilarious political satire.

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Fresh Takes: New ‘Quarantoon’ Series ‘Gnat & Tina’ Episode 1

Brandon Martin and Eric J. Trujillo’s 100% quarantine-produced 2D animated short, about two bored houseflies looking to experience the world, is the first of a bi-weekly animated series.

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Catchy and Cool: The Celebrity Shorts of V+ Animation

For Vitaly Nikolaev and Veronika Nikolaeva, one animated Will Smith Instagram piece opened the door to a number of promo projects that bring positive online vibes to their artist clients.

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Fresh Takes: Ujwal Nair’s Animated Treat ‘KPL’

Bangalore-based animator juxtaposes ancient Indian mythology with cricket match braggadocio in a sleekly designed, funny 2D short.

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Juan Antin’s Acclaimed Animated Feature ‘Pachamama’ Debuts on Netflix

The director talks about Pre-Columbian art, character design and the 14 years it took to produce his beautiful and thoughtful homage to indigenous Andean cultures steeped in harmony with the Earth.

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Workplace Dysfunction in Zero Gravity: ‘Archer: 1999’ Has Arrived

Chad Hurd and Justin Wagner share artwork and creative insights on our favorite FXX animated misfit ensemble that has taken its incessant backbiting to the Cosmos in a new season of robots, aliens, space battles, excessive drinking and boner references.

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Awards Headline News

‘The Breadwinner’ and ‘The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe’ Take Home Emile Awards

Director Nora Twomey and co-directors Christian Bøving-Andersen and Eva Lee Wallberg among animation artists honored at second annual ceremony in Lille, France.

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‘Changyou’s Journey’: Perry Chen’s Tribute to a Dad’s Determination

Starting an animated short film at age 12 forced a young director to face his grief while continuing to learn from a father who’d passed away far too soon.

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Love Ghost Premieres ‘9mm’ Music Video Confronting High School Shootings

Teenage rock band hopes song and film dealing with mental health issues and campus gun violence leads to conversation and healing.

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WATCH: Lynne Naylor Talks Character and Conceptual Design at FMX 2018

The DreamWorks TV Animation veteran artist talks about her different approaches to character and conceptual design projects, the dynamic of realizing a strong director’s vision, such as Genndy Tartakovsky, and challenges she faced on shows such as ‘Samurai Jack.’

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In Passing Headline News

‘Bambi’ Artist Tyrus Wong Dead at 106

Chinese immigrant artist who created the haunting visual style of Walt Disney’s beloved animated classic overcame poverty, discrimination and a lack of recognition to become one of the most celebrated Chinese-American artists of the 20th century.