“Usavich”
Please meet one of the most refreshingly original and funny animated series I’ve run across in a while: Usavich produced by Kanaban …
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When Angry Animation Students Attack
Colin Sanders, a game development student at UOIT, was frustrated by the quality of instruction in his animation class. Below is the …
David O’Reilly
CG filmmaker David O’Reilly (RGBXYZ) has redone his website DavidOReilly.com and also posted an enticing trailer for his new short Serial …
Who Invented Motion Capture?
San Francisco commercial director Carl Willat has the shocking and hilarious answer. (Thanks, Karl Cohen)
Terrytoons in CG
A few years back, when MTV wanted to revive the Terrytoons characters, they commissioned an animation test in CG (of course, what else …
One (CG) Froggy Evening
Graphic design students from Brazil attempt to recreate Chuck Jones’ One Froggy Evening in CG as their finals project. You can watch the …
Sony PS3 Spot by Superfad
Superfad has delivered an impressive 3D spot for the Sony PS3, directed by Kevin Lau and Frank Pichel. Superfad’s animation of the …
The Question of Beowulf
What to make of Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf. Is it to be considered a pure animated film or a digitally enhanced live action feature? Is …
Luciano Pavarotti Mo-Cap
Performance capture and opera: a match made in heaven. Quick, get Robert Zemeckis on the phone and have him follow up Beowulf with …
Now Playing: Iwerks’ Pixar Documentary
Starting today, Leslie Iwerks independent documentary The Pixar Story will begin a small Oscar-qualifying run in 14 select cities across …
Cold Rush
Cold Rush is a new French student film created by Mikael Lynen, Simon Corbaux, Tristan Urbin and Rémi Certhoux at the Supinfocom …
Looney Tunes video games
I’m sorry to say I have no interest in video games. But I’ve been curious about these new Looney Tunes titles. Today Variety reviews and …
Elk Cloner
It’s an encouraging sign for the development of CG animation that we are increasingly seeing young artists creating computer work that is …
Worst. MoCap. Ever.
I’m sorry. This is the worst thing we’ve ever posted on the Brew. I’m horrified—and yet can’t stop laughing. Thanks to …
Achieving Hand-Drawn Animation Via CG and Flash
Adam Yaniv, an animator at Rhythm & Hues by day, recently pointed me to this small personal project he created as an entry in Heinz’s Top …
The Making of Pencil Test
With SIGGRAPH 2007 now wrapped up, I thought it might be appropriate to link to the video below about a CG animated short that debuted …
New Ed Emshwiller Bio
Emshwiller Infinity x Two by Luis Ortiz is a new joint-biography of artists Ed and Carol Emshwiller. Carol was a fiction writer, but of …
Splinecast With Mark Andrews and Ted Mathot
The Spline Doctors have posted a new podcast interview with Mark Andrews (head of story on Ratatouille and The Incredibles) and Pixar …
Andrew Stanton Talks Wall-E
IGN has an interview with director Andrew Stanton about Pixar’s next feature Wall-E. The following comment from Stanton perfectly …
Postmodern Times by Joao Amorim
Postmodern Times is a new series of short animated films presenting “ideas about global consciousness and techniques for social and …
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