Cartoon Network Launches First Game ‘OK K.O.!’ Lakewood Plaza Turbo’
The game is based on an original idea by “Steven Universe” supervising producer Ian Jones-Quartey.
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Miximal Is A Children’s App That Animation Fans Can Enjoy, Too
Animator Lucas Zanotto has released a follow-up to his Drawnimal appcalled Miximal. It’s a mix-and-match style children’s game in which different combinations of animals can be created. Little bits of animation accompany each section of the animal, and when all three pieces align into a complete animal, the creature peforms a short act.
Betty Boop and Bimbo Go CGI for iOS Game
It’s been a busy stretch for the Thirties Fleischer cartoon star Betty Boop. First, she got her own paper towel in Turkey, and now, Winnipeg, Canada-based Fowl Moon Studios has licensed the character for a new iOS game called Betty Boop Dance Card.
Headless Produces Intro Cinematic for Hatch App
The new virtual pet app Hatch is being described as a Tamagotchi for iPhones. While that may not excite too many readers of this site—if readers are even old enough to remember what Tamagotchis are—the app’s intro cinematic merits a look.
“Stress Baal” Lets Users Beat Up a Cartoon Character for Relief
Filmmaker and animator Arthur Metcalf (Fantaisie in Bubblewrap, It Took A While To Figure Shit Out) has taken a moment between short …
Glitché Lets You Datamosh and Make Glitch Animation On An iPhone
There are plenty of GIF-making apps out there, but none compare to the Internet-ready capabilities of Glitché. Developed by designer …
“Saari” Creators Distribute Their TV Show Through An iPad APp
A few years ago, I offered praise for a Spanish preschool series called Saari, created by Veronica Lassenius and directed by Pablo Jordi. …
Drawnimal App by Lucas Zanotto
Director and animator Lucas Zanotto proves with his creative new app Drawnimal that drawing with a pencil on paper and digital apps are …
What Does Animation Have To Do With Mobile UX?
Rachel Hinman, a research scientist in the area of mobile user experience, argues in this article for Smashing Magazine that motion has …
JibJab Pushes Into Children’s Entertainment With StoryBots
Brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, founders of JibJab, were visiting New York yesterday to officially launch their new multi-platform …
DreamWorks Releases Its First App Called Ptch; Wants To Be ‘Technology Company’
Ptch is a new iPad/iPhone app that allows users to remix photos, videos, songs and text into 60-second music video-style shorts called …
Ryan Woodward Aims To Hit A Home Run In The “Bottom Of The Ninth”
Animation professionals are pushing the limits of the field every day on the big and the small screen, but veteran animator and …
Duncan Studio’s “My Beastly ABC’s” Reaches Its Fundraising Goal
Here’s another success story from LA’s growing independent studio scene. Veteran feature film animator Ken Duncan, responsible for …
Ryan Woodward Announces An Animated Graphic Novel
Ryan Woodward, a veteran feature animator who is also responsible for the popular animated short Thought of You, is placing his bets on …
Porn or Abstract Animation? (NSFW?)
All Luciano Foglia wanted to do was create an animation app exploring the “visual geometry containing the non-explicit description of …
An Appreciation of the Animated GIF and Gif Shop
“Animated GIFs are the web’s vinyl records,” wrote Jamie Zawinski on Twitter a few months ago. It’s a sly but accurate observation. In …
New Markets in Animation
Still from “Why Can’t We Walk Straight In terms of opportunities and amount of work available, there is no better time to be working …
IPhone Game Angry Bird goes to Hollywood
For what certainly won’t be the last time, a successful iPhone game is attempting to make the leap into animated features and series. …
Bret Easton Ellis’ The Crossing Place by Sascha Ciezata
Several months ago we featured Sascha Ciezata’s hand sketched animated short When Lynch Met Lucas. Since then, Ciezata’s been busy with …
Kometen Trailer
A creative trailer for Kometen, an equally creative iPhone/iPad game created by Swedish artists Niklas Ã…kerblad, who did the …
Apple Defends Its Decision to Ban Flash
Steve Jobs is taking so much heat for his decision to ban Flash from iPads and iPhones, that he’s published a lengthy missive defending …
When Lynch Met Lucas by Sascha Ciezata
This is an animated short using audio of David Lynch recounting the time he met George Lucas about possibly directing Return of The Jedi. …
Interview: Chris Dainty and Super Star Tap
As the iPhone user base continues to expand, smaller animation studios and indie animators are discovering a promising new distribution …
Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair Coming to iPhone
EA is porting Don Bluth’s classic arcade game Dragon’s Lair onto iPhone and iPod Touch. Release date is listed on EA’s webisite as …
NFB’s iPhone App
Wow, how quickly times change. A few years ago, while I was researching my book Cartoon Modern, I traveled all the way to Montreal to see …
MouthOff
Lots of interesting new animation-related iPhone apps are being released, and I’m going try and write about as many as I can on the Brew. …
