“Bus Stop” by Fungus Studios

Samuel Landa heads a new CG company called Fungus Studios in Perth, Australia. His team, which includes Mitch Perry, Russell Grinbers, …

“Paranoia”

In this age of CG motion capture, old fashioned rotoscope animation looks refreshing. Case in point: Paranoia is an animated short film …

“Building Toss” by Jared D. Weiss

A bear, a cat and a cyclops are tossing each other around…sounds like the setup to a crummy joke, but it’s actually this soundless …

Tips for Animation Teachers

Usually, teachers dole out tips to the students, but filmmaker Pat Smith, who’s been teaching at NYU in Singapore the past couple years, …

Lessons from Bill Wray and Scott Wills

There are obvious benefits to attending an animation school, but for those who are unable to do so, the wealth of how-to material about …

“Todor and Petru”

Todor & Petru is an unofficial music video for The Thunderclaps’ “Judgment Day” made by Gobelins students Remi Bastie, Nicolas Dehghani, …

“In the Beginning” by Katie Wendt

In the Beginning, a senior film made at RISD by recent grad Katie Wendt, recounts the Genesis creation myth with quirky cartoon touches …

Creature Combat IV: Animation

Created in a four day animation workshop at Germany’s Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Susanne Wohlfahrt and Marcus …

“Pillow Peter” by Nigel Clark

Pillow Peter is a junior year film made by Nigel Clark at the School of Visual Arts in New York. It’s an eccentrically drawn film about …

“Visit” by Kangmin Kim

While animation is usually a time-consuming craft, some people push it further than others. All I could think of while watching Kangmin …

“Indians” by Louise Cailliez

Colored pencils, cut-outs, and graphite pencil are eloquently blended in Indians. The folk art mixed-media approach does a nice job of …

“Stand-Up” by Joseph Pierce

Stand-Up (2008) by Joseph Pierce made a strong impression on me when I saw it at Annecy a couple years ago. Since then, I’ve searched …

“Tatooine” by Eric Power

Minneapolis musician Jeremy Messersmith’s latest song inspired Austin-based animator Eric Power (Waking Life) to recreate the Star Wars …

“Kahani” by Meg Park

Kahani is short film created by student Meg Park in her final year at Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. Park …

“Bottle” by Kirsten Lepore

The first time we wrote about Kirsten Lepore, she was studying at Maryland Institute College of Art where she’d made an inventive …

“Death Buy Lemonade” by Kyu-bum Lee

Death Buy Lemonade created by Kyu-bum Lee at Sheridan College is the shortest film in Cartoon Brew TV’s Student Animation Festival. Don’t …

Normativism by Eliran Bichman

Eliran Bichman’s final project made at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem is a powerful, personal, self-portrait on being a …

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