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TAG Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Daughter of Twiligh t (the Mom of which helped to take down White Doggie a couple of years ago) tears up the box office , earning $72.7 million on Friday .... The animated contingent -- Planet 51 and Christmas Carol -- hang back in the middle of the pack, earning three million apiece. CC has now crossed the $70 million mark ...
The Blog of Kells (Free subscription) | yesterday
http://www.physorg.com/news171132916.html Amazing!!! I'm pretty sure this is the same technique that Donnachada Daly uses in his non glasses 3d images too..that weird magic eye effect. So it was'nt a crystal after all perhaps'?? - Researcher uncovers secrets of Kells 'angels'September 2, 2009 By Lauren Gold --> Professor John Cisne looks at folio 85v in "The Book of Durrow," a manuscript...
The Blog of Kells (Free subscription) | yesterday
Really amazed by this expo, very well organised, and so many animation superstars walking around here! I was sorry I had'nt brought any of the comics with me, and then I met Niklas Anderson master layout dude who worked with us on Kells and he said he saw them for sale in the expo. I walked around and there was actually a big pile of both volumes at Stuart Ngs table. Amazing! He got them in France....
TAG Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The rush of the icy waters cascading through the crisp white snowbanks across the peaceful countryside. © 1955 by the Estate Of Ralph Hulett. Click on the thumbnail to see a full-sized image. See Ralph Hulett Christmas card designs at TAG's art gallery , open weekdays 8:30 am-5 pm. Here are more Ralph Hulett Christmas cards .
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | yesterday
First a few quick snaps: Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells) and Donachala Daly Lou Romano (center) gives a young artist some advice. Craig McCracken (right) and his wife Lauren Faust (left) look over some of their notes. For a Friday afternoon of an inaugural event it was pretty spectacular. This was supposed to be the “slow day”, but [...]
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | yesterday
Every year, the BBC airs a Children In Need charity fundraiser. This year they produced a stop motion music video which, for cartoon buffs in the UK, is a pretty big deal. It collects around 120 characters (approximately) from children’s shows from the last 30 (or more) years. It features classics like Paddington Bear, the [...]
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | yesterday
I got into a discussion with a friend last week about the horrible theatrical cartoons of the 1960s. I call them “drive-in cartoons” because I see no use for them except to be filler at drive-in theaters, allowing time for kids to get concessions or for teenagers to make-out before the main feature. Almost all [...]
Upcoming Pixar (Free subscription) | yesterday
The future looks golden (like a sunny summer day) for Partly Cloudy ! Of course, I’m making a reference to a certain golden statuette that Pixar’s latest theatrical short will possibly be in the running for. Yup, that means the Best Animated Short Film Oscar category has been shortlisted and, as usual, Pixar is being considered. Partly Cloudy is among nine other short ‘toons which...
TAG Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Your Friday linkfest ... Years in the making and still not done ? Less than a month before the scheduled release of James Cameron's new movie, "Avatar," some scenes from the costly special-effects extravaganza remain unfinished. Pressure to complete the project by the Dec. 18 release date has risen to the point where crews are working "24-8"—that is, eight days a week—said...
Upcoming Pixar (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cars Toons is back with an intergalactic bang! Unidentified Flying Mater , part of Mater’s Tall Tales, follows the rusty-but-trusty tow truck as he encounters and quickly befriends a UFO named Mator. Radiator Springs’ go-to-guy rushes to the rescue when his space friend is captured by the military! As usual, Lightning McQueen finds Mater’s story a little hard to believe. Catch the...
TAG Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Of course, motion capture has been around since the days of Out of the Ink Well, Snow White and Gulliver's Travels . Then it was called "rotoscope." Now it's digitized and goes by the handle "Mo Cap." Whatever the name, SAG looks to be discussing the procedure with movie producers in 2011. ... [T]he Screen Actors Guild is investigating how thesps perform the work -- a signal the...
The Blog of Kells (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
To all our American Friends...please spread the word! www.kellsmovie.com
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It’s the time again when critics start compiling their “best of” lists for the decade. We’ll probably do a few ourselves, though the roundup of American TV animation is looking fairly barren from this vantage point. How many shows debuted in the past decade that were entertaining, made a lasting impact on their audience, and [...]
Cartoon Brew (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
I just found out that as part of its monthly Monday Nights With Oscar film series in New York, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present eight 35mm UPA shorts, including Academy Award winners Gerald McBoing Boing (1950) and Mister Magoo’s Puddle Jumper (1956), in a program selected and hosted by Oscar-winning [...]
Jim Hill Media (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Jim Hill talks up this weekend’s event at the Burbank Marriott. He also spotlights Tony Bancroft & Chad Frye’s efforts to help the Hodges family ...( read more )
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