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New Trailer : How To Train Your Dragon
Must Read : Carlos Baena On Feedback
"Everybody needs feedback, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than paying a trainer." - Doug Lowenst...
Short Film : Alma
Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo....
Stunning Short Film : French Roast
I am a bit late to holler this one out as I have come across this one been mentioned on so many blogs/animation sites already. But in case you still happened to miss this one, this is a beautifully done short film by Fabrice Joubert a former Animator...
New Animation and Podcast Site On The Block
If you have been following my blog, you will know that I am a huge sucker for Podcast in the field of Animation(besides other areas like Music, Health, Educational and so on).In terms of Podcast for Animation the only two which comes to mind(and the ...
Weekly Movie Recommendations : 5th December 2009 - 11th December 2009
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)Genre - Comedy/CrimeDirected By - Robert ZemeckisCast - Bob Hoskins, Joanna CassidyWhat's It About - A toon hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder....
New Theatrical Trailer - Toy Story 3 !!!
First Teaser Trailer : Dreamworks Animation - How To Train Your Dragon !
Trailer of this highly awaited movie is out ! For me, if the movie is as endearing as this Trailer, Dreamworks Animation has raised their previous benchmark set by Kung Fu Panda.Have a look and decide for yourself ! @|b...
Event Coverage : Anifest India\'09 - 18th September, Mumbai, India
Last Friday (18th September) I attended Anifest India'09, an event which is for animators, by animators and which was organized by The Animation Society Of India(TASI). Incidentally it was my first Anifest India whereas it was the 5th Anniversary for...
Siggraph Asia 2009 : Computer Animation Festival Trailer
Animation Test - Pantomime
On similar lines of my previous Anim Tests, this time I wanted to do a Pantomime. These Anim Tests is my endeavor to keep pushing and exploring my skills.Pantomime in my view is one the toughest thing to do in Animation, because all you have is an em...
New Spline Cast From Spine Doctors
Andrew Gordon of Spline Doctors has a new Spline Cast with Ricky Nierva, Production Designer on Pixar's UP !As always its a pleasure to hear this one too.Direct DownloadOn iTunes@|b...
Princess And The Frog - New Featurrette on Cartoon Brew TV
Quote from Cartoon Brew -" This week on Cartoon Brew TV, we offer an exclusive behind-the-scenes clip, courtesy of the Walt Disney Company, from their forthcoming hand-drawn feature, The Princess and the Frog. In the video, supervising animator Bruce...
Inka Bola : Beautiful Short From Gobelins
Inka Bola yet again re-affirms that work coming out of Gobelins's is as amazing, as beautiful , as impeccable as ever !! Have a look and decide for yourself ! Also a little bit of behind the scenes - ...
#3 - In Conversation With AM Student Steven Hughes On His Short Film, Animation and Life In General
This is #3 in the series of conversations I have started with my fellow Animation Mentor(AM) schoolmates. You can find #2 here and #1 here.This time its Steven Hughes who is also participating in the Virgin Media Shorts Competition with his wonderfu...
Coming Up Next : What Can/Should Animators Do In Downtime
P.S. - This is just an intro about my upcoming post and not the post itself.Lately I have come across many discussions, emails, questions as to whats the future of Animation (specially in my country, India) looks like and what should we do about it t...
Animation Mentor July 2009 Newsletter Out Now !
As the post title is self-explanatory, another info packed newsletter for July 2009 is out from Animation Mentor.Check it out here!Register here to make sure you don't miss any from now on !Cheers!...
Podcast : Animation Conversation Dot Com
I was told about this site from one of my friends and I am really surprised how come very few people or aware of it.Its an Animation podcast, where they have a conversation(now weekly) about Animation, workflow, movie-reviews and sometimes they also ...
Animation Mentor Co-Founder and ILM Lead Animator - Shawn Kelly, On Radio Alice@97.3
There is a super fun interview of Shawn Kelly(ILM Lead Animator and Animation Mentor Co-Founder) on Radio Alice@97.3 where he talks about Transformers, what its like to be animator, what does an animator do and many more cool crazy stuff. Check it ou...
Animation Mentor June 2009 Newsletter Is Out !
Animation Mentor's (AM) monthly newsletter is a great resource of things related to Animation : industry trends, short films, tips and tricks, etc and to an extent what AM is all about. Their June 2009 newsletter is out.If you havent registered yet, ...
#2 - In Conversation With AM Student Christiaan Moleman On His Short Film, Animation and Life In General
This is #2 of the series of conversations I started with my fellow Animation Mentor(AM) schoolmates. You can find #1 here.This time I am in conversation with Christiaan Moleman who went out of the way and made a very beautiful 2D Animation short fil...
Toy Story 3 : First Early Teaser Trailer In Delicious HD !
Have a preview here or watch it in HD right here ! P.S. -The first half of Buzz Lightyear(till the part when light goes off) has been animated by Animation Mentor Co-founder and PIXAR Animator Carlos Baena !...
Finally Arrived ! Full Movie Trailer - The Princess And The Frog
2D Animation back to its glory !Isn't it beautiful !...
The Princess And The Frog related Disney Video Interviews
Disney has posted one minute video interviews of people related to their much awaited 2D feature film : The Princess And The Frog.One Min With Ron Clements and John Musker (Directors)One Min With Andreas Deja (Animator)One Min With Bruce Smith (Anima...
2D Animation : Onwards (sponsored by NIKE)
Onwards from AKQA on Vimeo.Thanks to Josh for finding this....
Princess and The Frog : New Clip
In Conversation With AM Student Prashanth Cavale On His Short Film, Animation and Life In General
As mentioned in one of my previous post, I have been thinking of adding some new and interesting sections on my BLOG.Well this is one the section which I was thinking since quiet sometime, but didn't really get to make it happen for some reason or an...
AM Class 5 - Short Film 2D Animatic
As mentioned in my last "Catch Up Time" post, here is the fruit of my Class 5 work at Animation Mentor.I was totally petrified by this Class 5, as we had to make an entire animatic on paper on our own ! The very thought thought of drawing kind of giv...
Animation Tests - Football Kick : Final Version
Based on the feedback I got(offline and online) on my last post of this Animation Test, here is my final version of it. I am sure there is still scope for improvement, but as some said "Animation is never finished, just abandoned". So I will have ...
Short Film - World Builder
World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.Brilliant might be an understatement to describe this one. See for yourself and call it what you may seem prudent !@|b...
