Recent Posts Tagged With 'animated features'

• Behind the Scenes: Tim Burton at MoMA

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 19:15 in directors, cg, animators, animated features, stop mo

• Jeff Bridges and Iron Man

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 13:05 in cg, visual fx, animated features

  Personal pictures by Jeff Bridges taken while making Iron Man. ...

• How to Train Your Dragon

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 13:25 in cg, dreamworks, animated features

  How to Train Your Dragon...

• Mary & Max

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 12:56 in inspiration, animators, animated features, stop mo

  This is a wonderful film.Below, he says "The true actors are the animators..."...

• Toy Story 3 Trailer

  Posted on Thursday October 15th, 2009 at 13:00 in cg, pixar, animated features

  Toy Story 3 Trailer is out......

• Henry Selick leaves Laika

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 15:33 in the biz, animators, animated features, stop mo

  We have all heard about the layoffs at Laika, but I really figured they were going to focus on stop-mo with Selick after the success of Coraline. I guess not?Apparently the filmmaker’s contract was up, and according to Variety, Selick had become f...

• Revisit The Incredibles

  Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 01:08 in inspiration, disney, cg, pixar, animated features

  Not much to say...I watched The Incredibles tonight.I hadn't seen it since it came out - 2004 - wow.Possibly the best movie ever - animated or not.It's like the characters are real people.I love me some Violet.Edna makes me giggle like a little girl....

• D-9

  Posted on Sunday August 16th, 2009 at 12:08 in inspiration, Robot, cg, visual fx, animated features

  Check out more content from DISTRICT 9--produced by Peter Jacksonand directed by Neill Blomkampat http://d-9.comWowsie Wow! ...

• Princess and the Frog Pencil Test

  Posted on Sunday August 9th, 2009 at 13:35 in disney, 2D, animated features

  Princess and the Frog Pencil Test...

• Tron

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 13:43 in cg, animation history, visual fx, animated features

  I must officially be a geek because this gets me excited about CG again....

• Trekkies Bash New Star Trek Film

  Posted on Wednesday May 6th, 2009 at 16:33 in funny, movie trailers, Geek Stuff, the biz, visual fx, animated features

  This made me giggle like a little gurl......

• Inside Up: Unlikely Heroes

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 13:24 in cg, pixar, animated features

  Up Exclusive Featurette...

• Nobody Does Disney Like Disney

  Posted on Saturday April 18th, 2009 at 11:26 in funny, disney, Geek Stuff, animated features

  Disney-ressemblanceSo you’ve watched your favorite Disney movies a hundred times, but you’ve probably never noticed the uncanny similarities amongst the characters! Watch this short sequence of clips that compares the clever or convenient animat...

• Where the Wild Things Are - Finally...

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 02:29 in inspiration, cg, visual fx, animated features, character designers

  I am so happy to hear it's finally happening. This is my all time favorite book from my childhood. Probably because I was sent to bed many times with no supper - angel that I was and wished I had Wild Things to be my friends. I have been on the fe...

• Meet the guy who Designed THE SPECK

  Posted on Wednesday March 25th, 2009 at 02:16 in funny, cg, animated features

  Jake Parker says, "One of my favorite assignmentson Horton Hears a Who was to design the speck."Read more......

• NIGHTMARE BEFORE XMAS behind the scenes

  Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 11:50 in inspiration, animators, animated features, stop mo

  NIGHTMARE BEFORE XMAS behind the scenes from Joel Fletcher on VimeoMy buddy Joel sent me a link to a video of him animating on Nightmare Before Christmas...those stop mo animators are some patient people....

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Teaser Trailer

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 14:03 in cg, movie trailers, animated features

  The kids are gonna love this one.FX look amazing....

• Interview with Henry Selick

  Posted on Friday March 13th, 2009 at 15:12 in inspiration, animators, animated features, stop mo

  I am a BIG fan of Coraline, Neil Gaiman and Henry Selick.His description of developing the script is interesting.Story boarding is KING!...

• New Up Trailer

  Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 16:04 in cg, movie trailers, pixar, animated features

• Coraline

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 16:32 in inspiration, animators, animated features, stop mo, concept artists

  "Art of Coraline" panel at the Nucleus galleryMy sister from the other mister!Coraline JonesI cannot say enough good things about this movie.It's the Modern day Alice in Wonderland!Not only is the story rockin, the animation is to die for and every s...

• Koumpounophobia

  Posted on Friday February 6th, 2009 at 17:09 in inspiration, animated features, stop mo

  I am so excited about this movieI have no words!!!!!!!And Coraline's last name is Jones!I haven't seen a movie in the theater since Ratatouille!The crew of Coraline has been sending out special handmade boxes as gifts to bloggers. I am so sad I did ...

• VFX and Animation Oscar Nominees

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 19:05 in news, cg, oscars, the biz, visual fx, animated shorts, animated features, independent film making

  THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON THE DARK KNIGHT IRON MAN**I vote for Iron Man BOLT KUNG FU PANDA WALL-E**I vote for Kung Fu Panda La Maison en Petits Cubes LAVATORY - LOVESTORY OKTAPODI PRESTO THIS WAY UP **I vote for Oktapodi!!!Who k...

• Planet 51 Trailer

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 18:34 in cg, movie trailers, animated features, overseas production

  Planet 51Release Date: 11/20/2009I tried to go to Italy to work on this, but they were only hiring artists with EU passports.Looks pretty sweet....

• Monsters VS. Aliens Stills

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 18:23 in cg, dreamworks, animated features

  More images here...Ginormica (voiced by Reese Witherspoon)in DreamWorks Pictures'Monsters vs. Aliens - 2009...

• Boom Studios Brings you Incredibles Comics - March 2009

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 17:00 in comic books, pixar, animated features

  The Incredibles comics will be released March 25, 2009 and will feature 4 collectible covers spelling out "INCREDIBLES" when connected.The official description follows:"America’s favorite family of superheroes finally returns, courtesy of legendary...

• Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 16:13 in funny, cg, visual fx, animated features

  Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it)from Joe Nicolosi on Vimeo....

• Disney's John Carter of Mars

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 15:51 in news, disney, cg, pixar, visual fx, animated features

  The Upcoming Pixar Blog has posted...Casting has started on John Carter of Mars, Andrew Stanton confirmed that the forthcoming project will be done at Disney instead of Pixar in a Sci Fi Wire interview.During LA Film Critics Awards (where WALL•E wo...

• VFX Oscar Bakeoff 2009: The Dance of the Superheroes

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 15:40 in visual fx, animated features, bakeoff

  AWN Review of the BakeoffI have to say Iron man is my favorite VFX movie this year. The movie made me laugh and had me on the edge of my seat. Most importantly, this was finally a superhero you liked and rooted for and the VFX were off the hook.ILM...

• Princess Frog New Artwork

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 15:16 in disney, 2D, animated features

  The Princess and The Frog releases Christmas 2009. Download a higher resolution version of this here....

• Tthe Curious Case of Forest Gump

  Posted on Friday January 23rd, 2009 at 15:00 in funny, the biz, visual fx, animated features

  The Curious Case of Forrest Gump - watch more funny videosSo funny......