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Category: Art

Animation Blogs

Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 20

Special Guest: Ottawa International Animation Festival - Part 1. Full laurels, keys to capitals, and banks of international accolades might weigh down other comedy podcast journaltarians of animation, but never for the lion-hearted, docu-brave, master news-making martyrs (and hyperbolically humble) Joel Frenzer and Alan Foreman. Join them as they interview animation's brightest and best about books, inappropriate cartoons, competing podcasts, pirates, and pumpkins - live from North America's largest festival of international animation in Ottawa, ON in 2010 at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2010.

In Awards, Books, Call for Entries, People, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion, Writing | Art | Blogs: Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast)

Blogs

Caroline Leaf: A Serious Game

Several years ago I’d heard that Caroline Leaf had moved on from filmmaking and was now painting. I was curious to know what was behind the shift, and even more curious to see her current work. I finally had an opportunity to interview her.

In Films, Short Films | Art | Blogs: Ambling Around

Blogs

Viz Releases Manga Series Itsuwaribito

Whether we like it or not, lying and deception are part of the heroic tradition. Enter Utsuho. A troublemaker at heart, he’s intent on using his wicked ways for good.

In Books, Event, Home Entertainment, Illustration, Writing | Art | Blogs: The Anime Beat

Blogs

Is Paris Burning?...No, It’s Freezing!

I came to Paris to reset. Thoreau once wrote that it is best if one moves every seven years. If life consists of doing the same thing as a matter of habit over and over again, perspective is lost and the opportunity to truly know oneself never realized. In adversity is truth. Thoughtless patterns are numbing. Time to re-discover. It’s good to be uncomfortable. Good to be uprooted.

In Visual Effects | Art | Blogs: VFX Beat

Blogs

Framed: Drawings In Motion

The Drawing Center (in New York) in collaboration with Smart Spaces, the not-for-profit art space that uses vacant store fronts as their roaming venue, is presenting a show of animated shorts called Framed: Drawings In Motion.

In Event, Short Films | Art | Blogs: Ambling Around

Blogs

VIZ Adds Japanese Sci-Fi Titles

It’s no secret that VIZ’s catalogue is diverse, and truly has something for everyone. Well, continuing along those lines, the release of The Ouroboros Wave and Dragon Sword and Wind Child has just been announced.

In Books, Event, Home Entertainment, Illustration, Licensing, Writing | Art | Blogs: The Anime Beat

Blogs

Animation's Star Is Rising In the Art World

They're calling it a "paradigm shift in contemporary art", "a new sensibility in the art of our time". Galleries and their curators are starting to notice animation. It's been a long time coming.

In Films, Short Films | Art | Blogs: Ambling Around

International Headline News

Television Meets Streetwear in the First Ever Creative Collaboration

MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and leading streetwear label 55DSL announced today the launch of their first-ever creative collaboration, set to culminate in five brand new MTV on-air idents and six bespoke t-shirt designs

In Business, Motion Graphics, Television, Business, Motion Graphics, Television | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: Europe

Youtube Blogs

Presenting Five More YouTube Play Winners

So you wanna watch movies, eh? (Is my Canadian accent showing?) Well, pull up your potato chips and have a sit down...

In Awards, Event, Films, Interactive, Short Films | Art | Blogs: Ambling Around

Artists Blogs

What Does Cave Art Have To Do With Animation

Could the paleolithic men and women who created rock wall paintings have been the prehistoric ancestors of current animation artists?

In Films | Art | Blogs: Ambling Around

Sound Blogs

Soundwalkers - A Must Watch

To say that Soundwalkers, a fascinating film by director and sound researcher Raquel Castro, sensitives us to the soundscape of our modern world is to minimize its achievement.

In Education and Training, Films, Short Films | Art | Blogs: Ambling Around

Blogs

VIZ Launches Manga iPad App

It was only a matter of time before manga and anime apps appeared on the iPad. Fortunately, VIZ waited and definitely got it right. Check it out.

In Anime, Books, Home Entertainment, Illustration, Interactive, Mobile and Wireless | Art | Blogs: The Anime Beat

Youtube Blogs

YouTube Play - The Winning Entries Part 1

The YouTube Play winning entries all have at least some form of animation content. Which tells me that animation's star is rising in the art world.

In Awards, Films, Short Films | Art | Blogs: Ambling Around

Youtube Blogs

YouTube Play: Corralling Wild Cattle

Since 2005 YouTube has given us a prime venue for quick and dirty moving images. And now the powers that be in the ART world are going to use that forum to judge us filmmakers!

In Films, Interactive, Short Films | Art | Blogs: Ambling Around

Blogs

Naoki Urasawa’s PLUTO In Production

Chris Meledandri’s Illumination Entertainment has teamed up with Tezuka Productions to bring Urasawa’s PLUTO to the big screen as a live-action/CG hybrid.

In Anime, CG, Event, Films, 3D | Art | Blogs: The Anime Beat

Blogs

Club 2 The Max Wants Artists

The new venue for celebrating anime in So Cal has a location for 2011 and is now seeking artists for its alley

In Anime, Books, Event, Home Entertainment, Illustration, People, Television | Art | Blogs: The Anime Beat

Blogs

BANDAI News from NYAF

Direct from the New York Anime Festival, here is the latest blurb from BANDAI regarding Lucky Star manga and other anime titles.

In Anime, Books, Event, Home Entertainment, Illustration, Television, Writing | Art | Blogs: The Anime Beat

VIZ Announces MARCH STORY Release

If you have a predilection for the horror, supernatural genre, then this new manga from VIZ may be exactly what you're craving. And with a rating of 'M' for Mature readers, hopefully we won't be stuck with the usual teenage fluff.

In Books, Event, Home Entertainment, Illustration, Writing | Art | Blogs: The Anime Beat

Music Headline News

Comic Book Legend and World Renowned Music Artist Join Forces

Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, the comic book legend and Yoshiki, Asia’s most influential music artist, join forces to develop a music Super Hero comic book and motion comic series.

In Music and Sound, People, Writing, People, Writing, Music and Sound | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Blogs

Notes from under the Otaku

Hi all. Yes, I'm back!

In Anime, Books, CG, Event, Films, Games, Home Entertainment, Interactive, People, Television, Writing | Art | Blogs: The Anime Beat

Headline News

AMC Releases Key Art for "The Walking Dead"

AMC released today the key art for its upcoming original drama "The Walking Dead," which premieres Halloween night, October 31 at 10pm.

In Television, Television | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Headline News

Addams Family Online Drawing Contest Announced, Begins September 20th

The Addams Family Anniversary Committee today announced that it will hold an Addams Family online drawing contest beginning this Monday, September 20, 2010, and ending Wednesday, October 20, 2010, to celebrate the anniversary of Westfield’s most famous family, the Addams Family.

In Call for Entries, Event, Call for Entries, Event | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Comics Headline News

The Future of Comics and Graphic Novels At the ICv2 Comics & Digital Conference

ICv2 has announced the ICv2 Comics & Digital Conference at New York Comic Con, a half-day event where industry executives and thought leaders will discuss the impact of the rapidly growing digital channel on the comics and graphic novel medium.

In Event, Illustration, People, Event, Illustration, People, Writing | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Toon Headline News

Here’s Your Chance to Animate William Shatner: A Contest Presented by Myouterspace.com and Toon Boom

Hosted by William Shatner, the Myouterspace Contest calls the greatest talent in the creative galaxy to come forward and shine! The Contest is scheduled from September 1 until December 1, 2010 and is open to the talent of this world and beyond.

In Awards, Call for Entries, People, Short Films, Awards, Call for Entries, People, Short Films | Art, Headline News | Geographic Region: North America

Animation Blogs

Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum (podcast) x 17

FFAF continues its Salutation to Tinselville this week with more animation conversation from the Heart of Hollywood. This week's special guest and lovably evil animator-innovator, JJ Villard, scratches the true grit of the LA animation underbelly as he devles into discussion on his films, animation career prep, dirty-dogs, the worth of the festival-hussle, the subtext of the Walk of Fame, choice Starbucks beverages, Shrek, major studio lunch-spreads, and how to charm the evil of it all.