Tom Sito Podcast Interview and Speech

Check out the Tom Sito interview and his Annie Award speech over on the ASIFA Animation Archive site.


Tom Sito Podcast


Tom Sito's Blog

The Secret of Kells

I can't wait to see this film! The designs are great and I'm loving the animation -- as for the story I haven't heard much but the Oscar nod boosted my expectations quite a bit (very impressed that the Academy nominated this film!). It's like a breath of fresh air amid the smog of design complacency in this industry. I've been digging through the fantastic production blog for 'Kells' over the past couple of days. It has an archive going back to 2005 so there's tons to see! Very inspiring
work!

The Secret of Kells - Disney Trailer from on Vimeo.

Hand Reference

Hand reference via Michael Sporn's Blog

Making of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

Just posted the making of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' over on Behind The Scenes blog.

Making of 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'

Ed Catmull Lecture: Keep Your Crises Small

VFX of 'A Christmas Carol'

VFX of 'A Christmas Carol' via fxguid

Big Animation Benefit Auction : Jan 21 - 30th

There's a big animation art auction tomorrow to help raise money for Disney animator Tim Hodge's son Matthew who is in a coma. If you're interested in helping out or want to take a look at all the art being auctioned check the link below. All the proceeds go toward Matthew's medical needs.


Help The Hodges


[UPDATE] : here's the eBay link

Hodges eBay Auction

The Passenger by Chris Jones

For those of you haven't seen this short you're missing out. It's an 8 year labor of love of Chris Jones. You can find his production blog here: The Passenger Production Blog

Steven Spielberg Admires Animators

Thought this little clip was interesting. I like what Spielberg said toward the end,"I think all directors should be animators first."



The AFI Channel on You Tube has some really great archived footage. Check it out if you get a chance.

American Film Institute on You Tube

Anim Tech of Avatar

Happy New Year!!

Find of the day -- 'Alma' by Rodrigo Blaas

'Alma' film website and blog:

Alma Short Film

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

Merry Christmas!! -- "Power of Good Storytelling" by Canal+

Canal+

Cinematographer Style Documentary

Cinematographer Style is about the art of how and why films look the way they do. It is about the influence of style, technique and technology-the art and craft of filmmaking.

watch here: Cinematographer Style


info here: Cinematorpher Style

Find of the day: 'Creative Illustration' by Andrew Loomis

I didn't know much about Andrew Loomis until I took an Advanced Figure Drawing class taught by the legendary Mark Tennant (more on this later). In his class Tennant used many examples from Loomis's books to help illustrate the basics of human proportions, perspective, composition, etc. Many of these diagrams and studies are listed in 'Creative Illustration' but unfortunately it's out of print and will set you back a couple of hundred should you want to buy a copy. So, listed below is a .pdf of the book! Enjoy

Creative Illustration

Mark Kennedy - Handouts On Composition

Mark Kennedy just posted some great material on staging and composition on his blog 'Temple of the Seven Golden Camels'. It's worth a peek.

Handouts On Composition

Today's Inspiration - NZ Book Council 'Going West'

NZ Book Council - Going West

Animation Thumbnails - Vic Navone

Vic Navone has posted a great collection of his animation thumbnails on his VNOG BLOG. The Wall-E gags are especially awesome!

Vic Navone animation thumbnails

Chuck Jones, The Master Series -- DVD

What animator isn't a fan of Chuck Jones eh?! Check out the info on this new DVD that will be available in Feb.

More info over on The Chuck Jones Blog