Singles…
Published May 16, 2012 | 
Rebecca Sugar writes some of the best songs for Adventure Time, and she also writes some of the best stories for the show. This is an earlier work of hers that demonstrates the further depth of her brilliance…
The Terrible Bandit!
Published May 12, 2012 | The Terrible Bandit is Evee Chriszt’s thesis animation from her final year of studies at Sherican College. There’s not much here in the way of story, but her animation and design are superb…
The Woods!
Published May 4, 2012 | Wow, I’m pretty gutted this didn’t turn into a show but Max Winston’s animation test for a Nickelodeon show is now on display. The series, which sadly isn’t moving forward, is titled The Woods. I want to go to there!
New Tron:Uprising trailer…
Published May 1, 2012 | Check out this kick ass new trailer for Disney XD’s Tron: Uprising. The series will premiere next month with a voice cast that includes Paul Reubens, Nate Corddry, Mandy Moore, Reginald Vel Johnson and Bruce Boxleitner as “Tron”. Oh, and Elijah Wood plays the main character, leader of a revolution inside The Grid, named “Beck”…
Motorcity!
Published April 29, 2012 | Titmouse is nearly set to roll-out their latest production model –C. The team has set a new bar for Flash character animation. While Titmouse is employing “re-use” techniques, you’d never know it, as the animation so full and fluid. There’s certainly a lot of drawing mileage going into each and every shot, and the facial acting is really elaborate and engaging. Of course, Flash isn’t the only tool being employed – the Titmouse team is using After Effects, Maya and Photoshop as well. Here’s a few shots from the show…
The Titmouse crew went into overdrive on the tech side too, creating proprietary Flash plug-ins and scripts to lubricate the production pipeline. For instance, here’s the ‘Facinator’ plug-in that allows an animator to quickly select a head position from a wide array of angles, somewhat mimicking a CG rig. The plug-in is displayed around the 1-minute mark:
Imaginism Studios
Published April 12, 2012 | “Pen & Pixel” profiles the illustrator Bobby Chiu and his team of artists at Imaginism Studios, located in Toronto, Canada. This short documentary allows a glimpse at their exciting work in the field of digital art as well as exploring their philosophies on a medium that has taken art to a new level…
Rise of the Guardians – Official Trailer
Published March 28, 2012 | WHAAA? Santa has tattoos… I think I’m gonna like Dreamworks next film…
Hotel Transylvania 1st trailer
Published March 27, 2012 | Check out the first trailer from Sony Pictures next film, hard to tell what it’s gonna be like but I like the design work so far and it’s directed by Genndy Tartakovsky…
Also check out the Sony Pictures Tumblr where they’re putting up artwork from the film…
Dance Central!
Published March 27, 2012 | I don’t really know what this is for but what I do know is it’s AWESOME… Pascal Blais Studio presents: Dance Central, by director Robert Valley…
Robert Valley Dance Central from Pascal Blais Animation Studio on Vimeo.
Ruin
Published March 20, 2012 | Wes Ball and his talented conspirators at Oddball Animation just released Ruin, an epic, 8-minute thrill ride that he’s been crafting for a couple years…
