Hand Drawn Animation Notes

Wow ! Watch this great animated short posted on Cartoon Brew TV: The Pumpkin of Nyefar The Pumpkin of Nyefar (2004) is a short directed by ...

Hey , Kids !  What time is it ?  Time to talk about more fundamentals.   (never get tired of those , because we all need to remember this st...

Good news for all students of animation: Hans Bacher is blogging again !   This is one to add to the bookmarks:  Hans Bacher Blog Hans' ...

Master animator Eric Goldberg's long-awaited book has finally been released.   Character Animation Crash Course   is now available at y...

My fellow teacher at The Academy of Art ,  Jean-Denis Haas, reminds me that he also has a blog for animation students at the Academy :  Spu...

Check out Michael Sporn's always interesting blog where he notes that several of his animated shorts are receiving new DVD releases.  Th...

First look at Disney's return to hand-drawn animation: Teaser Trailer for The Princess & The Frog (You'll have to click on the l...

Have you checked the   Academy of Art Online Course Catalog lately ? We have three new online traditional animation classes launching  for...

The always interesting blog of animator/director Michael Sporn is featuring some great screen grabs, storyboards, and rough animation drawi...

UPDATE: High-Res. HD Quicktime videos of the opening Dream sequence and the End Credit sequence of KFP have been posted here: The Art of t...

A marvelous film based on the drawings of the master Hokusai , written/directed by Tony White . Tony writes: "The film itself was inspi...

[click on image to see it larger] Michael Sporn has uploaded a series of rough drawings of King Louis by Milt "King" Kahl on his...

A visit to the studio of traditional animator Pat Smith ---

Here is another blog site which ought to be in your bookmarks: ANIMATION BACKGROUNDS - Discovering the Art Behind the Art This site by Rob...

Here is a link to an interesting interview with Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki on the upcoming animated feature film "Ponyo o...

Good example of how an animator approaches a scene in the first rough pass, then tie-down pass before turning the scene over to the Clean-Up...

An astoundingly beautiful piece by Oskar Fischinger which recently surfaced on YouTube. If you ever have a chance to see Fischinger's...

Animator Pat Smith has a great post on "The Firebird" segment from Disney's Fantasia 2000 which I recommend to you : Ted ...