Hand Drawn Animation Notes

(story via CartoonBrew ) Character Concept art © Erin Humston . Animation students pay attention: Here's an inspiring example of an ind...

(lead animator Bruce Smith, animating on The Princess & the Frog) It's been 6 years since Disney has released a hand-drawn animated ...

Another great entry from B.J. Crawford into the 11 Second Club competition (November 2009) --

AAU animation students, attend the annual AAU School of Animation Fall Animation Festival , held this year on December 4, 2009. The specia...

For Your Consideration: 2009 Academy Award Nominee for Best Animated Feature -- "THE SECRET OF KELLS" . If you live near Burbank, ...

"A Day For Hand-Drawn Animation -2009" (click on image to view it larger)   I posted about this last year , here: http://hand-d...

My friend , animator Tahsin Özgür has often made the point that the term "2D animation" is inadequate to use when referring to wh...

Directed by Bert and Jennifer Klein, copyright Picnic Productions 2009. This new animated film looks absolutely charming. "Pups of Lib...

I haven't posted a classic pencil test in a while.  Here for your inspiration is a scene from Hanna Barbera's  MGM Tom & Jerry c...

“You learn something from every production that you’re on, even if it’s, you know, a commercial that lasts three weeks. You learn something...

The Apple & the Worm is a new hand-drawn feature film from director Anders Morgenthaler. The film was hand-drawn, but was animated pap...

Add this one to your bookmarks and check it frequently: The Pencil Test Depot This collection (which is ever-growing) of pencil tests was pu...

I came across this quote from Brad Bird on CartoonBrew recently: "It’s also worth noting that (Wall Street) analysts are always bullis...

"The Illusionist" from a script by Jacques Tati , directed by Sylvain Chomet (" The Triplettes of Belleville ") The fi...

Some Milt Kahl pencil test goodness : (a drawing or two are missing, so a couple of bumps not there in the original , but this is pretty muc...

Beautiful hand-drawn animation and design in the short film "The Cat Piano" by Eddie White and Ari Gibson of the People's Repu...

Amazing animated commercial for the Tate Gallery Liverpool, by Richard Purdum. (from 1988) The image in the video (from VHS tape) is a bit s...

Each Fall the Academy of Art University Animation Department has a Fall Animation Festival. In 2008 the special guest speaker was master a...