Hand Drawn Animation Notes

Sorry to hear that Michael Sporn's  Kickstarter campaign to raise money for his animated feature-film  "POE"  didn't reac...

I saw this posted on the TVPaint Animation Forum. Nice, humorous (slightly exaggerated) explanation of the production process.  Made as a...

This is a must-have book for anyone interested in hand-drawn animation. Let me rephrase that : this is a must-have book for anyone intere...

As seen on the TVPaint Community User Forum : This relatively new image capture station , the S implicity Cam 5e HD Document Scanner by ...

To mark the special occasion of the re-release of "The Lion King" to theaters (in "3D" ) master animator Andreas Deja ha...

Found via CartoonBrew (thanks Amid). Beautiful film by Nelson Boles.  It’s become a cliche reaction now, but I still feel compelled t...

When people make the claim: "There are no traditional animation jobs" or "2D is dead" you should realize that what ...

Here is another inspiring video from a presentation given at the CTN Animation Expo . If you haven't attended CTN Expo before it is hi...

Brand spanking new blog from the Traditional (2D) Animation Dept. at the Academy of Art University that you should check out : Animation S...

Another crop of amazingly proficient grad student films from Gobelins . Google for the blogs of the individual students who worked on thes...

Another hand-drawn feature length animated film from France ! LE CHAT DU RABBIN .  I'll say it again:  thank goodness the French did n...

There's a new animation blog I want to recommend to you by a great animator, John Celestri. John the Animator Guy John started ...

Cartoon Saloon studio in Ireland -- makers of The Secret of Kells -- is starting a new hand-drawn animated feature based on the book ...

Who's developing animation for the iPhone/iPad/Android market ? Fascinating to think about these marvelous new outlets animation. Arti...

Here is some very good news for students and fans of classical hand-drawn animation.   Esteemed Disney animator Andreas Deja has started a b...

"Rain Town" by Hiroyasu Inshida (if you click through to the YouTube page I suggest switching it to 720p HD mode for better imag...

Saw this on CartoonBrew today: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/music-vid...wegian-tv.html And also on the TVP Animation Community Forum , whe...

Students, you must watch this inspirational talk by Dreamworks director/producer/storyboard artist Steve Hickner , on how to break into ani...