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"Shrek" production designer appointed as chair of the Entertainment Design Department of the Art Center

"Shrek" production designer appointed as chair of the Entertainment Design Department of the Art Center

There's no shortage of animation degree programs in southern California, with more than a half-dozens schools offering them including USC, Woodbury, U...

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6 "Inside Out" Story Painting Lessons Learned by Artist Matt Jones from Ronald Searle

6 "Inside Out" Story Painting Lessons Learned by Artist Matt Jones from Ronald Searle

Ronald Searle has often been called one of the greatest graphic satirists of the twentieth century. Born in 1920, in Cambridge, England, he became tha...

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How long does it take to draw the storyboard panel-

How long does it take to draw the storyboard panel-

Plenty of educational material about how to create animation is posted online nowadays, yet there is surprisingly little discussion about the nuts-and...

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Watch: 5 "Sea Songs" Animator Reels

Watch: 5 "Sea Songs" Animator Reels

The Irish hand-drawn feature Song of the Sea, directed by Tomm Moore, premiered in 2014, but only recently have some of the film's animators began pos...

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Can you make a career from Internet animation - Pegbarians are definitely trying

Can you make a career from Internet animation - Pegbarians are definitely trying

It can be tough to earn a living through YouTube.But that is what Dutch animators Thijs Koole, Florian Walraven and Martijn Calkhoven - also known as ...

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13 Pitching Lessons Learned on the Cartoon Springboard

13 Pitching Lessons Learned on the Cartoon Springboard

A few weeks ago in Germany, I got my pitching game on for Cartoon Springboard's three-day European forum for young professionals.This new event offers...

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