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New Animated Film in 3D - out in theaters May 1st

2009-03-20T17:22:58Z

I'm so excited to hear there's a major hollywood movie coming out in May with a green conscious message. Has anyone heard of Terra?
I found it here: http://www.battleforterra.com

It looks like it'll be 3D which sounds awesome. So many coming out lately.

Looks as though it has great animation, and more importantly a great message. Kudos for hollywood! (LionsGate) I hope this starts a new trend of green conscious movies from the big guys!

Geez! I just checked who's in it and it looks like it's an all star cast: Evan
Rachel Wood, Brian Cox, Luke Wilson, David Cross, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, Dennis Quaid, James Garner, Chris Evans, Rosanna Arquette and Chad Allen! (whew, that was a mouthful!)

Hope it's a good one!

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3D Model Sweepstakes

2008-09-01T18:44:14Z

Enter for a chance to win $250 credit good for any 3D models at Flat Pyramid

3D model enthusiasts on a budget will be delighted to learn that Flat Pyramid has revolutionized the 3D industry by creating a 3D marketplace where you can buy 3D models for far less than it would cost to make them yourself or hire an expert to design them for you. 3D Model lovers with extra tight purse strings will also find free 3D models that can be downloaded with no obligation. All together, over 30,000 models are available for download.

If you're a 3D model designer, you can also earn money for your talents by making your models available for download on the Flat Pyramid site. Seller accounts are free and can be used immediately to upload and publish your own 3D model content. Sold content can generate significant revenue for designers at all experience levels.

To celebrate this advancement in the industry, Flat Pyramid is offering a 3D model sweepstakes where entrants have a chance to win a $250 credit good for any 3D models available at Flatpyramid. The winner will be randomly selected from all entries and announced on September 30, 2008. Watch our monthly newsletter and check your inbox to find out if you're the lucky sweepstakes winner.

Go to http://www.flatpyramid.com/sweepstakes to find out more about the 3D Model Sweepstakes.

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Western Spaghetti

2008-07-15T06:32:00Z

exceedingly clever.

http://www.eatpes.com/western_spaghetti.html

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Hi from me -- newbie!

2008-07-12T09:43:19Z

I've just joined tribe this week and found this group. Looks fantastic! I'm off to an animation conference next month, and then to an anime fest later that same week -- so you can see I'm very into animation.

Look forward to browsing through the past posts.

Cheers all!

stefania
:D

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dear beautiful

2008-07-09T19:13:38Z

http://www.movingpicturesmagazine.com/shorts/videos/dearbeautiful

interesting look of manipulated drawing and painting, telling a creepy little zombie tale...soon to be a feature length.

via:
http://io9.com/5022804/the-worlds-most-beautiful-zombies

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Watch and Sell Films, including animations, at Caachi

2008-07-06T01:46:14Z

Caachi - http://www.caachi.com - is a new online indie film destination where film fans can download great indie films and filmmakers can distribute online reaching new global fans.

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Contact us at films@caachi.com, get more info at http://www.caachi.com/about/show-your-film-on-caachi, or call at 415.794.5456. Send a DVD & Quicktime trailer for review to:

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http://www.caachi.com

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Jim Trainor?

2008-05-22T09:30:47Z

http://www.chicagoreader.com/movies/archives/2000/0600/000616.html

http://www.fnewsmagazine.com/2005-sept/interviews_2.html

From that last one:
"There’s no reason for you to spend any time in Oregon, but if you attended the Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival this year, you might have been able to see Harmony, a new animated short film by SAIC’s own animation instructor and filmmaker, Jim Trainor. If you were luckier still, you might have also read this flattering review from The Portland Mercury following Trainor’s screening:

The word “experimental” can be scary to some, but there’s nothing to fear from experimental shorts—the good ones are perfect little self-contained gems; the bad ones are over before you get a chance to slit your wrists… Jim Trainor’s Harmony, for instance, is bad; an animated montage of hideous, morphing jungle animals and other weird images, backed by a voiceover that features lines like, “We cut a little boy’s penis open. We used a sharp knife. We wanted to give him a little vagina.” This is the kind of pointlessly offensive tripe that gives experimental film a bad name, but then it only lasts 12 minutes.
“I think that he just thought that I made it up just out of some perverse, private instinct of my own,” said Trainor about the genital mutilation scene in Harmony, which prompted the scathing review, “and it was clear to me that this particular reviewer just didn’t quite get it. But I also avow that I deliberately make my movies very hard to get. I mean, Harmony is a string of these ten vignettes that are each kind of horrible, and they each come from a dif-ferent perspective, so it continually throws the viewer off. I just think that smarter viewers realize that I’m not just doing it to be naughty or disgusting, that I’m pursuing an overall idea, but not everybody gets that.”

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MUTO: an abiguous animation painted on public walls

2008-05-16T12:24:57Z

http://www.blublu.org/sito/video/muto.htm

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Aniboom Awards!

2008-01-30T10:37:13Z

Finals excitement is in the air as we get ready to pick the last 5 finalists of the aniBoom Awards on Feb. 7th. A golden ticket will land the recently uploaded and potentially undiscovered gems a chance at winning.

http://www.aniboom.com/Competition/Start

Leo

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Workshop: Website Tools and Marketing Strategies! Saturday, February 9th

2008-01-19T00:03:56Z

This isn't for lucent dossier vaudeville cirque specifically, but I think that the group of folks on here might be interested.

Lady Jay says:
United Divas is working with Social Creature to present our first workshop for creative entrepeneurs. If you are at that place where you are trying to figure out how to make your website work for you and attract more visitors who return more than once, this is just what you need. This won't design your website for you, but you will walk away knowing exactly what you need to do in order to make it happen. After years and years of friends asking both of us these questions, we realized that a workshop would be the best way to provide answers at a price much more reasonable than a one-on-one consultation. So, two thumbs up from me, especially if you are one of the people who hits either of us up regularly on ways to improve your business and online presence.

Jenka says:

Dear Friends,

It is a pleasure to announce that I will be leading a workshop on February 9th to help creative professionals make more effective websites.

After working on scores of websites, I've noticed that musicians, artists, and creative entreprenuers in general tend to share the same requirements for an effective website, and very often make the same mistakes when creating one. Many folks have approached me for advice on how they can enhance or improve their sites, and so it's with great excitement that I have decided to do a workshop to share my insight and expertise. My goal is to make sure attendees gain an understanding of the options, strategies, and resources at their disposal for creating an online presence that will help move their business forward, and leave ready to start implementing them right away.

More information on the workshop and tickets can be found at:
www.social-creature.com/workshop

Feel free to pass this on to anyone you think would benefit from the information.

I look forward to seeing you on February 9th!

All the best,

~Jenka

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Timeliketoon animation promo

2008-01-14T16:05:09Z

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yQOYRuhXLC0

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NYC in Ink

2008-01-06T20:30:37Z

local animation superstars, surprises and best-kept secrets ...

with categories like "MOST DISTURBING ONE-MINUTE DEPICTION OF NYC STREET LIFE (Non-realistic)", who minds a little buffering?

http://www.thereeler.com/features/nyc_in_ink_and_pixels_and_paint.php

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"Machine-Gun Nose" - new epic animation @ Thorrific.com!

2007-12-28T07:25:09Z

http://thorrific.com/MachineGunNose.htm

Machine-Gun Nose!!!!!!

An epic animation from Thorrific!

The newest addition to the Thorrific.com family of narrative animations, joining "Dubya Bin-Zilla" and "The Adventures of the Christian Pirate Pussies" in an ever-expanding vortex of brain-melting symbolic entertainment!

Will Machine-Gun Nose make it to work at his job as an Unemployment Processor at Analazation Amalgamation Corporation on time?
Or will he get fired and be found Liable to be Rendered for Unemployment Processing?
What is the Robot Cabdriver's mysterious secret?

Includes three smash musical hits from 3 of the planet's top stars signed to Viaglom, a division of Analazation Amalgamation Corporation!!!

Don't forget your Freedom Coupons!!!!

Not for kids! Not safe for work! May offend if you are a whimpey with no sense of humour or tragedy!

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simple animation software for mac?

2007-11-24T20:40:06Z

i humbly appeal to your expertise...

i am looking for some simple 2D animation software for mac OSX that will let me draw things (like crude looking animals and planets etc.), animate those drawings (e.g. have a giraffe float through space or move across a landscape etc.), and sync it all to music.

kind of like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yihq8BIhL9c

but with the option of moving the drawings around

i have zero animation experience.

Thanks!
: )

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It's not too late....

2007-11-20T14:29:01Z

Hey animators,
A lot of you have still not entered your animated video to the Aniboom Awards animation competition. It’s definitely not too late to have a real chance of winning. There are 5 finalists each for November and December, plus 5 “golden tickets” that our judges will be giving out at the beginning of January. That’s 15 more finalists to be entered into the Finals round. With $50,000 worth of cash and prizes it’d be a shame to miss out.

It’s easy to enter – just upload your video.
http://www.aniboom.com/Competition/

Leo

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tekkonkinkreet

2007-11-13T20:44:15Z

must see.

best animated film so far this year...

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amazing!

2007-11-13T06:01:58Z

http://www.noob.us/entertainment/awesome-yet-creepy-stop-motion-wall-animation/

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Immortal Kiss Trailer on You Tube

2007-09-14T08:49:02Z

Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUaGGDEFGKA

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Have an idea for an animated webseries?

2007-09-04T15:28:53Z

If you or your friends have an idea for a new series, in movie form or still on paper, pitch it to us, and you just might get a ride to the top
Aniboom Creators Studio teams up with animators around the world via aniboom.com to develop, produce and distribute
original content across multiple media platforms such as the internet, mobile, broadcast, cable and game consoles.

http://www.aniboom.com/studio/create

Looking forward to hearing your awesome pitches!

aniBOOM

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Angst.

2007-09-01T16:15:53Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAH4klqLTXg&feature=dir

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win a free WACOM!!

2007-08-23T08:23:50Z

Shapeshifter birthday competition
It's Aniboom's One Year Anniversary! Yipee!
Create the most absurdly joyous "happy birthday" and win a WACOM
good luck!!
http://www.aniboom.com/Competition/

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Animated cartoon quality

2007-08-13T20:51:02Z

When I was a kid back in the 1970s, I noticed that older animated cartoons like Bugs Bunny and Popeye were better drawn and better animated than current cartoons like The Superfriends and Scooby Doo. And at the time, I was like, "How can these old-fangled toons be better than the current toons since we supposedly live in a more advanced era than when those old-school toons first came out." Then for years, I came to terms with the notion that newer animated toons may never surpass the quality of their predecessors. But just recenty, I realized that animated cartoons today have equaled and even surpassed the quality of toons like Bugs Bunny and Popeye. I thought back to the early-to-mid 1990s and noticed that a lot of good-quality animated toons had been produced back then. That was around the time that The Little Mermaid debuted as well as The Simpsons, Toy Story and Reboot-- the first all-computer-animated weekly TV series.

With all that being the case, I'm very happy to know that today's toons are getting better, stronger and faster than the toons of previous eras. Today's toons are so well-crafted that even the lousy ones are good. Could this be because there's more use of computers in the animation process? Well whatever the reason, cartoons today are overall better than they were in the age of Bugs Bunny and Popeye. Or at least that's my opinion.

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ORGANIC MOTION

2007-08-03T07:10:52Z

I was checking out the Siggraph 2007 presenters and came across this:
http://www.organicmotion.com/

way cool

Natural point was also cool for those on a Budget:
http://www.naturalpoint.com/

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Just a Reminder for serious folks

2007-08-03T07:08:51Z

http://www.siggraph.org/s2007/

http://esub.siggraph.org/cgi-bin/cgi/idECatList.html&CategoryID=2

http://esub.siggraph.org/cgi-bin/cgi/idECatList.html&CategoryID=1

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August 5th Animation Army Event at Q's Bar and Billiards!

2007-07-30T22:14:16Z

August 5th Animation Army Event at Q's Bar and Billiards (Santa Monica)

Come join us on Sunday, August 5, 2007, at Q's Billiard Club (upstairs), 11835 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Time: 8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

THIS MONTH our presenter is Wendy Taylor from ProfessionalAnimations.com, a site created for you, the independent animation artist, so you can showcase your animated GIFs and Flash movies worldwide, earn income, and make a name for yourself through your creative work. ProfessionalAnimations specialize only in animations. Come hear about this exciting new company and find out how to get your animations sold!

Last month's presenter: Akiko Ashley. Akiko is the producer/creator/writer of Luminetik Animation Studio's new short film "Kuriocity".

We had large turnouts for the last few screenings at the Big Foot Lodge in Los Feliz, and we're expecting another big crowd this month at Q's in West L.A.!

You can also contribute to our newsletter "The Intelligence Report". Send us articles, your cartoon strips and news of other events going on in animation. Or send us some of your completed animation for our compilation DVD.

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World Premiere Animated Feature

2007-06-26T19:04:04Z

Animators. You have the talent. You have the training. You have the skills, and now you need the connections. Already have connections? then come meet some cool new people, see what is going on and what is coming up. Come join the Animation Army. The first Sunday of every month, meet animators, voice over actors, producers over drinks in a friendly environment. Anyone involved in animation is welcome to join the ranks. Bring your sketches, ideas, scripts, finished products whatever you have and show them to people in your industry…and the best part is, IT"S TOTALLY FREE.

<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa124/animationarmy/poster7107.jpg " border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

Our next meeting is July 1st at the Bigfoot lounge in Silver Lake at 8 pm. At 9 catch the premiere of Luminetik Animation Studio's new animated film "Kuriocity", and afterward meet Akiko Ashley creator and producer.

<img src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa124/animationarmy/Kuriocitybutton.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

<img src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa124/animationarmy/alleyraymessagemsiu6.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>

You can also contribute to our newsletter "The IntelligenceReport", send us articles, your cartoon strips and news of other events going on in animation. Or send us some of your completed animation for our compilation DVD. For more information go to <a href= http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFuaW1hdGlvbmFybXkuY29t>AnimationArmy.com</a> or our myspace page at <a href= http://myspace.com/animationarmy>Myspace Page</a>. See you on the first.

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Animation Army

2007-06-14T17:53:42Z

SOCIAL NETWORKING GROUP FOR ANIMATION FOLKS HERE IN L.A.

Totally free gatherings the first Sunday every month!

See the website for event details.

http://www.animationarmy.com

Meet fellow artists, producers, actors, filmmakers, animators, etc. in your same industry in a casual environment. Chillin in a club or bar.

Have a drink! Unwind and watch some new cool cartoons!

Go to ANIMATION ARMY.COM to sign up and join in!

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50 Greatest Cartoons

2007-04-15T22:57:17Z

this guy took the list of the 50 Greatest Cartoons "...as voted on by the animation industry in 1994" and made links to them online. a lot of them have been pulled off of YouTube already, but there are still some good ones -- get'em before they're gone!:

http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/2006/12/the_50_greatest.html

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Meet or Delete

2007-04-15T18:27:15Z

Has anyone heard of this contest going on with Meet or Delete? All you have to do is create a 20 second clip showing how your computer reflects you. The winner gets $5,000. Here is the website: http://www.meetordelete.com/site/index.php

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Ralph Bakshi tribe

2007-04-07T04:12:31Z

with the moderators permission --

i just started a tribe to honor the great Ralph Bakshi and would like to invite anyone that wants to join:

http://tribes.tribe.net/ralphbakshi

cheers
ray.

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A nuclear winter blast

2007-03-12T00:07:03Z

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HaCCkZVAZjA

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That old space waltz animation

2007-03-08T20:09:54Z

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zJyrxHxSODk

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Creative services firm seeks New York based Cinema 4D freelancers

2007-02-21T19:54:29Z

GH avisualagency is seeking short-term, project per project, C4D freelancers to work with us in-house. Primarily in search of modeling and animation but will look at still work as well. We are building a list of skilled freelancers to call on as projects arise. Please email us with URL's to examples of your work or shoot us a dvd in the post. www.ghava.com | info (AT) ghava (d0t) C0M

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VIDEO PRODUCTION. SAILING THE MED>JOIN US!

2007-02-15T00:47:49Z

Beginning in March next year, we are inviting 9 people to cruise from Bodrum, Turkey along the Turkish coast, Cyprus, Athens, Alexandria on a share expenses basis (very, very inexpensive). We began a documentary in Paris and Turkey last year, and now as it gets warmer in Turkey we are going to complete it. We have a US distributor, and everyone involved will share in profits. It could be quite profitable for you and a real life changer. We are in pre-production of three others...one on black jazz in Paris after WWII until now. We have a Turkish captain/crew/cook on our 70' Gulet, 6 double staterooms still available, all with their own head (toilet and shower). Qualifications? Simply to be able to get along with people. Age? Our producer is 60, our editor is 25. Age inmaterial if you are young in spirit. If you have video experience (HD MiniDV PAL and Final Cut Pro, writing) all the better, but we are doing this to perhaps expand the focus of our documentary which is based on the mystical aspects of Alexander the Great - Title: Force of Evidence. Creative people get free reign as long as they don't sink the ship or the project. We are interested to add some human interest...profound, provocative, funny...to the program, so film making experience in not a requirement. Come for a week or two months. Email me for details.

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The first Walking Across America animation

2007-02-12T14:55:58Z

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RbSGyOR5tWQ
More animation coming soon (I guess)!

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MTVU animation contest

2006-12-06T17:18:32Z

The Decemberists are looking for a student animator to finish their music video for “O Valencia”! Send in your animated versions of "O Valencia!" from 11/10-12/15. The winning animator will get their video premiered on mtvU and mtvU.com and win a brand new IMAC! For more information go to: http://www.mtvu.com/reanimatethedecemberists/

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Animating for You Tube

2006-10-31T23:13:20Z

Not too long ago, I decided I should do a TV miniseries for my Mars mission comic strip series Get Your Ass to Mars ( http://timeliketoons.tripod.com/cheapmarsflight.html ) to be broadcast on the Sci Fi Channael. Of course I figured it may be many years before I could accomplish that, if at all. Later on, I realized I had a better chance of getting the miniseries broadcast if I made it a webcast. To that end, I've decided I should post the miniseries on You Tube. It's the perfect solution! I can post it when I want and have total creative freedom. And I don't have to worry about the corporate bottom line that so many mainstream broadcasters are focused on. Yup! If this works out, it'll further prove my belief that You Tube is the best thing since laser-beam-sliced bread! Meanwhile, I'll have to get started on this GYATM animation project if I want it to work.

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Reverie

2006-10-27T00:08:42Z

An animation I made last Spring about daydreams:

http://www.spinningblade.com/thesis/

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a new animation video-sharing site, would like your thoughts here

2006-10-17T16:09:59Z

Hi there
My name is adam and i work at aniBOOM ,which is a unique video-sharing site dedicated solely to animation content. Right now we have a competition taking place and more than 1500 movies have already been submitted.
www.aniboom.com is the web adress, site is very friendly and easy to operate, and II would appreciate it if you could Check it out and tell me what you think, either here, or at the following email adress:
for2(at)aniboom(dot)com

Cheers
adam

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New Clay Animation Video!

2006-10-13T19:26:57Z

Check it out and tell us what you think:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U28PDLFKK_M

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Chinese Translation

2006-09-16T21:33:18Z

http://www.transbuddha.com/mediaHolder.php?id=2220

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KTOON - Free classical animation software

2006-09-01T08:10:33Z

Hi! I tried the KTOON animation software. Realy cool stuff. Try the LiveCD version.

http://ktoon.toonka.com/

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Walt in the future

2006-09-01T06:19:52Z

hee hee hee

http://www.mouseplanet.com/archive/disneycomic-1.gif

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zines and blogs and mags

2006-08-22T16:42:13Z

Amid Amidi from Cartoon Brew is now shipping his excellent publication "Animation Blast" -- get it quick before it's gone...: http://cartoonbrew.com/
http://www.animationblast.com/

issue 12 of Draw! magazine has an extensive interview with Kyle Baker and Chris McCullogh (aka Jackson Publick): http://www.drawmagazine.com/

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Renaissance

2006-08-22T01:10:19Z

this looks pretty incredible: http://www.renaissance-movie.com/

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we are the strange

2006-08-22T00:37:58Z

http://www.wearethestrange.com/

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stop shaking your eyes!

2006-07-26T16:35:30Z

http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/films/film.php?sort=director&director=Condie%2C+Richard&id=15310&PHPSESSID=c9b91b35a0fb640509a9e8d044d27ba6

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newbie question

2006-07-14T17:37:28Z

Ok, I have joined this tribe to seek your help. There was an animation out a few years ago, maybe as much as 10 years ago, that did very quick synopses of famous operas and ranked them by number of acts of violence. It was hilarious. If you can tell me the name of it, who did it, and maybe where I can acquire it, you would make me very happy. ty

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program advice

2006-07-07T20:58:23Z

I am a stills photographer looking to branch into filmmaking. I have made a couple short aminated loops using still images in Photoshop/Image Ready, like the one on this link...

http://www.munkyhaus.com/gal_muses_pre.html

I would like to make longer more linier segments and I'm guessing that there is a better program in which to do this. Flash has been suggested but I'm would love to hear some more input from animators and filmmakers.

thank you for your time,

bd

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Illustrator/Animator Needed

2006-05-18T17:16:23Z

Lotus Born Productions in San Francisco is seeking an animator or illustrator to create several scenes for an upcoming music video. The project is a music video for the band Lythion to their track "Cocky Prick." The story is of an ego driven man who starts to feel guilt and regret in the form of nightmare and fantasy as he lives out his self-centered existence. The drawings should be very sketchy and will be done on either wax paper or thin butcher paper. The only colors will be black and red. No animation experience is necessary. If someone can provide the drawings we can add the motion.

Please contact susan@lotusbornproductions.com if you are interested.

Compensation: Credit, DVD, referrals

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howdy!

2006-04-05T02:04:37Z

just joined and saying h'lo!

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Mesh Foot (A 3DS Max PlugIn)

2006-04-03T00:21:48Z

Hi All,

I have written a 3DS Max plug in that allows the user to treat an animated mesh sequence as if it were video footage.

If you would like to check it out, please visit.

http://meshfoot.atomicperception.com

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Interview with lateral genius animator

2006-03-25T02:23:29Z

Run Wrake : http://www.skynoise.net/2006/03/25/run-wrake-interview/

He's a relentlessly inventive animator, with many music videos and audiovisually intertwined / musical short films under his belt...
well worth checking out for inspiration. He's got so many different animation styles and meshes them together so artfully - I was surprised (and not surprised ) to learn he mainly works with photoshop and after effects after all these years of lateral, head-twisting animations...
Figured plenty of animators would appreciate coming across his work.

homepage: www.runwrake.com
anotehr gallery of clips: www.bermudashorts.com/directo...4/"
Run Wrake DVD compilation from Gasbooks: www.hellogas.com/gasdvd/index_e.html

Highly, highly recommended for fans of relentlessly inventive and eclectic animation styles.

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"Out of My Head"

2006-03-03T13:39:33Z

Here is a 60 second motion graphics piece I made to showcase some of my illustrations and cartoon characters I've made in the past. As I was animating it, I was trying give it a "saturday morning cartoon that had characters too creepy and inappropriate for children" theme. Here's the link:

http://www.enterjakesworld.com/video/outofmyhead.html

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Cowardly Heroic

2006-01-15T06:33:12Z

Here's an animation I did using the words cowardly and heroic as my main character.

http://www.enterjakesworld.com/video/heroic.html

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i hope this puts a smile on your dial!

2006-01-14T23:47:41Z

Hi there!

Hope everyone is having a good new year! Thought I might just post this email below, if you have a min and want a laugh please check out

www.malverngazelle.com

... Peacefully Denny

Happy New Year Gazelle lovers !

Thank you all very much for your support with our first two editions. Once again we stormed the charts, reaching No 3 on www.topcomedysites.com - our highest position yet. If you have not already done so, please go to www.topcomedysites.com, find the Gazelle (currently No 4)and click on the green squares to the right hand side to vote for our site - we can get to number 1 !!
Gazelle World Womination . . . ha ha ha (evil, despotic laughter).

Also, a big thanks to everyone who came to our Christmas Party (photos and video diaries to follow in January edition). Hope you all had as much fun as we did.

The next Gazelle, our New Year, new Look special is out now and you know nothing excels as well as a swell gazelle hehe!

Have a great 2006

The Gazelle Team

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Great animation

2005-12-08T17:31:29Z

Check this animation. It's great.

http://supamonks.free.fr/pages/filmContenu.htm

or browse the entire site @ http://supamonks.free.fr/

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le papillon

2005-12-08T06:01:43Z

this is really pretty...great forms.

http://www.aantin.com/films/lepapillon.php

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Pixar at MoMA NYC!!!

2005-11-30T08:17:34Z

Pixar: 20 Years of Animation
December 14, 2005–February 6, 2006

Film and Media Gallery, Titus 1 Lobby Gallery, Titus 2 Lobby Gallery, and throughout the first floor

In keeping with the Museum’s long tradition of presenting animation, this is the most extensive gallery exhibition that MoMA has ever devoted to the genre. Featuring over 500 works of original art on loan for the first time from Pixar Animation Studios, the show includes paintings, concept art, sculptures, and an array of digital installations. These works reveal the intricate, hands-on processes behind Pixar’s computer-generated films—including Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, and numerous shorts. The exhibition also includes a complete retrospective of Pixar films. Demonstrating the symbiotic relationship between traditional and digital media pioneered by the studio over its twenty-year history, Pixar: 20 Years of Animation is a tribute to the artists whose work has reinvented the genre.

The Yoshiko and Akio Morita Gallery features the world premiere of two media pieces that embody the intersection of art and science that distinguishes computer animation. Artscape, a widescreen projection created by artist/director Andrew Jimenez and sound designer Gary Rydstrom, invites viewers to experience, in the context of a digital installation, much of the handcrafted art shown elsewhere in the exhibition. Zoetrope is a dynamic installation, modeled on pre-cinema technology, which rotates character sculptures under a strobe light to simulate continuous motion.

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fragile machine

2005-11-21T19:33:53Z

they had me until "Evanescence-style songs"...

http://drawn.ca/2005/11/19/wfac-saturday-update-fragile-machine/#more-785

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Stop-Motion Newb?

2005-10-26T19:47:38Z

I'm just learning stop-motion on my own, and have got as far as a storyboard and some of an animatic. The time has come for me to start modelling the characters, and for experimentation purposes I've bought some run-of-the-mill plasticene to practice with. My question is that when I'm ready I'm wondering what kind of materials to work with. I've had Van Aken clay suggested to me but can't seem to get it in Toronto (or order it online for that matter), and am wondering what other oil based clays might do the trick?

My second question is about the wireframe armature, specifically what guage of what kind of wire should I look at getting that will yeild ok and not break too easily? What do you use? Any information would be so useful!

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Greasepencil 4

2005-10-26T17:55:43Z

Hi!

Those of you who are into character animation in maya might find this tool interesting. http://www.jonhandhisdog.com/shh-life-er/?p=144

It's a tool to for planning your animation. It alows you to draw your animation using the mouse directly in the viewport and adjust the timing. Once you've nailed the animation using this tool you simply animate the scene in maya using the layered sketches from the greasepencil tool as guides.

Brilliant to say the least...

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Aardman Studios destroyed

2005-10-11T19:00:08Z

:(

So sad,
Aardman studio burned down on Monday Oct. 10. All their props and characters for their short films and blockbusters are gone.
No humans were hurt.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/10/aardman.fire/index.html

peace
-p

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Sheep go to heaven...

2005-10-07T22:57:56Z

Here's another of my twisted animations:

http://www.enterjakesworld.com/video/fallingsheep.htm

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Banned Flinstones Commercial

2005-10-04T22:58:39Z

http://www.drunkendelight.com/view.php?id=717

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Women In Animation (San Francisco Chapter)

2005-09-29T23:35:19Z

Hi I am starting up the SF chapter for women in animation. Please join the Yahoo group. I want to make this a funny monthly meeting with films and speakers.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WIASF/

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Psycho Bunny toon.

2005-09-20T16:22:13Z

Wow. Must see. Well worth the download wait. Warning: Violent content.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/172170

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Anime Costume display and rating site

2005-09-06T16:45:44Z

Like to show off your costumes? Like to see other costumes? Like to discuss and review costumes? Try this site:

www.costumerating.com

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Flipbook

2005-08-25T14:47:03Z

http://www.fabrica.it/flipbook/index.html

Rather neat...

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Bush is back...

2005-08-17T23:29:01Z

My friend Jan van Buyten just started a new website with an animated movie about president Bush. You might enjoy it: http://www.presidentcomic.com

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Robin Williams' anti-Disney, pro-Pixar "Song of Freedom"

2005-08-11T23:01:16Z

During a press junket for the Fox CG film Robots, Robin Williams -- who plays robot "Fender" in the film -- burst into an impromptu riff about Pixar's departure from Disney.

http://xfersf02.ign.com/^133718222/movies/ffmovies.ign.com/docroot/filmforce/audio/article/587/587898/rwilliamspixardisney_021405_1_1000k.mp3?position=front

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Classical Animation...dead???

2005-08-09T17:53:51Z

Hey there! I have been drawing for over 8 years now, and I had my heart set on being a classical animator (this being non-computer, just pencil & paper animation), but I am finding that 3D animation (ex:Pixar) has taken the world by storm and thinking to myself that classical animation seems to be dying. I figure I won't stand a chance getting a job in this specific field, does anyone have any thoughts on this? I suppose I could get into computer animation, but it really isn't my cup of tea. Some help would be appreciated.

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Opinions on software

2005-07-27T03:03:35Z

Which is the best software to get for modeling?? Anybody try using Pixologic ZBrush???

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FEAR AND FUN WITH FISH puppet animated film

2005-07-26T15:25:44Z

Check out my puppet movie 'Fear and Fun with Fish'
http://www.nifferart.com/FFF (clips, stills, DVD etc.)

The film was finished in 2003 and the self produced DVD is available online as of this month. Special features include animation techniques, meet the puppets, interactive menu tour, and 5.1 surround audio.

If you're in the bay area I will have these for sale at the Sparkanzoo show this Saturday April 23rd, at 12 Galaxies 12-5pm.
If you know of any apropos festivals, reviewers or distribution I welcome suggestions. Thanks for tuning in!

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The Amazing Mr. Bickford

2005-07-22T03:18:09Z

New website about underground animator Bruce Bickford.
Check it out: http://www.brucebickford.com/

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DNA for animation?

2005-07-18T20:52:52Z

hey everyone...... i am a canadian girl...i have recently heard that the states is starting manditory DNA testing for forieners wanting to work there...is this true???...i'm not a big fan of the whole bush situation going on there now ...and have no plans to move there immedieately....however i am willing to travel for work...and had previously concidered some american cities (NOT L.A.!!!) as possible options for the future....i find the idea of testing my DNA utterly creepy....and would not feel comphortable w/ it in bush's gollum-esque hands..... am i out of luck ????

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Kihachiro Kawamoto's stop-motion films

2005-07-12T21:24:15Z

Is anyone here familiar with his work?

Not anime. Some of the best puppet animation you wil ever see. He was most productive in the 1970s. His puppets are well desiged and the films look kind of like bunraku on film. The puppets also interact with cell animation that resembles tradition Japanese screen painting. His technical skill and visual poetry in The Demon and House of Flame are amazing.

DVD anthology available through Amazon Japan.

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Animation links on line:

2005-06-28T21:43:54Z

It would be great if this tribe had a list of cool animation links people found on line.

Here's one I was just looking at, to start:

http://www.eatpes.com/

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animation sites

2005-05-25T11:14:33Z

presently working on a project that requires I find a bunch of animation. saw some stuff in other posts which I loved. would very much appreciate if anyone feels like passing on some links. merci.

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combustion vs commotion vs shake vs motion?

2005-05-20T00:25:06Z

hey - i posted this over in the VJ tribe - http://vjglitch.tribe.net/
but thought some people here might have some good ideas as well?

combustion vs commotion vs shake vs motion?
pros and cons?

am reading up about these, and looking to latch onto another learning curve outside of after effects to see what these other apps do,,...

but figured some people here might have good opinions? :-)

www4.discreet.com/combustion/index.php
www.ksdd.com/articles/ar...es/entries/commotion/commotion.shtml
www.apple.com/shake/
www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/motion/

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Walk Cycle Animation

2005-05-19T01:50:27Z

Hi, I just posted a walk cycle:

http://louvre.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/ed4/b44/ed4b44ba-8a3e-4209-9647-1dfd58f7c516

I'm trying to make an exaggerated example of normal human motion, but it looks to me like a very confident tightrope walker.

Would one normally start with the feet when doing a cycle like this? I think I did it backwards, and I have a feeling that's why I'm having trouble with the legs.

Anybody have any good walk cycle tips? I've just been working from the tutorial on Geo's website.

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anyone need a music score for their small film?

2005-05-17T00:52:09Z

I play guitar and keyboards, I have a modest music studio and looking to make sound scores for small films. I have been an animator and filmmaker myself since my early twenties (mostly student productions), so I'm not a novice, but not an "experienced professional" either.

I'd like to help out on low budget production by creating the sound score. I can compose comfortably in the styles of: classical, electronica, alternative rock, jazz, bossa nova, flamenco, mexican "oom pa", spy thriller, tv themes (IE. Green Acres specialist), german nihilism, Amazon fire dance, Leprechaun break dance .. I guess I better quit while I'm ahead.

dave

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who thinks we need a Dave the Barbarian tribe?

2005-04-24T17:17:31Z

hmmm?

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new gorillaz video

2005-04-23T11:22:24Z

pretty dreamy...

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/virg001/gorillaz/video/demon_days/gorillaz_feel_good_inc_hi.asx?siteid=fansite

via: drawn!

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Join Global Animation

2005-04-05T22:02:20Z

Check out Global the animation tribe

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Hulk: Transformations

2005-04-02T18:15:03Z

Hey guys, my name is Jake and I've been a member of this tribe for a while but never posted. Anyways, I FINALLY created my very first flash animation. It's about 60 seconds long. Growing up, I read waaaay too many comic books and am quite the movie nerd....and those two things were a big influence to the style I took. Let me know what you think:

http://www.enterjakesworld.com/video/hulk.html

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19th century british orphans rule!

2005-03-02T05:24:55Z

heres a lil flash animation i made about a gameshow that gives away orphan children as prizes. check it out:

http://www.enterjakesworld.com/video/mindmatch.html

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the drugs i need...

2005-03-01T22:23:24Z

Consumers Union -- the advocacy group that publishes the excellent Consumer Reports magazine -- has produced a funny, raunchy Schoolhouse Rock-style animation to call attention to the fact that current FDA rules don't require drug companies to release their clinical trial results even if they show that the pill you're about to take could really screw you up.

https://secure2.convio.net/cu/site/Advocacy?page=UserAction&cmd=display&id=357

this is very funny stuff...

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Miyazaki To Be Honored at Venice

2005-02-14T17:40:51Z

Academy Award-winning animator and director Hayao Miyazaki, often described as the Walt Disney of Japan, has been selected to receive the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion award for lifetime achievement this year. Miyazaki, whose films include My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away (which won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in 2003), and the recent hit Howl's Moving Castle, will be the first animation director ever to be so honored by the festival. Previous directors who have been honored with the award include Federico Fellini and Stanley Kubrick.

via imdb.com

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ooh, ah, oh....

2005-01-07T21:41:23Z

first images from 'a scanner darkly' released...

http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=19085

oh, mommy...

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Attending Siggraph is a must

2005-01-07T09:38:12Z

Being down with Siggraph is a must in this industry.

Keep yourselves informed
http://www.siggraph.org/

attend+ more

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Help!

2005-01-07T09:04:42Z

Hello all,

I just got a job teaching a computer animation class at a local high school. Unfortunately, I have essentialy no experience with computer animation, although do I have lots of experience with 3-D solid modeling and surfacing from my engineering days.

Does anyone have any suggestions for software, areas to focus upon, and/or important skills for industry? This is an ROP class, so I need to try to give these kids some sort of experience that they can take out into the real world.

In the classroom, we have 25 800-MHz computers, with 512 Megs of RAM and software that may or may not be legal. After having a run-in with the Software Business Alliance at my last job, I've learned the value of having licensed software, so anything that is available for free would be the best (we have a really small budget). I know that there is a free edition of Maya available, but I'm not sure if it will be a good program to learn or if it will run on our machines. Also, I think that we should learn some 2-D animation as well, so what might be a good program to consider for that? Something that will do Flash???

Also, if you have any links to good places for me to start learning about computer animation, that would be most helpful.

Thanks!

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Thundarr

2005-01-03T21:36:50Z

Has a DVD or VHS version of the 1980s Saturday morning cartoom "Thundarr the Barbarian" ever been released? If not, does anyone know of any plans for such a release?

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The Legend of Kit McFury

2004-11-18T06:02:58Z

Here's a lil animation I did in Flash. It's called "Caught in the CrosshARES: The Legend of Kit McFury"

Its about a bunny who's wife is murdered and he hunts down the killers to avenge her death. Theres a few violent scenes...

http://www.enterjakesworld.com/video/mcfury.html

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Animation Schools?

2004-11-08T01:05:37Z

Hey Im a senior in high school and I want to major in animation, im taking an animation course at a local community college and i like it a lot. does anyone recommend any good animation colleges? i know of savannah college of art and design, DAVE school, ITT Tech Institute, University of the Arts, and International Academy of Design and Technology. Any feedback at all would be very helpful! Thank You!!

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BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING

2004-10-22T19:21:35Z

Check out the new profile for Blood Tea and Red String, my animated opus, on Myspace!

http://profiles.myspace.com/users/8552223

You can see it even if you aren't signed up.

CC

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BLOOD TEA AND RED STRING

2004-10-19T20:08:26Z

Check out the new profile for Blood Tea and Red String, my animated opus, on Myspace!

http://profiles.myspace.com/users/8552223

You can see it even if you aren't signed up.

CC

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digital claymation?

2004-09-29T12:14:53Z

Hey there

I'm in the process of developing a render workflow to emulate a claymation look on a project. I am using Soft.. XSI but will test 3ds max as well.

I am planning to use lots of soft shadows in a final gathering/global illumination set-up as well as some custom shaders... yes i am expecting long render times.

has anyone experimented with this type of look? I am testing the rendering only, not animation. I have seen some good examples on the net but there is a wealth of experience here in Tribe.

thanks yo!
-p

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Free animation stand

2004-09-23T18:54:20Z

I have an announcement/inquiry, and this is the most fitting spot for it:

I worked primarily on short experimental animations in college (The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA). Hand drawn. Simple lines. And all my stuff is in storage there (my body is in Tennessee), and in that heap of stuff is a nice drafting table with a lucite, acme-pegged animation drafting window cut in to it. Plus, I have something we've come to call The Oaksberry. But its pine. Its a wellmade wooden animation stand with horizontal and vertical movement capabilities (and backlighting), made as a collaboration with a woodworker friend.
I'm looking to see if anyone in that area might want to use it - for free, just come get it - indefinitely with the stipulation that, with advance warning, I can take it back someday.
Get in touch or pass the message on to an interested person. Thanks!

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conran and sky captain

2004-09-15T19:45:34Z

there's hope for us all...

“I think what’s interesting about it, for most people...is that this story, my personal story, is kind of the quintessential American dream, where some dorky kid from the Midwest can have an idea and can follow it through, and then one day he’s sitting in a hotel room, as the creator of a finished film, talking to a reporter about how it all began. That story is inspiring to people...”

http://filmthreat.com/Interviews.asp?Id=878

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