Green-Screen is Incredible

The last few years have seen drastic improvements in green-screen technology.

Notice how that the actual screen only needs to cover the moving objects in the scene; that’s the part the computers still have trouble with.

With the way things are going now, I suspect the need for an actual green-screen will disappear within ten-years; we will [...]

What "Mature Animation" Means

I’d really like to see animation develop as an art form in America. I’d like to see animated movies as just another stylistic variant producers choose to employ. Luckily, I live in a wonderful time where this seems to be happening, at least to some degree. Hugely successful movies like Avatar (which is essentially animated) [...]

Avatar Video Review

The same guy who reviewed The Phantom Menace awhile back puts his sights on Avatar:

Be sure to watch part 2.

How Post-It Notes Should be Used

Stop-Motion Animation is great:

If your at all interested, be sure to check out the making of this video.

Repunzel, Despicable, and Character Design

Character design is no easy process in the world of animated films; it takes constant feedback, and literally hundreds of hours of trial and error (if you’re doing it right.) How the characters fit within the story, how they fit with each other, how the voice actors are going to affect them, and how [...]

The Known Universe

Incredible:

Kseniya Simonova - Sand Animation

This is an interesting form of performance art. She tells a story set in the backdrop of the German invasion of the Ukraine during World War II:

On Avatar

I was so concentrated in my last post about debating on YouTube that I forgot to give you my preemptive and completely baseless opinions and assumptions about James Cameron’s Avatar.

First a disclaimer: I love animation and I love to animate. If you’re having a conversation with me and bring it up, I [...]