Animator, director, character designer, teacher, and writer Nancy Beiman shares Part 1 of her extensive, 2-part, 1979 interview with famed animator Art Babbitt, whom she met as a 21-year-old Cal Arts student after visiting Richard Williams’ L.A. studio on a dare.
2022 will be remembered as the year that AI came in like a wrecking ball.
Bob Iger’s re-entry upon Bob Chapek’s exit highlights Disney’s C-suite succession problems.
There’s nothing like it – immersed in the dark theater, engrossed in OIAF competition films, popcorn greasy fingers tapping out notes in the dark.
Joe Barbera's thoughts on animation writing and Jeffrey's book
Artist Michelle Robinson discusses including artificial intelligence in her process, and the prospect of AI as the ultimate conceptual art form.
That sinking feeling means you’re gaining ground.
HTC’s China President looks forward to the metaverse’s third phase.
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Creators and studios pivot to Southeast Asia as China jumps the shark.
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts enlisted Cyprus-based Zedem Media to animate a day in the life of an ancient Greek potter whose famous, extremely rare 2500-year-old vase with red figures changed the course of history.
China’s changing media environment and the pivot of attention to Southeast Asia.
Sometimes a little disruption is just what you need.
Have you written a script that embraces our common humanity? Do yourself and the world a favor! Enter it!
Should you be paid less by your company for working from home? (and other queries).
Why is Disney opening their new production studio in Vancouver? Look around you.
If we were to devise a visual story development process from scratch, what would it be?
Volume 2 of Netflix’s ‘Love, Death + Robots’ animated anthology challenges us to see reality through new eyes, encouraging us to be curious and reflect on the intimate connection between beauty and death, and what it means to be human.
‘Hidden in the Peach Blossom Garden’ represents Taiwan at Annecy 2021.
Mainland China’s ban is Southeast Asia’s boon
The art form is alive and kicking.
Wishful thinking is not a plan.
Make sure you understand and are compensated for what it actually costs to perform your job remotely.
Creative references and resources from 2008 through today.
