Lines and Colors art blog

Category: Animation

  • Cartoon Kevin

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    “Cartoon Kevin” is a project by Kevin McShane in which he has over a period of two years drawn cartoon self portraits in the style of 100 different animation artists, from Winsor McCay to this year’s fascinating Disney short, Paperman (my post here). When viewing the images, hover for the style, click for the larger…

  • Newsreel visit to Fleischer Studios

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    This 1939 Paramount “Popular Science” newsreel explains the basic principles of cartoon animation in the course of a visit to Fleischer Studios, where they are working on a Popeye cartoon. I don’t know how long this will be available on YouTube before some copyright troll or other demands a takedown. [Via @MaxtheMutt]

  • Adam and Dog

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    Adam and Dog is a beautifully designed, realized and animated short (14 minutes) written and directed by Disney visual development artist Minkyu Lee, assisted by a group of friends from other animation studios like Dreamworks and Pixar. The story — of man, dog and woman — unfolds slowly and wordlessly against a series of strikingly…

  • Ladies of Animation, GR Works

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    GRworks is a gallery and curatorial venture by Gennie Rim, an animation professional who is endeavoring to bring animation artists into the gallery community with shows like the current Ladies of Animation exhibition that opens with a reception this Saturday, February 9, 2013 in Los Angeles and runs until March 2nd. Though the selection of…

  • Paperman

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    “Paperman” is a superb six minute Academy Award nominated animated short from Disney Animation that was shown in theaters before “Wreck it Ralph” last November. Disney has wisely posted it to YouTube for all to see. [Not any more; see my 2015 addendum, below.] Created by a small team at Disney led by first-time director…

  • The Reward

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    The Reward is a nine minute animated short created by a team of animation students for their Bachelor Class project at The Animation Workshop in Denmark. In addition to being beautifully realized, the story, about two rivals who must learn to cooperate in pursuit of a treasure, is told wordlessly in a demonstration of superb…