Here is an essential collection of 4 books on clay animation. These cover everything from traditional technique, experimental techniques, to understanding the industry and the history of clay animation in the US. For animators Secrets of Clay Animation Revealed 3!… Continue Reading
As you may have guessed animation is all about movement. But how do animators find out how something moves in order to reproduce that movement? This is one of a series of posts about ways to analyse and learn… Continue Reading
If you have taken on a new project, lets say you want to make your own animated marketing videos, on top of what you are all ready doing. How are you going to find the time to do it? Time… Continue Reading
In December another outstanding award is announced, this time for Jayne Pilling. Sadly Børge Ring, Stephen Hillenburg and Akira Miyazaki passed away. The new Spider-Man film and Ralph Breaks the Internet cause a stir. There a a few things happening which will benefit… Continue Reading
Why am I summarising, or even reviewing, a self-development book on an animation blog? Two reasons. Firstly, films are about people, and books like these have some fascinating stories about people. Secondly, because I annoy myself. Talent and skills are… Continue Reading
Festival Deadlines for January 2019 Do you have a film ready for distributing? There are five festivals you could apply for this month. As with all festivals some are free, some are not. Some are purely for animation, some… Continue Reading
Did you know that Plasticine was originally developed to help children to learn to read? Well now it’s used to teach children to animate! Clay is also used by professional animators, but it has always been a popular choice for… Continue Reading
Will Vinton, his studio and body of work, was a pioneer in the art of clay animation, which he named “Claymation”. Previous to this he called it “3-Dimation”, and later in his career he would develop what he called “Foamation”.… Continue Reading
Richard Williams won two oscars for Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, directed by Robert Zemeckis), one for the animation direction and the other for special effects. This was a ground breaking film. Cartoon animation was combined with live action to… Continue Reading
The unseen directors cut The great unfinished feature film of Richard Williams. Made over a period of 25 (or more) years, it has become a legend for animation fans, both for its beauty and its rarity (and probably controversy too).… Continue Reading
