Filmmaker George Lucas famously declared, “The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.” Everyone I know who’s crafted a film or animation or game… Read more
If you’re at all interested in the business of design, add The Skool to your radar. Their YouTube channel features honest talks with Chris Do… Read more
I’ll be giving a talk for an interesting new class, “Image Design,” taught by accomplished art director Ricardo Villavicencio. Offered by SVA’s Continuing Education program,… Read more
…I’ve been trying to come to grips with an internal struggle. It’s the struggle between doing something correctly and doing something expressively. Those two things… Read more
Although the script is a bit on the dry side, this explainer video from Territory kept my attention with its whimsical cel work and cheerful… Read more
Physics and animation are not often bedfellows, but in the hands of Xiangjun “Shixie” Shi, they seem as natural a pairing as space and time.… Read more
Remember the wild things, giant bean stalks, and green eggs? How about drawing worlds with purple crayons, traveling the Yellow Brick Road or flying off… Read more
“The Illusion of Life” is an interesting presentation of 12 universal principles for animation using cubes (instead of characters). “The Illusion of Life” was created… Read more
Not sold on the idea of going back to school? Neither was Daniel Savage. The NYC-based designer/director just released his animated short, “Helium Harvey,” a… Read more
Over the last several years, Buck has made a point of creating elegantly clever PSAs for causes they believe in. For their latest visual essay,… Read more
Editor’s Note: The Big Think Series attempts to step back from our frame-to-frame existence and look at the bigger picture. This post is from Austin… Read more
I have to admit that I was wary of reviewing Hollywood Camera Work’s Visual Effects for Directors. When the package arrived, I groaned. Seven DVDs.… Read more
[Updated with subtitles] For his final year project at Berufsakademie Ravensburg in Germany, Axel Rudolph created “Knowledge,” a proof-of-concept video for his vision of what… Read more