I recently received my copy of
Eric Goldberg's
Character Animation Crash Course! after pre-ordering it back in
June. It was well worth the wait!In my opinion, this how-to animation book ranks right up there with
"Animation by Preston Blair" and
"The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams".
Eric Goldberg is a veteran
Director,
Designer and
Animator who has created
feature films,
commercials,
title sequences and
television specials.
His best known
animation highlights include
Supervisor Animator on the
Genie from
Disney's Aladdin,
Co-Director on
Disney's Pocahontas, his
2 sequences from
"Fantasia 2000" that include
"Rhapsody in Blue" &
"Carnival of Animals", the animated
title sequence from the recent
Pink Panther film, and was the
Animation Director of
"Looney Tunes: Back in Action".
Goldberg is a unique animator in these modern times because he highly believes in the art of
acting and
"squash & stretch". Something that is slowly fading from today's animation scene.
The book covers a lot of material broken into 3 main categories:
"Conception", and
"Technique""Putting It All Together".
Eric Goldberg has even gone that
extra mile with his book! It's one thing to include pictures and drawings in an animation book, but it's another by actually seeing these animation examples in
movement. Eric has included a
CD that has
Animation Movie Files for your computer so you can follow along with what is being explained in the book. Very cool!
So if your an animation student, cartoonist, illustrator or animation fan you won't be disappointed with this great animation title.
I almost forgot about this independent film from 2008. I haven't seen it personally, but now I want too.
Involving a mixture of traditional animation and live-action, this film deals with a digital loving executive who is mansion hunting and winds up dealing with his realtor, an out-of-work 'toon rabbit.
I finally came across the original commercial that ran locally in Manitoba, Canada way back in 1987.
The Walt Disney Company was kind enough to give Cartoon Brew TV an exclusive look at the creation of the newest Disney Villain: Dr. Facilier for the upcoming film, The Princess and the Frog.
http://www.variety.com/VR1117998898.html
Along with Tom & Jerry, and the rights to Hanna-Barbera's line of animated properties, Warners also has big-screen adaptations in development featuring "The Jetsons" and "Yogi Bear".
Time and box office revenue will tell if these are good ideas after all. I don't have my fingers crossed though.
Eric Goldberg is a veteran Director, Designer and Animator who has created feature films, commercials, title sequences and television specials.
Eric Goldberg has even gone that extra mile with his book! It's one thing to include pictures and drawings in an animation book, but it's another by actually seeing these animation examples in movement. Eric has included a CD that has Animation Movie Files for your computer so you can follow along with what is being explained in the book. Very cool!
So if your an animation student, cartoonist, illustrator or animation fan you won't be disappointed with this great animation title.
The other orange, fat and striped cat Heathcliff is going to be celebrating his 35th anniversary and the nephew of his creator George Gately, Peter Gallagher, is teaming up with FitzRoy Media to make sure he has an animation comeback.
According to a recent post on his blog, the creator of Ren & Stimpy, John K would like the opportunity to create some new Looney Tunes material for Warner Bros.
This brand new live action/animation Independent short film seems very intriguing!
I came across a blog belonging to a good ol' fashion, traditional, 2D animator by the name of Matt Williames who got his start ironically enough with Space Jam.
Due to it's unfortunate uses of stereotypes, Walt Disney's 1946 film, Song of the South probably won't be seeing a DVD release anytime soon in North America.