Let’s face it, it’s the spotlight where we want to be, the main star, the shinning beacon, the altogether admirable example of what all others should aspire to be. And for artist that sometimes is as much the case, that’s why we consider the work on minor and background characters a detriment to our, overflowing artistic potential ( imagine as much as pompous a voice as you can while reading that). But therein lies a tragic flaw in our manner of thinking. It’s because we want

Animated shorts are a product of love and the need for artist to push their creative boundaries; in many cases they are just a way to stay active in the creative world but in the majority they’re done out of an artists need for expression, be it either just something silly and entertaining and others such as Jamaal Bradley’s “Substance”, they are an expression, a call to attention of social issues. In this short, a man is visited by his brother and niece. While playing with t

A 2:47 short, done in stop motion animation detailing what people of a present, think of those in their past as displayed in a “Natural history museum” done in a comedic fashion. The generations of each present proceed to detail and mock their ancestor’s ways as “primitive” as their images are later transitioned in a museum display and mocked by future evolutions. The designs are creative and propose oddly logical possible human evolution or very comedic ones, future evolutio

Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the latest live action stars to make the transition into animated territory with the upcoming release of a children’s tv series “Superhero Kindergarten”, a show strategically co-produced by Genius Brands, Alibaba Group’s streaming platform Yokku, Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, and Schwarzenegger’s Oak Productions. The transition from live action to animated form by prominent celebrities is a known occurrence, albeit a rare one now a days, espec

The strange thing about 3D animators is that, despite being in the medium that pushed out 2D, we constantly dream of the return of traditional 2D to theaters and jump up in glee, at the slightest hint that there may be some 2D production out there pushing to bring it back. Directed by Sergio Pablos Klaus and written by Sergio Pablos, Zach Lewis and Jim Mahoney, Klaus is a Spanish production by SPA studios and distributed by Netflix. A trailer that came out recently and gave u

When internet came along, many predictions were made regarding its present and future potential. One of the predictions was concerning the entertainment industry, claiming we would one day watch movies through the web. This, of course, is our current reality, but it is to wonder how far it may eventually come to. While the advent of television and later cable television did not kill “the film going experience”, it did diminish it. yet films were still being made for theaters

Japan is a country which, aside from the US, has one of the strongest animation industries in the world. Yet of over 100 films released and yet to be released this year only a small portion feature 3d as its primary medium. Japan has a strong tradition of 2d animation and while it does delve into 3D it is uses primarily and sparsely as an aid to the 2D animation, mostly utilized for its mechas and or visual effects than principal character animation. Yet for the past years Ja

With Jennifer Lee as new Chief creative officer at Disney animation studios, the animation department has been undergoing a series of changes proposed to push Disney not just in animation but in inclusivity as an announcement was made on Tuesday that disclosed the addition of four new director to the studio: Carlos Lopez Estrada (Mexican filmmaker), Suzi Yoonesi (Iranian American, filmmaker), Josie Trinidad (American Philippine filmmaker and Disney veteran) and Marc Smith. Wh