Friday Favs 06_18_10

Animating a Blockbuster: How Pixar Built Toy Story 3
Art of the Title: Kung Fu Panda
New Narnia Trailer: Voyager of the Dawn Treader
My Final Thoughts On LOST
Wonderfully Made Jewelry
Make This Independent Contractor Agreement Your Own
Think Anatomy
Is the iPad the next big toy for toddlers?
Wired4Film
How to Train an Animator, by Walt Disney

Todd Hampson Interview

Todd was interviewed recently on Tim E.D., a Raleigh North Carolina television program on RTN-10. Below is video of the interview…

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Friday Favs 2_26_10

Animation Insider
Dumped! Brand names fight to stay in stores
5 LEGO Games That Should Exist (And 5 That Shouldn’t)
Disney hopes kids will take online World of Cars out for a spin
Caribou Coffee’s Brand Redesign
How Mars Built a Business
A Beautiful Idea: Artists Changing the World

Friday Favs 2_19_10

Why Brands are Becoming Media
Toy Story 3′ introduces new characters, including first stuffed animal
Disney’s plan to release ‘Alice’ on DVD early upsets theaters
Studying other people’s design helps us improve our own. Plus, it’s fun.
Children’s Books: Apocalypse Now, Teens turn to dystopian novels
TIA’s top Toy Fair trendsetters get straight A’s
Children ‘missing out on sleep’ Newsround finds
Disney [...]

Friday Favs 1_29_10

Some web gems we mined this week from the world of animation, kids stuff and ipads:
Neat wall decals for kids
The world of 2.5D animation
Cool kid environment/spaces designs
Cutting Class: Moving Pictures: Using Still Images In Your Edits
First look: Marvel Comics’ ‘heroes will be heroes again’
Adobe speaks up about Flash on the iPad
i’m in love with a [...]

Who’s the King 2: The Christmas Donkey

Our latest video short (for sale here) is the sequel to our award winning Easter short “Who’s the King.”
Summary: Donkey learns from his dad that doing something big and important can happen in small and unexpected ways.
Key Thought: God can use you.
Key Verse: (1 Peter 4:10) Each of you has been blessed with one of [...]

What’s gonna work? Teamwork!

Recently I heard a quote from one of my favorite animation directors, Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles). During a “daily’s” session he told a group of animators, “The best animator is all of us together.” Teamwork is key if you want to reach the goal with the best results possible.
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Jot

Client, Project: The International Mission Board (IMB), Jot

Description: The IMB wanted to investigate updating the well-loved animation “Jot.” Jot was a five minute cartoon that first ran in the mid 1960s. Timbuktoons was asked to create a fresh art direction and hired to produce a new introduction completely in Flash as a production test.

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