This stopmotion animation is horrific, hilarious and not suitable for children. Those three things put together make it a must watch!

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I know, I know. This is old news, but I am still trying to get caught up from being out of the country for two weeks.
Here is the teaser for Pixar’s next blockbuster: Up.

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Slashfilm has some very lovely concept art from The Princess and the Frog. I gotta say that I love the more traditional feel that this film brings to the increasingly tired genre of animated features. It’s very refreshing.
Be sure to check out their site for more images.

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If you are like me, and you can’t get enough of Hellboy, then head on over to CGSociety and check out the article featuring the story behind the CG creature effects from the second film about that big lovable red guy.

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After the flop that was the 2004 film: Home on the Range, Disney announced that it would be dropping 2-D animated films in favor of 3-D. The thinking internally was that Disney’s recent string of flops could be attributed to the audiences general dislike of the “old techniques”. Animation fans around the world [...]

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Interested in working with a great group of people? We have the job for you!
Job description and details are available after the jump.

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NPR has a nice, long audio interview with Director Andrew Stanton. About half way through the interview he speaks on the brilliant use of the song Put On Your Sunday Clothes as the introduction to WALL-E. He also mentions that his original concept for the humans of the future was that we would [...]

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Despite my best efforts, I am starting to go green. Recycling, carpooling, CF bulbs, etc. I have concerns about carbon emissions, and ground water contamination. But most importantly, I am concerned with the effects of deforestation.
We only have so much land on this earth, and we are quickly using it all [...]

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Josh Burton points us to a fantastic video with Glen Keane. Glen is an amazing artist who supervised animation on classic films such as Aladdin, Tarzan, and Beauty and the Beast. He also contributed to The Little Mermaid, The Great Mouse Detective, and The Fox and the Hound (To name a few).
In this video, [...]

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Anyone sick and tired of posts about WALL-E yet? Good, ’cause neither am I.
CGSociety has an excellent article detailing the techniques used to model and rig the little yellow guy. The complexity of the model is surprising. I doubt many of us paid much attention to WALL-E’s treads, but there was [...]

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