Whenever I get too big for my britches, I watch this video. It puts me back in my place pretty quick.

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Hello all,
The third installment of our little podcast is up and available now. This week we discuss the Proof of Concept for Annabelle’s Bistro. The show is now enhanced with awesome new music and a brand new microphone! Professionalism better look out, cause we are coming!
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The Legendary filmmaker Ralph Bakshi gives some great advice to us animators…kinda…

I actually really love this video. My favorite quote:
You animators have these machines that let you do anything you want, and what do you do? You try to join some asshole studio.
-Ralph Bakshi
The man has a way with words. Although, as many [...]

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Last night I completed my first Proof of Concept test for Annabelle’s Bistro. My goal was to model, texture, rig, animate, render and finish an entire shot from scratch in less than 4 hours. I did it in 5.
Annabelle’s Bistro: early proof of concept test #1 from Matt Forcum on Vimeo.
The words of [...]

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The studio wants pants!? Do they know how long that will take!?
We have all had moments like this in our professional careers.

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Hello gang!
The second episode of the Annabelle’s Bistro Podcast is up and available now. This week we kick back and discuss some of our favorite animated films from our childhood, and I let slip just how little I know about release dates. (I also speak up a little louder this time.)
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Many of you have been asking how Annabelle’s Bistro has been going and unfortunately, I have been unable to let a lot of information out of the bag in recent months. Now that all the details have been worked out, and production is in full swing, I can reassure everyone that the film [...]

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I have been into animation all of my life. However, as a child I lived a pretty sheltered existence. I did not see Creature Comforts until I was well into my college years, yet it quickly became one of my favorite animated shorts.
What immediately struck me about the film was how natural the [...]

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In animation, careful attention to detail is essential to giving a character life and to making them feel as if they really exist on screen. It’s important to remember when animating a human face, is not simply a matter of moving the eyes, and mouth. There are a large number of factors to consider in [...]

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I just discovered These beautiful Pixar’s Little Golden Books! and at 2.99 a piece, I am buying all of them!
I will justify this purchase by saying that I am buying these for my daughter…and we will just leave it at that.

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