Malicious Balloons and Flying Lingerie: Spike and Mike's 1999 Classic Festival
Spike and Mike's latest collection of classics reveal anaward winning, crowd pleasing line-up for animation connoisseurs. WendyJackson gives us the details.
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On A Desert Island With....Cartoon Characters
A survey of cartoon characters related to this issue's theme of licensing and merchandising, answering, "What ten films would you want to have with you if stranded on a desert island?"
67 Aluminum Plates
Oscar winner Jan Pinkava and a group of animators spontaneously collaborated to make a stop-motion animated film in one day during the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Wendy Jackson reports. Includes a Quicktime movie.
On A Desert Island With....Commercial
A survey of people related to this issue's theme of independent animation and commercials, answering, 'What ten films would you want to have with you if stranded on a desert island?
Dig This! Rebecca Moses Brings Animation Into Fashion
Animation World Magazine takes a jaunt into the innovative and remarkable: this month we look at fashion designer Rebecca Moses' animated film, The Discovery of India.
On A Desert Island With....TV Toon Talents
A survey of people related to this issue's theme of television animation answering, "Whatten films would you want to have with if stranded on a desert island?
Dig This! Using computers to simulate cut-out animation techniques on South Park and Blue's Clues.
Animation World Magazine takes a jaunt into the innovative and remarkable: this month we look at two productions that are using computers to simulate cut-out animation techniques: South Park and Blue's Clues
The Best of the Fest: A Sampling of Films from the SIGGRAPH '98 Computer Animation Festival
SIGGRAPH's Computer Animation Festival was once again the showcase for the past year's best computer graphics work. This year's festival showcased more than 150 pieces of all types including scientific, mathematic and visualization animations, motion-capture demonstrations, visual effects sequences, location-based entertainment films, television commercials, animation shorts, student films, clips from CG feature films and "SIGGRAPH in-betweens," customized animations interspersed in the program. Films were selected from 650 submissions by a five-person jury made up of Thomas Linehan,...
Dig This! Metrovision Puts Cinema in Reverse
Metrovision puts cinema in reverse.
On A Desert Island With....Asian Animators
Ram Mohan, and Frank Saperstein.
On A Desert Island With....Some Consenting Adults and a Cartoon Talk Show Host
Glenn Vilppu continues his world-class life drawing lessons. This month the focus is on Spherical Forms.
Dig This! SIGGRAPH's Electronic Theater Celebrates 25 Years of Discovery
Animation World Magazine profiles the SIGGRAPH `98 Computer Animation Festival, which will feature computer animated films ranging from scientific visualizations to blockbuster visual effects to independent shorts.
Crashing BrainCamp
Wendy Jackson reports on the second annual BrainCamp, an exclusive think tank for executives in the kids' entertainment industry.
Who the Heck is Jared?
Animation World Magazine profiles Jared, the singing, animated smiley face which has become a cult phenomenon on the World Wide Web.
Crashing BrainCamp
Wendy Jackson reports on the second annual BrainCamp,an exclusive think tank for executives in the kids' entertainment industry.
Dig This! 1001 Nights: An Animation Symphony
Buzz Potamkin tells us how the much-awaited first annual Annecy International Animated Film Festival faired.
On A Desert Island With....Internet Animators
A survey of animation and visual effects artists, asking, "What" ten animated films would you want to have with you if stranded on a desert island?
On A Desert Island With....Visionary Experimenters and Effects-Makers
A survey of animation and visual effects artists, asking, "What" ten animated films would you want to have with you if stranded on a desert island?
Dig This - Monsters of Grace!!
A digital opera in three dimensions, combining the theatrical direction of Robert Wilson, the music of composer Philip Glass and the 3-D stereoscopic animation of Kleiser-Walczak Construction Company (KWCC).
Anima Animus Animation
Wendy Jackson reviews the 1998 book Anima Animus Animation, a collection of creative works by the Czech surrealist filmmaker Jan Svankmajer and painter Eva Svankmajerov.
