Going to the Store

WARNER BROTHERS - COYOTE FALLS

As of yesterday I've now been at Rainmaker a full year! Now, enjoy this film.

The Eagleman Stag

I'm looking forward to seeing this:


"The Eagleman Stag" by Michael Please

Dot - The worlds smallest stop-motion character

The guys at Aardman made this little film to help promote the new Nokia N8. Pretty great stuff but I bet somebody can go smaller.



Watch the making of here:

New "Tangled" Trailer

This looks great! Congratulations guys I can't wait to see it.

Work by Michael Rianda

Fantastic short - Work by Michael Rianda

Fantastic Review of Wall*E

I know this is years late but I still wanted to share this great review of Wall*E by Dave Hamstra.

"Do thinking machines enhance our humanity or rob us of it? While those of us who benefit from our computerized society may choose to ignore this existential question, the very existence of Pixar, the animation studio whose movies contain nothing but images wrought with thinking machines, depends on the answer. And in their latest animated feature, WALL-E, Pixar has confronted this question and answered it with an unambiguous, 'Yes.'?"

Click Here for the full article.

(For the sake of full disclosure I have to say that Dave is my brother-in-law. But that doesn't mean I was forced to post his review. It truly is a fascinating read.)

Stan VanDerBeek's - Breathdeath 1963

Stan VanDerBeek's 1963 film Breathdeath has been cited by Terry Gilliam as the film that inspired his approach to animation.

(via Cartoon Brew)

Tostitos “And Then There Was Salsa”

This blew my mind! Here is a new animated advertisement for Tostitos. CLiCK THe LiNK!!!

Ting & Juma in "Stumped"

Rainmaker has gotten a bit of publicity over their new short, "Stumped". It was made specifically for the Olympics and is playing around town at different Olympic venues. You can check it out here. There was a nice article about it in today's Vancouver Sun.

Life at Rainmaker

So, a lot of people have been asking me lately, "What's it like working at Rainmaker?" Usually I just say it's "Pretty cool". Here's a little film that sums it up better than my words ever could.

For Sock's Sake

I've been needing to share this film for a while, but forgot till I ran across it again today. The film is "For Sock's Sake" by Carlo Vogele. It was made in 2008 at Cal Arts as his senior film.

Charity Auction for Loma Linda Children's Hospital

Hey everybody, here is something that we should all check out. The Art Institute of California is putting on a charity auction to benifit Loma Linda Children's Hospital. They are auctioning off art from artist such as:

Alex Leon, Alina Chau, Angie Hu, Aurian Redson, Bonnie Lui, Bill Perkins, Brian Yam, Bruce Smith, Chad Morgan, Charlie Wen, Christian Narcordo, David Colman, Dean Yeagle, Derek Kosol, Erik Martin, Eunjung June Kim, Elisa Takagi, Floyd Norman, Gerald Dedios, Glen Keane, Glen Vilppu, Grace Lee, Greg K Smith, Iain McCaig, Jackson Sze, Jason Scheier, Justin Gerard, Kate Burgess, Katy Wu, Kelly Light, Lesley Vamos, Ken Kenishito, Kohei Nakajima, Lorelay Bove, Lou Romano, Lubomir Arsov, Martin Hsu, Marshall Vandruff, Mark Henn, Mike Hernadez, Molly Hahn, Morgan Sheffield, Pascal Campion, Peter De Seve, Rick Caughman, Robh Ruppel. Rona Liu, Roque Ballesteros, Rosana Sullivan, Shaun Tan, Stephen Silver, Sunny Apinchapong, Tara Rueping, Traci Honda, Uwe Heidschoetter, Vivian Nguyen, Victoria Ying

There are some big names in there and a lot of amazing artists. The auction is December 19th, from 5pm to 10pm. Check out more on this here.

Wubbzy Rap Video

If you love auto-tuners you'll love this.

The Substance of Style

Wow, it's been a long time since I've posted. Well, I just ran across a great series of essays on the style of Wes Anderson. It's an enlightening look at the art of film-making and gives a good idea of the necessary thought and inspiration that goes into every great film. It also highlights the importance of knowing what you want as a film-maker.

So, here they are in five parts:

part 1

part 2

part 3

part 4

part 5

Also check out this article by Martin Scorsese about Bottle Rocket.

Good bye Michael

DJ Animation

High Quality Here
Film by Jack Lykins

Adventure Time!

Here's a little preview of the upcoming Cartoon Network show, Adventure Time, by the man himself, Pendleton Ward. I'm sure by now you've all seen the original Adventure Time that was made for Nickolodeon. Other projects by Pen Ward include The Bravest Warriors.

You can check the show's progression, including artwork, here via Channel Frederator.

Demo Reels

A lot of my friends are making demo reels.  Graduation is coming up and I can only guess that some of them would like to have a job soon.  

So, on that note I'm posting this link to a video by
Carlos Baena on what Pixar looks for in an animation reel.  The video was made by Animation Mentor.

Watch the Titles

Here's a great site I found through the Cartoon Brew Blog.  It has a collection of fantastic title sequences.

This is the end title sequence from Madagascar 2 made by Jamie Caliri.  You can check out some behind the scenes stuff over at Megan Brain's blog.

Just as an update I found another fantastic site dedicated to title sequences.  Check out The Art of the Title Sequence.  There's some really beautiful stuff there!