Ratatouille Progression Reel

In case you haven't seen this either, found @ Jeff's blog Coop|notes

Disney Templates

Nothing new nor surprising (it's business after all), but this montage is very thorough:

Watch Disney Templates and more funny videos on CollegeHumor

AM Campus Mentor

Speaking of AM, this month I'm starting as a Campus Mentor for AnimationMentor.com! I'm sure I'll run into some of my ex-students and I'm very excited to meet new ones!

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Animation Mentor Newsletter - April 2009

This month you get:

Female Pioneers in the Animation Industry
Animation Tips & Tricks Volume II Is Here! Plus, a Free Webinar!
Shortfilm: Call of the Wild by Chris Buckley
Mentor: David Breaux
Student: Justin Segal
Tips & Tricks with Dana Boadway - Freelance Animators Working Remotely: Is it the Next Trend for Studios?

Moving Memo - DSi flipbook app

From Kotaku:

Finally, we got a peek at Moving Memo, a flipbook-like application that, well, lets Nintendo DSi users create flipbook animations. It's a surprisingly user-friendly looking tool, with previous animation "cels" overlaying the current cel to give budding animators frame-to-frame reference.

Moving Memo also allows for music and sound effect additions, as well as the option to upload animations to a web site to share with other users. The potential for Moving Memo to showcase impressive works of animated art is exciting, not to mention a great community driven marketing tool for DSiWare's offerings.

Cool!

[updated] On vooks.net via Tim's post there's also a demo video to watch:

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Animators and Animations

This page @ artery.ca is very interesting. I haven't had time to go through all the links yet, but hopefully you will. It looks like a great list of resources. Leave a comment with your favorite ones!

Anim News

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- Head over to the Character Design blog for an interview with Dan Panosian. Cool artwork! Same goes for Tony Merrithew, great sculpts. Overall, you should periodically visit the Character Design blog, it's very inspirational, a good springboard for animation ideas.



- news posters are out for Plant 51 and Cloudy with a chance of Meat Balls.

- Upcoming Pixar points to a new UP clip, introducing Kevin. With UP coming out so soon, more and more clips are spoiler heavy, so I won't watch them anymore, but I'll point them out here anyway.


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