There is a pretty cool video on project Peach blog.

Nathan “Cessen” Vegdahl created this video where he describes all stages of animation: from the animatic to the "almost final" shot, with lights and fur.

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And if you didn't know about it, there are two cool new teaser trailers online: THX special from Horton Hears a Who and Wall-E.

Saw today an interesting article about the making of a short called Timmy's Christmas.

Whether you like the final result or not, it's a nice reading. The production challenges and decisions are listed and described in a clear way. A good resource for the ones who want to make their own short.

Honestly I found the final result pretty cool for an 8-day deadline. =)

 

Here in Brasil we are in the middle of Carnaval.

To be very honest with you, I don't like it at all. So, one of those things I'm doing to forget about all this samba around it to listen a podcast interview with James Baxter. =)

 

Imagine this:

You decide to get in that second hand bookstore and, after looking around for some time, you find the book Chuck Amuck. Obviously you buy it.

Ok, you think, this is cool but does it worth a blog post?

Wait. I haven't finish it yet. =)

When you get home, you open the book and realize that it's signed by Chuck Jones himself!!!

How cool is that, huh? Does it really happen?

Well, apparently it happened with Mathieu Vierendeel.

Lucky guy.

But the question that remains is: who in the face of Earth sells this kind of thing?

Saw on CartoonBrew a very cool animation trailer: The 3D machine.

It's a cool retro-style cartoon that uses anaglyph images, which require special glasses to watch it in 3D. =)

It will premiere on International Film Festival Rotterdam. Unfortunately I'll be very far away from there. It looks like a lot of fun to watch =)