Talks - Jennifer Yuh Nelson

A talk with the director of Kung Fu Panda 2


For more Great Interview visit: moviecitynews.com/dp30
I recommend among others :
Brad Bird
Chris Miller
Peter Jackson 
Carlos Saldanha
 ....

FunFriday - Flat Eric

Flat Eric was a low-tech, yellow puppet character from Levi's commercials for Sta-Prest One Crease Denim Clothing, built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.[1] His name comes from an idea for a commercial that included having a car run over his head and flattening it. The idea was not used but the name stuck. In the commercials, Flat Eric would ride with his friend Angel (played by Phillipe Petit) around California, evading the police as a wanted criminal

The Original from 1998:

And Two More:


MoreInfo: flateric.biz

Tedsday - Ayah Bdeir: Building blocks that blink, beep and teach

Imagine a set of electronics as easy to play with as Legos. TED Fellow Ayah Bdeir introduces littleBits, a set of simple, interchangeable blocks that make programming as simple and important a part of creativity as snapping blocks together.

Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and artist, and is the founder of littleBits and karaj, an experimental art, architecture and technology lab in Beirut. Full bio »

"Instead of having to program, to wire, to solder, littleBits allow you to program using very simple intuitive gestures.”

Ayah Bdeir

BOTTOM OF THE NINTH by Ryan Woodward

Animation + Comics = An Animated graphic novel app for the iPad. Available May 2012 by Ryan Woodward Art and Animation.

If you didn´t see his previous work "Thought of You", you have to. This is a very beautyfull work:



and the making of...

Thought of You - Behind the Scenes Preview - ROUGH CUT from Cambell Christensen on Vimeo.

More Info 
http://www.bottom-of-the-ninth.com/
http://conteanimated.com/

Brave Trailer #3

looking nice!


More Info:
pixar
disney.go.com/brave

Talks - Inside the Imagination of Carlos Grangel

Master character designer Carlos Grangel is a Spanish-born character designer for animated films and currently working at Dreamworks Animation and running his studio appropriately titled, Grangel Studio. Jill Culton is a writer and director currently working at Dreamworks Animation Studio.

More Info:
www.grangelstudio.com
www.ctnanimationexpo.com