Nifty Vintage Disney Animation Tips

Found a cool animation blog titled "Blue Monkeys From Mars".
A recent post featured an old Disney Animation Tips booklet, probably from the 1950's.
Check it out here: Vintage Disney Animation Tips

No "2D" for Disney.... for Now

Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios says they have NO plans in the near future for any traditional hand-drawn 'cel' animation.
Dadgum.

"PAPERMAN" Wins Academy Award for "Best Animated Short"

The DISNEY animated short film "Paperman", which I posted & recommended earlier, won an OSCAR for "Best Animated Short Film".

Character Model Sheet from Disney's "PAPERMAN"

Disney-PIXAR's "BRAVE" won for "Best Animated Feature Film".

Read the entire article HERE.

"Underdog" Co-Creator BIGGERS Dies

William Watts Biggers, the co-creator of the popular animated series Underdog died at 85 of undisclosed causes last Sunday. Biggers, who was also a novelist, was part of the influential team that created the popular toon while working for New York City advertising firm Dancer Fitzgerald Sample. The team came up with the toon while on an assignment for General Mills to come up with vehicles to promote breakfast cereals.

Read the entire story HERE .

Seth McFarlane's "FLINTSTONES" Delayed

Well, it seems as if the creator of "FAMILY GUY" and "American Dad" is a little too busy to devote his full attention to the announced "FLINTSTONES" project.

Read the full article HERE .

D23: Lasseter Promises More Hand-drawn Animation

From Animation Magazine.net:

Monday, September 14, 2009By: Thomas J. Mclean
PIXAR and Disney animation chief John Lasseter has built the studio’s sterling reputation on cutting-edge CG animation, but says Disney fans can expect to see a lot more hand-drawn animation in the future.
Speaking at Disney’s D23 fan expo in Anaheim, Lasseter gave fans a peek at the upcoming hand-drawn film The Princess and the Frog, and a new Winnie the Pooh feature due out in 2011, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He said that studios had made a mistake in focusing solely on CG animation.
“I never quite understood why the studios thought people wouldn’t want to watch it,” Lasseter said, according to a Reuters report. “What audiences didn’t want was bad movies.”
Speaking to press, Lasseter denied there was any truth to the rumor that Pixar was planning an Ant-Man movie as part of Disney’s recently announced plans to buy Marvel Entertainment.
He also announced some casting news for the upcoming Toy Story 3, confirming that John Morris will return as the voice of Andy. Jeff Garliln, Bonnie Hunt, Timothy Dalton and Whoopi Goldberg also will play voices in the film.
In other D23 news, Disney announced plans to revamp the Star Tours attraction to be a 3-D experience, opening in 2011. The company also announced plans to vastly expand its Fantasyland attraction at Walt Disney World, opening in 2012.