Bay Area artist Matthew Luhn recounts his days drawing for Pixar and “The Simpsons.” While he may be best known as an animator, after working on “The Simpsons” and spending two decades at Pixar, ...
Disney has introduced some truly iconic villains to the world. One of the most memorable is Jafar from Aladdin. With style and a unique sense of elegant evil, the beard-twirling villain sought to ...
Trying to be perfect can ruin everything, says Jason Sterman. Sterman is the executive producer and director of Sketchbook, an intimate instructional documentary series that takes viewers onto the ...
For the last 15 years or so, animation artists have worked overtime developing a brand-new paintbox full of tools – CGI, Imax, motion-capture photography – that allow them to make ever more impressive ...
Masashi Kudo was one of the most well known animators on the series of Bleach, working for Studio Pierrot which was the same animation studio responsible for bringing the tales of the Hidden Leaf ...
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — The California Institute of the Arts was created partly by Walt Disney’s desire to bring more top-flight animators into the profession. And it has during its 47 years, ...
The new series “Sketchbook” from Disney + takes animation fans and aspiring animators inside the world of creating some of the studio’s most beloved characters. From Olaf to the “Aladdin” Genie, ...
Faced with industry layoffs and the outsourcing of work overseas, Hollywood animators are in a grouchy and fearful mood these days. They’ll get a chance to vent their frustrations and learn how to ...
Acrobats from “Drawn to Life,” the Cirque du Soleil Disney show, give a special performance of Icarian Games in celebration of World Circus Day at Disney Springs on Thursday, April 13, 2023. Icarian ...