Tuesday, January 31, 2006

'Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot' - A Sundance Short

Here's an animated short by David Chai that was part of the Sundance Film Festival. It looks like the best one to me. It's called 'Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot.'

It's a charming, funny story, with excellent drawing.


Posted by Alessandro at CandlelightStories.com

Monday, January 30, 2006

Wallace & Gromit Behind the Scenes

Dreamworks has a fun behind-the-scenes clip in QuickTime format about 'Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.'

It's not long, but it has shots of the miniature sets and plasticine figures used to make the movie. It's fun to pause the film and look at the clutter of cool stuff the Aardman animators use.

Posted by Alessandro at CandlelightStories.com

Sunday, January 29, 2006

War of the Worlds Comic Online

Dark Horse comics has a free online comic book of 'War of the Worlds.'

I like the way they have kept the comic in the same period setting as the H. G. Wells novel.




Posted by Alessandro at CandlelightStories.com

Saturday, January 28, 2006

'Le Piment,' an Animation from France

There's a French school of animation called Gobelins and the students there produce some extraordinary animations. These animators consistently create films that get worldwide attention and play at the Annecy festival.

This one's called 'Le Piment.'

Posted by Alessandro at CandlelightStories.com

Comic Artist Posts Tutorial

Comic artist Kazu Kibuishi has posted a complete tutorial on how he draws his 'Copper' comics. He covers penciling, lettering, inking, and coloring in Photoshop.

You can also see a bunch of his completed comics.

Where did I hear about this? A great site called Drawn!


Posted by Alessandro at CandlelightStories.com

Vintage 'Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp' Cartoon

Another Ub Iwerks cartoon from the early 1930s. This guy invented everything that made Disney famous and when he left to start his own studio, Disney was not able to recover the spark of irreverent genius that Iwerks had lent the company.

Click Here to Watch 'Aladdin's Lamp'

You'll need a player that handles MP4 video files. Quicktime does this.


This video file comes from the Internet Archive, where you can find thousands of public domain movies.

Where did I hear about this? A great site called Vintage ToonCast. Check them out.

Posted by Alessandro at CandlelightStories.com

Vintage 'Jack and the Beanstalk' Cartoon

Ub Iwerks made this early 1930's cartoon of great fairy tale. Iwerks invented Micky Mouse for Disney and then left the studio to start his own company.

Click Here to Watch 'Jack and the Beanstalk'

You'll need a player that handles MP4 video files. Quicktime does this.


This video file comes from the Internet Archive, where you can find thousands of public domain movies.

Where did I hear about this? A great site called Vintage ToonCast. Check them out.

Posted by Alessandro at CandlelightStories.com

French Animated Film - Les Ailes du Papillon

'Les Ailes du Papillon' is a French animation by 24-year-old artist, Benjamin Gibeaux. I first learned of the film by seeing it posted as Cartoon Brew Film of the Week over at the excellent animation blog, 'Cartoon Brew.'

The film is quiet and powerful, with excellent ink-drawn animation. The film has a depth of meaning that is unusual but very welcome.

Posted by Alessandro at CandlelightStories.com