Show 020 – Ray Harryhausen

“I’m proud that we’re leaving a trail of inspiration, instead of desolation.” For over 50 years, Ray Harryhausen single-handedly animated the most captivating stop-motion creatures in movies such…

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Crazy Gumby Gold Linkage (a.k.a. lots of links)

If you don’t know what “Crazy Gumby Gold” is, it means a whole lot of goodness. In this case, it’s links that I’ve been stockpiling over the last…

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Show 016 – Burny Mattinson, Part One

Burny Mattinson is the only person I know who started working at Disney Animation when Walt was alive, and has been there since. Here’s a SHORT list of…

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Show 011 – Eamonn Butler, Part Two

Conclusion of my interview with Eamonn Butler (he’s the one in the tux), Animation Supervisor on the films “Chicken Little” and “Reign of Fire.” Eamonn talks about how…

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Show 010 – Eamonn Butler, Part One

Interview with Eamonn Butler (he’s the one in the tux), Animation Supervisor on the films “Chicken Little” and “Reign of Fire.” Eamonn recalls his animation career from “Teenage…

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SIGGRAPH 2005

SIGGRAPH is returning to take over downtown L.A. next week. The Disney booth is back too and we’ll have real live animators there to demo our tools and…

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Ones and Twos

I’ve already posted this in a comment and explained it in Show 3, but to keep things organized and findable, here’s where you can find my explanation of…

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Animation Terms

< < Back to Main Animation Notes Page Here’s where you can find my explanation of specific animation terms that may come up in the shows. Ones and...

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Show 003 – Andreas Deja, Part Three

It’s Deja vu all over again. The last installment of my first (but hopefully not the last) meeting with Andreas Deja is here. Hear his thoughts on his…

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What’s up after three days?

I posted Show 1 on May 1 and the response has been overwhelming. By the end of Tuesday, I’ve had about 1100 first time visitors and over 2500…

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