Maurice Sendak: 50 Years, 50 Works, 50 Reasons (May 23–July 7, 2013)

A fan of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are? Check out 50 original works from Sendak at The Walt Disney Family Museum before it ends! From The Walt Disney Family Museum... From May 23 to…

Ray Harryhausen (June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013)

On May 7, 2013, Ray Harryhausen was announced dead at the age of 92 on Facebook and Twitter. If you are a fan of stop-motion animation, you would know that he did not just work on "special effects"…

Pictures from Connections & Critiques

Below are a few pictures and sketches from the Connections & Critiques event at the Walt Disney Family Museum on April 29. Our model, Sarafina, posing with Walt himself Sketch by Scotland…

Thank You!

Thank you all for yesterday's event, Connections and Critique, at the Walt Disney Family Museum last night.  I have heard some wonderful feedback about the event such as... Thanks everyone for a…

Connections and Critique

2D slots still available for this event at the Walt Disney Family Museum.

30 Days of Animation challenge

Animator Geoff King set himself the the challenge of animating something every day for 30 days  -- 30 Days of animation from Geoff King on Vimeo.

Academy of Art University Yearbook

Graduating online senior? Be a part of the yearbook! If you are interested, please submit the following information below to by Friday, April 5 @ 5pm. First name Last…

When Jobs In The Animation Industry Disappear…

From Chris Oatley: “Here's a new post I wrote to encourage the aspiring artists and industry vets whose worlds have been rocked by the recent tumult at Dreamworks, R&H and DD. Anyone who has…

Hear This Uninterrupted Statement from “Life of Pi” VFX Winner

There is none [original video link of Oscar speech removed by Vimeo]   Westenhofer spoke backstage at the ceremony with animation journalist Bill Desowitz, where he explained the message he…