2008 Annecy Gobelins Shorts...

The second year work of Gobelins students has been posted to the Gobelins website for viewing.

Eric Goldberg's Character Animation Crash Course...

I just got word that Eric Goldberg's quarter-of-a-century in the making book, Character Animation Crash Course, will be available starting in San Diego Comic Con this year, with a book signing on Friday July 25th from 2 - 4pm, and Saturday July 26th from 11am - Noon at Stuart Ng Books.

Yet another reason to go!

Ahh Youtube....

Pocahontas Rare Redfeather Pencil Test



Ken Harris Bugs Bunny



And Two Iron Giant tests...

Say Grace


Launch The Missile

More Disney Family Albums...

More of the Disney Family Album featurettes have cropped up on Youtube.

Ken Anderson


Eric Larson


Woolie Reitherman


Ollie Johnston


There are others available that I have posted before on Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, Ward Kimball, and Marc Davis. You can find them by looking through my Youtube Channel.

These newer videos are courtesy of Youtube user Loosetoon.

Enjoy!

HP Tablet PC at Best Buy...

Hi there.. I forgot to post about this a while ago but I have lately been really lame with my blog. Chalk it up to being extremely busy!

Anyways, for your Canadian readers, I noticed that Best Buy is selling a very decent Tablet PC, the HP TX2108CA, for in between $999 and $1099 (depending on the week it seems) - For that you get a 2.0 Ghz Turion 64 X2 (Dual Core), 3GB of Ram, a 250 GB Hard Drive, a Geforce 6150 Go, and a 12" 1280x800 Wacom Penabled screen. I realise that a 12" screen is kinda lame and small, but people considering getting a 12" Cintiq would probably be much better off getting this instead. Also, it seems that 12" screens are the overwhelming majority nowadays on tablet pcs (unfortunately). Anyways, the PC behind the tablet also seems to be decently spec'd, so it seems good enough for animation purposes.

Anyways, Cintiqs and Tablet displays are the greatest thing ever, and I would highly recommend any animator to have one. It doesn't really get more affordable than this, either...

Check it out here.

Also, it seems that Wacom has reduced the price of its Cintiq 21UX to $1999 everywhere (which, strangely enough, puts it at the same price as the 20WSX, which is one inch smaller). Check it out here.