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Charles Zembillas is an artist and character designer. He did the character design for Spyro as well as some of the characters in the video game for Playstation. He also worked with Naughty Dog on the Crash Bandicoot series and on the original Jak and Daxter. On the website for the animation online school he created, The Animation Academy, Zembillas put up a walk-through of the character design process for the first Jak and Daxter video game. It has about 300 of his concept drawings for the series and he walks you through the process, explaining what he was doing and thinking at the time. This character design walk-through is the single most helpful thing on the internet I’ve found for the aspiring artist/animator/character designer.  Just looking at the drawings helps a ton, but the tips that Zembillas gives along the way are also fantastic. I strongly urge you to read and learn from this.

Charles Zembillas is an artist and character designer. He did the character design for Spyro as well as some of the characters in the video game for Playstation. He also worked with Naughty Dog on the Crash Bandicoot series and on the original Jak and Daxter.

On the website for the animation online school he created, The Animation Academy, Zembillas put up a walk-through of the character design process for the first Jak and Daxter video game. It has about 300 of his concept drawings for the series and he walks you through the process, explaining what he was doing and thinking at the time.

This character design walk-through is the single most helpful thing on the internet I’ve found for the aspiring artist/animator/character designer.  Just looking at the drawings helps a ton, but the tips that Zembillas gives along the way are also fantastic. I strongly urge you to read and learn from this.

Chronicle Books will be releasing The Art of Wreck-It Ralph later this year. I’m excited to see it to get some insight into the development of the characters. It’s always helpful to see different artist’s methods in your own development as an artist.

Chronicle Books will be releasing The Art of Wreck-It Ralph later this year. I’m excited to see it to get some insight into the development of the characters. It’s always helpful to see different artist’s methods in your own development as an artist.

“A big collective cheer came from hand-drawn animation fans as Disney’s Animation Research Library confirmed on its facebook page that Ron Clements and John Musker are working on Disney’s next hand-drawn animated film. Although, that’s all they could reveal about the project.”
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Ron and John

A new hand drawn animated feature in the works? Only a little bit of info so far. We’re hoping it’s a new classic that really puts the public focus back on hand drawn animation. We need to resurrect the medium!

Full article here.
Back when pogs were a big deal, they made the Animaniacs into them!

Back when pogs were a big deal, they made the Animaniacs into them!

A guide to drawing facial expressions.
Chao Ma’s art/animation blog.

Chao Ma’s art/animation blog.

Another trailer for Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania, Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. Tartakovsky already proved he’s a brilliant director with shows like Dexter’s Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, and Sym-Bionic Titan. Can’t wait to see how this film turns out in September!

Some new screencaps from Pixar’s Brave.

This is a poster for a new Disney animated short called Paperman. The short is set to premier at The Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June, but it will also play before Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph which will premier in US theaters on November 2. The coolest thing about this new short is that it will combine CG and 2D animation. (source)

This is a poster for a new Disney animated short called Paperman. The short is set to premier at The Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June, but it will also play before Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph which will premier in US theaters on November 2.

The coolest thing about this new short is that it will combine CG and 2D animation.

(source)

The newest trailer for Pixar’s Brave finally shows the promise that we’ve all been hoping for. Get excited! I know I am.

New Brave Merchandise from the Disney Store Website. The Disney Blog also mentioned the new line up.

New Brave Merchandise from the Disney Store Website.

The Disney Blog also mentioned the new line up.

Adventure Time mashups!

Adventure Time Crossovers

Great quote, thediegomadlife! Who else has a favorite quote from a Disney film?

Beast

Great quote, thediegomadlife!

Who else has a favorite quote from a Disney film?

“Faith is a blue bird, we see from far. It’s for real and as sure as the first evening star, you can’t touch it or buy it or wrap it up tight but it’s there just the same, making things turn out right.”
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Rufus the cat & Penny

- Rufus the Cat, The Rescuers

One of my favorite Disney quotes. What’s one of yours?

New Brave Photos. Article on the characters here.