New Dr Seuss' Animated Horton Hears a Who

Coming out in February is what looks to be a great animated rendition of Dr. Seuss' immortal classic children's book, Horton Hears a Who. Check out the latest trailer below...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1tiufSK90g

It has the voice talents of Jim Carrey and Steve Carell (whoo hoo). I'm honestly not thrilled about Carrey being involved. Often it seems the characters he takes on contain too much of his wackniness and they become something different than the characters they should be. However, he did great in Lemony Snicket, so maybe we can hope for that side of his genius.

Frank and Ollie DVD

Frank and Ollie

If you are looking for a good DVD of animation history, specifically Disney animation then here you are....Frank and Ollie. Just click on the link to the right to go to Amazon.com and buy yours today. It is a great dvd chock full of history, animation concepts and just good fun.

You can also go to their official website and check out videos of animation history and tips. You can find it here.

Great Animation Site..

Here is a great animation short site that my father-in-law sent me today. Check it out... http://www.aniboom.com

What I Am Reading

Ok, I finished the book titled, "The Complete Animation Course." It was good, but towards the end it was focusing on Computer 3D animation which I am not into doing. I like it, I just haven't been interested in that medium.

So, now I am reading another book called "Animating Culture". It is all about the sociological impact of cartoons on society and of society on cartoons. I just started it, but it looks good so far.

What I'm Reading

I am reading through a good book right now. It is called "The Complete Animation Course." Each chapter is like a lesson of sorts. Some of the material does not really fit to my direction of art/animation but has some great principles.