We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their ...

As I was making a new paper chain last weekend for my mom’s 86th birthday, I realized that this classic, old-school activity really is my favorite way to ...

Scott Wilson Most fans of The Walking Dead probably know that actor Scott Wilson died at age 76 on October 6 of this year.  As a character actor he was ...

Looking through Andreas Dejas' The Nine Old Men, I found myself marveling once again over Wooly Reitherman's gaucho Goofy sequence.  A selection of ...

A lot of color choices to be made here! Not My Favorite Thing, but... You know what my favorite thing is: animation. But of course if you are making ...

How Many Frames per Second? Early on, I learned that it was not a good idea to think of timing in terms of frames. That is, how many frames it took to ...

Size and Weight Here is a drawing you will feel but not see: a single frame ofthe trunk on impact, showing its squashed form. Back in posts no. 142 ...

From Paper to Digital After a month of vacation travel, I am back home and at work inking the first scene of my film Carry On. The traditionally ...

Although character animation is for me the most satisfying part of 2D animation, it is sometimes necessary to do other animation along the way. This is ...

A New Walk Cycle Every once in a while, I get down Richard Williams' book from my collection of something like 150 books on animation, and I go through it ...