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Here’s a helpful song by Jessica Delfino. She’s discovered a guaranteed shortcut to everlasting fame–watch and learn!

Another bit of inspirational viral video animation that will convince you that you don’t need to be Walt Disney to find your way in people’s minds.

Visit her HERE.

-Jake

Elise and Moira, sent to negotiate with a remote barony, find something far more dangerous than a rebellion in the offing. Can a single mouse and doe succeed where all others have failed? Or will they fall prey to a sinister plot that may rob them, and an entire country, of their very minds?

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Man is this violent and even a bit offensive, but it’s pretty well done too. The poster claims it’s Pixar but obviously it’s not.

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Shawn, a friend of mine sent me this awesome 3D film called Kaelou which was directed by a man named Rémi Chapotot and animated by a studio called Cube in Paris. The guy is a freakin’ genius! I have no idea what they’re saying as it’s in French but man is it eye candy to look at! It’s like a frantic Over the Hedge. The combination of 2D bgs and 3d characters lit so well really blends nicely. I also like how they use 2d elements like smoke to give it a unique look as well. If all 3d looked like this it would be quite tasty wouldn’t you say?
-Mike Milo

A lonely little girl meets a lonlier, unintentionally creepy, Octopus under the sea. That’s the premise of Artist/Animator Julie Bergman’s prize garnering short, Sinking Margot, a cute and cuddly yet strange and eerie bed-time tale you might hear from a grizzled, old, mildly drunk, sea-faring sailor type kind of a guy. I bet he would wear a yellow raincoat and galoshes.
(But why would he.. be putting… me…. to… uh, sleep?)
Why a grizzled, old, mildly drunk, sea-faring sailor type kind of a guy in a yellow raincoat and galoshes is putting me to bed with spooky cute lullabies isn’t important. What is, is that Julie took the time to answer a few Channel Fred Qs about Sinking Margot.
Thanks again Julie!
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If you ask someone for a list of their favorite animated films, or even a list of animated films, you don’t often hear about “Cats Don’t Dance”.

“Cats Don’t Dance” is a 1997 animated family feature film; the only animated feature produced by the short-lived Turner Entertainment animation unit. It was distributed to theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film is set in a world where human beings and anthropomorphic animals live side-by-side, and focuses on a character named Danny who wants to break into show business in Hollywood but is hindered by the fact that he is a cat. The film features the voices of Scott Bakula and Jasmine Guy, and was the directorial debut of former Disney animator Mark Dindal. It is also notable for Gene Kelly’s contributions as choreographer; it was his final film project.

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Illustrator, Artist, Background Artist, Character Designer, Storyboard Artist, a dab of animation, and what do you get? Paul Watling is one talented guy and is very well rounded. He’s strong in all of those mentioned skills.

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Animated by Reel Films out of the UK, Terrance is an animated poem about a child who knows too much.
-Mike Milo

As a result of “tying one on” one too many times, a chubby guy loses his consciousness on his way home. Waking up, he finds himself trapped in an endless-looping staircase. Trying hard to escape, the truth is another nightmare…… Watch Halucii.

From the website:
Hallucii is a short 3D animated film created by Goo-Shun Wang who studied in School of Visual Arts(NY), MFA Computer Art program. He tried to build the physically impossible illusion world by using 3D software and make a funny story with it.
-Mike Milo