This clip is of 24 year old Kseniya Simonova, a Ukrainian artist who won Ukraine’s Got Talent 2009. She uses a giant light box and sand to illustrate (and sometimes, real-time animate) the invasion of the Ukraine during WWII, set to haunting, dramatic music. I love a good Britney Spears impersonator, but this is incredible.
-Bailee DesRocher
This week, Fredbot explores Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s Erebuni Gallery for the 4th Annual Too Art for TV exhibit! Visit http://bunnycutlet.com/2A4TV for more info. The exhibit closes October 17th! Go, go, go!
Don’t forget – we’re switching our format to one ‘toon per episode with cash to animators who participate! Learn more about the awesome changes we’re making here.
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“Follow”, by Edmond Hawkins – Ambidextrous animator Edmond Hawkins’ latest film! Angels! Planes! Giants!
“Forest”, by Eric Leiser – Stop motion animal skeletons and eyeball trees! Creepy and ethereal.
WARNING: Channel Frederator is rated EXPLICIT. All this art is so *bleepin’* beautiful! Oops. Sorry. Some content on CF is pretty grown up. If you’re under 18, get your parent’s permission prior to viewing.
-Bailee DesRocher
I can draw butts. Like, really well.
Sunday night I got to show off my butt talents at Dr. Sketchy LA, the Los Angeles offshoot of the popular New York “anti-art school” at North Hollywood’s Cella Gallery.
Founded by model and artist Molly Crabapple in 2005, Dr. Sketchy is now a worldwide phenomenon, with dozens of classes spanning the globe from Austin to Tokyo. The three hour life drawing session usually consists of burlesque dancers and erotic models as subjects, in various states of undress, and eventually (guaranteedly) full nudity. Dr. Sketchy LA has undergone some pretty radical changes under the new leadership of Bob Self, head of BabyTattoo publishing. Previous classes had fallen short of the notorious and awesome Dr. Sketchy reputation, and Self says we can look forward to a veritable “three ring circus” in future sessions, along with lots of surprises and I’m guessing, butts.
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Recently I had a sit down with one of my favorite people, multi-talented animator and director Sherie Pollack, whose body of work ranges from edgy primetime programming animating and timing on “The Simpsons” to directing “God, The Devil, & Bob” to the pre-K “Dora the Explorer” and “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.” I took the opportunity to discuss her journey into animation success and her upcoming lecture “My Career in Cartoons”. Here, in the second half of her interview, Sherie goes in depth about her lecture.
BD: In your lecture, what kind of things do you cover for aspiring pro animators?
SP: I basically want to share everything I wish I knew when I started. You know, how to get a union job. What is a union all about. What do I do if I’m not doing well on a job - how do I get my groove back? Carpal tunnel. Everyone gets it. Eye strain. How to [Read more…]
Recently I had a sit down with one of my favorite people, multi-talented animator and director Sherie Pollack, whose body of work ranges from edgy primetime programming (like animating and timing on “The Simpsons” and directing “God, The Devil, & Bob”) to pre-K entertainment like“Dora the Explorer” and “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.” I took the opportunity to discuss her journey into animation success and her upcoming lecture “My Career in Cartoons”.
Bailee DesRocher: What got you started in animation?:
Sherie Pollack: I was 17 when I first started thinking about colleges, I flipped a coin - it was either going to be theatre, or fine arts. That’s when my mother pulled me into the pantry and said,”Do ya have to do this? Isn’t there anything else?”
Going forward, I combined the two. I didn’t know I wanted to be an animator. As a kid I was always drawing and I was very lucky - my parents would [Read more…]
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