This clever video uses footage from the Star Wars movies and composites it over footage of San Francisco. Very well done and realistic. Find out more on the official Star Wars blog.

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I have to say there are three animated film I am excited about:
The Princess and the Frog from Disney. A return to 2D animation with a musical fairytale set in New Orleans. Check out the funny clip below to see a teaser for the film. Looking very cool. ALSO check out Disney’s new website for […]

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I taught an animation class July 7-11, 2008 at the Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa CA. The class was a lot of fun and the kids worked really hard.
First off is an animatic (a filmed storyboard) for our own action packed cartoon "Super Surf Knight." I came up with the concept and characters and […]

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We did a pencil test today of some of the students flip books. There will be more added to this video in the next few days. These were recorded in iStopmotion.

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Stop Motion film made by the Cartoon Boot Camp students at the Cartoon Art Museum TODAY!

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Here are some animation (stop motion) resources for my students and their parents at the Schulz Museum this week. Everyone did a great job
http://www.stopmotionworks.com/ - Stop Motion Link, News, History, etc.
http://www.animateclay.com/ - the site has a free (PC) Stop Motion Program called Anasazi Stop Motion Animator plus links to other programs to use.
http://www.stopmotionmagic.com - Site […]

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It’s HOT here in Santa Rosa. Every day it’s been over 90 degrees. Luckily the kind folks at the Schulz Museum allow me to hang around after my class in their air conditioned environment.
The class is going well and I have a great group of 9 boys who have been great to work with. I […]

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This week I am in Santa Rosa CA to teach the animation class at the Schulz Museum. The class is brand new and hopefully it will result in some cool animations. If all goes according to plan I will have some video clips to show on-line the week after. I will be blogging later this […]

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