Above is a series of four paintings my dad made over one week in 1963. Two years out of Cooper Union, he was working as an art director at a small ad agency. During a rare slow week he used his time to make these paintings with whatever art materials w…
New Community Blogger!
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ASIFA-East warmly thanks Elliot Cowan for all his hard work these past two years! He will be sorely missed here, but I’m sure you will all see him around. Please extend a warm welcome to Katie Cropper, who will be…
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by Dayna •
With the arrival of Labor Day and the end of summer fast approaching, ASIFA-East ends its hiatus and is back in full effect with tons of exciting events planned this year! We hope you will join us – and on…
Spinning Animation for the Web
by David •
As we all know, people have been making commercial animation for the Web for more than a decade. At the beginning, Web animation was a shaky speculation. Some companies tried to use it to create a sort of TV channel-style destination, speculating with …
Calendar Updates
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New additions to the Events Calendar: August 28 & 29 11:05am IFC presents – Summer Wars September 1st – 14th Film Forum presents – My Dog Tulip September 3 – 6, 18 &19 11am IFC presents – Kid Flix Mix…
Battling The Non-Spontaneous Side of Animation
by David •
*drawing above from my new indie film in-progress. The busier I get, the more determined I get to jam in some time to work on personal projects. I mentioned a few posts ago that for the short films I’m making for Sesame’s Word on the Street series, the…
MST3K and Me
by David •
*above images from MST3KWhen I first saw this Mystery Science Theatre 3000 in 1995, it had already been on air for five or so years. In 1995 I was still living at home and since we never had cable TV I had missed out on the quirky series, until my bos…
Virtual Animation Studio 101
by David •
*above image from a series of six shorts I directed for the wine-themed cable series “Uncorked” in 2006 & 07, which laid the groundwork for my virtual studio. Storyboard and design by my pal Jason McDonald.I didn’t set out to work this way, but it’s be…
Calendar Updates
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Ongoing: Oxberry Pegs presents – Animators Are God? New additions to the Events Calendar: June 26th – July 18th New York International Children’s Film Festival presents – Aardman Animations Retrospective July 3rd – September 5th Jacob Burns Film Center presents…
ASIFA-East on Hiatus
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ASIFA-East is officially on hiatus for the summer. We’ll be doing updates and maintenance over the summer so please excuse the appearance if you notice anything fishy. We’ll be back in full force by the Fall!!! Have a great summer…
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then
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Our pals at Rooftop Films present Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then from Director Brent Green. The film will be performed with a live soundtrack, featuring members of punk idols Fugazi. SATURDAY JUN 26, 2010 8:00 PM OPEN ROAD ROOFTOP LOWER…
Frank and Caroline Mouris
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Article by Emmett Goodman. In the past few years, I have become aware of both the different types of animation styles and animators there are (and can be). Frank and Caroline Mouris are the kind of independent animators who work…