Billy Collins' Animated Poetry

I saw these on a TED Talk the other night, and thought they were well designed and complimented the poems very well. Definitely a successful collaboration between poet and animator. Either Forgetfulness or The Country are my favourite!

FORGETFULNESS- Animation by Julian Grey of Headgear



THE COUNTRY- Animation by Brady Baltezor of Radium.



THE DEAD - Animation by Juan Delcan of Spontaneous.



SOME DAYS - Animation by Julian Grey of Headgear.

Disney's Nine Old Men Flip Books

I saw on Cartoon Brew this morning that Pete Doctor is organising the release of 9 flip books, one for each of the nine old men that will contain a sequence from one of their most well-known and best-loved line drawn animations. I'm very excited about this because i've been looking out for animation flip books for about 6 months now, as something i want to start collecting so these will be a fantastic addition.

They are currently available on Amazon to pre-order and will become available from 18th September 2012 to buy. The price (in USA) seems to have changed slightly though as CB stated it at $37.42 whereas now it is $36.70. The UK price is still £34.02. I will get my order in soon!

Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Walt Disney's Nine Old Men: The Flipbooks...
Amazon USA
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Tom Bancroft Webcast

This is a really cool interview with animation veteran Tom Bancroft provided by AnimSchool.






Tom Bancroft Disney Animation Reel

Tom Bancroft Blog

Tom Bancroft Bio

Turning

An very nice and interesting short film I found today by Karni & Saul. I've only seen a handle of what they do but so far I love their work and the animation style.

The Making of: The Incredibles