The Boss Man Brings Home the Gold!

Mandrews brought the Oscar around for a bag-pipe laden victory lap around the studio. The first stop: the Animation Department.

If anyone is wondering: no, we don't all get an Oscar, we just share the one. We place it on a stone plinth and surround it with booby traps and interns.

Alba gu bràth!


32 days...

Life of Calvin

 

Ang Lee may have won Best Director last night for "Life of Pi," but I'd still much rather see Bill Watterson's take on the material.

35 days...

Chades Challenge LXXVIII: Oscar Contenders

As always, the Chades (Character Design) Challenge is open to anyone who wants to contribute. If you have an Oscar-nominated design of your own, let me know and I'll post your art below. Otherwise, you can join in March 8th for...

Chades Challenge LXXIX: 

DINO-RIDERS

Hugo "Silver-Lined Oscar Gold" Noguira

Marc "The Rat" Vibbert

2 days...

Adam and Dog

 A lot of you guys have been asking for it, and here it is! Minkyu Lee's Oscar-nominated short film, "Adam and Dog" in its entirety. Enjoy!



If you dug the film, or if you dig animation in general, Minkyu's Adam and Dog tumblr has a peak inside the garden and some wonderful pencil tests by folks like James Baxter. They spared no expence!

33 days...

Nom Nom Nom'd

Congrats to Minkyu and the rest of our fantastic crew! I had the pleasure of working on this beaut, and I told Minkyu the first time he pitched it to me that he'd be taking home the Oscar. An amazing film with a wonderful message. Can't wait to share Adam and Dog with the world!

24 days...

And the Surfer goes to...

The Oscars are so competitive these days, there really ought to be an award for runner-up. Silver usually denotes second place, so how about a Silver Surfer in lieu of a Golden Oscar?

 Why Meryl Streep would ever get second place, I have no idea.


o days....Oscar night! Viva La Luna!

"And the Oscar goes to..."

"...Lee Unkrich for Toy Story 3!"

What a fantastic working experience. The original Toy Story has always been my favorite Pixar film, so to work on the classic characters was a real dream come true. Congrats to Lee, Nate, Adrian, James, and the rest of the franchise guardians who gave us some of the best material an animator could ask for!

47 days...