Checking in on Winnie the Pooh by Ryan Gilbert

The character Winnie the Pooh has lived on for generations in the hearts of children everywhere who have followed the journey of the little bear and his friend Christopher Robin. From the pages of the first Pooh books to the big screen of the Disney animated adventures, Pooh proved to be a resou

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Free Funny Animated Ecards by Christian N

Free funny animated ecards can be found on a variety of Internet websites simply by typing in a few key words on a search engine, and allowing that search engine to provide the Internet surfer with results. Free funny animated ecards can come in every subject area imaginable to tailor any specia

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Animation Art Collecting 1 - Authenticating Artwork by Neil Walsh

An animation art gallery recently received a call from a collector who wanted to sell three drawings of Pluto from the 1937 short film, Hawaiian Holiday. The gallery was interested, so they asked the collector to hold the drawings up to the light and check to see if there was a watermark on the

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Animation Is Now For Anyone, And Any Budget by Eban Crawford

Animation is a beloved and wonderful art form. Millions enjoy animated shorts, TV series, and full length movies. Animation also takes many forms. You have Stop Motion, Traditional Hand Drawn cell, Japanese and Japanese influenced Anime, 3d CGI, and more. Even though many have loved and enjoyed

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Tips for Digital Designs by Debbie Jensen

Be true to yourself! Only create designs and art that you believe in. Don't participate in false advertisements or promote wrong ideas only because you can. Let your designs be of your own origination and style. Visualize the color wheel as a 3-D sphere. Make sure to include colors from the no

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Make Money Using Your Drawing Skills by Chris Wales

Whether you love drawing Japanese manga characters or you have a real eye for drawing still life pieces, you will find that there are a number of ways for you to make money from your drawing skills. While keeping in mind that art can be competitive business, and that there are always going to be

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Staying Current With Animation by John Parks

Computers are wonderful tools. With a computer anyone with an imagination can create almost anything they like and then make it come to life. People that cannot take a good photograph to save their lives can use computer software to create the illusion that they have taken some of the most inter

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Secret Audio Recordings Add Dimension To Online Video Animations by Dan Shapero

In the age of reality TV and online voyeurism, how can viewers get excited about traditional visual animations? The answer is coming out of old fashioned secret candid audio recordings that are being placed against animated visuals. "Candid Camera" has long been a favorite of TV audiences; today

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Animation As a Teaching Tool by Vera Saar

Animation is not simply mindless eye candy. In the right circumstances it can be used to communicate sophisticated concepts across many levels. It also can be a great equalizer in a class setting where students who often have difficulties understanding or communicating have a form of media which

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Learning How to Draw Good Cartoons Which Are Unique by Trevor Johnson

Learning how to draw good cartoons might appear to be daunting but it is actually much easier than you think. One of the most important elements to consider is the character of a good. It has to be believable as well as Unique! The thing about cartooning is that they generally contain exaggerate

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