The Blackwing Diaries

For the fresh, aspiring animation artist story is a mystery, loaded with questions. How should the panels look? How finished off and deta...

the cover of the Calarts brochure for the animation program; I've been told Disney would routinely send this to anyone asking how to get...

While you were out... Since the begining of this blog I haven't had a hiatus of this length in Blackwing Diaries --nearly two weeks. Ju...

Just a heads up that many of you may already know about: Clay Kaytis' Animation Podcast has been updated this week with part 2 of Clay...

click the image to enlarge it One of the most popular things I've ever posted here was my own 1955 Walt Disney Productions Christmas car...

A dedication from the Boss: courtesy and property of Michael Barrier's collection I'd guess most visitors to this blog make the same...

I've gone back and forth over whether to post this, but for a lack of un inscribed items to hand, here it is. Pretty neat. I think It d...

mysterious cats from outer space crop up on Farmer Ray's farm One of the best raconteurs I know of in animation is Scott Santoro . He m...

It's here! Amid Amidi's much-anticipated Cartoon Modern has finally arrived in my mailbox. Tantalized by the graphic "leftov...

I wrote about her a few weeks ago, but as she's recently posted such appealing drawings on her blog I link once again to Mlle Aurélie Bl...

Joe Ranft, from 'skribbl"'s video circa Disney 1985 Two lovely posts in other blogs have come to my attention in the last few m...

I saw a movie last night I highly recommend, "The Illusionist" . It's the sort of film that makes me feel viscerally why it i...

A recent painting(analog, not digital)by my affable and modest neighbor, Patrick . Damn! I admit ignorance on the entire story of his char...

Yes, really. The garage . I'd forgotten I still had this drawing from "Nifty Nineties". Features two "clever boys from...

If the Blackwing is the king of animators' pencils, then what would this be? Well, as much as I admire and revere Blackwings, I'll ...