The Blackwing Diaries

25 years ago I was calling around to every bookstore in the greater Los Angeles area to try and locate the first copies of The Illusion of L...

from David Pimentel's moleskinie notebook What's the most surefire way to improve your drawing chops? Drawing. All the time. No m...

Further thoughts on the New York Times' article on supposedly new and better versions of motion capture animation technology. Turning to...

This morning's(10/15)New York Times has another in a type of article that seems to bobble to the front page of Arts sections like a piec...

In lieu of a more suitable illustration--here we have two striking women of animation, circa 1941(see Walt's contemporaneous reference t...

Busy times at work and away. Tonight my union, the Animation Guild, is hosting a panel discussion inspired by a study noting surprising fem...

The second post in almost as many days that's really a redirection to the Animation Guild's blog, but this one's also on a subje...

One of a series of extremes posed out by Fred Moore for an unproduced sequel to "Saludos Amigos" set in Cuba; this drawing hasn...

my cintiq tribute to one of my favorite animated characters Well, today's the day that the film, the one they said couldn't be made...

Amid Amidi points out this whopper in an L.A. Times reporter's recap of the top opening movies this past weekend--"Open Season...

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...