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Independent Animation – R’ha (2013)
R’ha (2013) is an animated science fiction short film by Kaleb Lechowski. The story takes place on an alien world where technology has surpassed the species it was created by and it seeks to destroy...
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Industry Professionals – Avner Geller
Avner Geller is a Visual Development artist at DreamWorks Animation. Having worked at DreamWorks for three years, Avner has discovered what it takes to be a concept artist, and knows much about the...
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Industry Professionals – C.H. Greenblatt
Kendall Lyons, Cartoons Underground’s guest author, interviews C.H Greenblatt, the creator of Nickelodeon’s “Harvey Beaks”. Greenblatt speaks about the nature of his show, his inspiration, his...
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“Conversations: Creating New Realities, Animation Now and Next” Symposium Review
“Conversations: Creating New Realities, Animation Now and Next” provided its attendees with valuable insights into the animation industry. It was held at the ArtScience Museum, and was held in...
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Behind the Scenes: One Animation
Cartoons Underground touched on entrepreneurship, which is quickly becoming one of the most important components to a career in animation. Production companies in Singapore are shifting from content...
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Young Talent – Ashely Michelle Simpson
Ashely Simpson is an illustrator and storyboard artist who has worked on Disney’s Phineas and Ferb. This talented artist was contracted by Disney while she was still in college, and is currently...
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Review – Ernest and Celestine
Cartoons Underground’s guest author, Shannon Sawyer, reviews one of France’s most ingenious animated films. Here’s her take on Ernest and Celestine: Ernest and Celestine is an animated film released in...
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Behind the Scenes: Double Negative
Double Negative is an award-winning company that specialises in computer animation and visual effects. It has won Visual Effects Society awards for Inception and Sherlock Holmes, and has received...
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Industry Professionals – Ervin Han
Cartoons Underground sat down with Ervin Han, the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Robot Media Playground. Also the Director of Singapore’s groundbreaking short film “The Violin”, Ervin speaks to us...
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Young Talent – Zachary Rich
Cartoons Underground sat down with Zachary Rich, the Art Director and Co-Founder of Skynamic Studios. He tell us about his experience as an Art Director/Animator, as well as his studio’s original...
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Industry Professional – Les Nordhauser
Les Nordhauser is currently the Managing Director/Producer of Greenlight Films. He was the chair of the American Association of Producers, the Vice President of the Producers Guild of America, and has...
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Cartoons Underground 2015 is back!
Barfing Squirrel Productions and Sideshow presents: CARTOONS UNDERGROUND 2015 Singapore’s first and largest independent animation festival is back for the fourth year! In partnership with Sideshow,...
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Review – Home Sweet Home
Shannon Sawyer, Cartoons Underground’s guest author, reviews Home Sweet Home, an animated short by Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazevet and Stéphane Paccola. Home Sweet Home is a CGI animated...
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Young Talent – Neil Fernando
Cartoons Underground spoke with Neil Fernando, an upcoming Art Director and Freelance Artist. He speaks about his inspirations, his experiences, and provides advice for aspiring artists. In 50 words or...
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Industry Professionals – Dori Hillestad Butler
This month, we caught up with Dori Hillestad Butler, the Edgar-Award winning author of “The Buddy Files”. Dori’s impressive resume is bolstered by her vivid imagination, as well as her charming...
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Happy New Year
We hope your celebration, hopes and dreams of 2015 came true, if not, then let’s welcome in 2016 with open arms and a refreshing change. 2016 is an exciting time for Animation with a list of must watch...
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Epic Sketchbook: Tommy Kane
Patrick Smith, co-founder and advisor of Cartoons Underground, and co-writer at ScribbleJunkies Blog, started exploring different types of sketchbooks from artists from all around the world. Looking...
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The Little Prince by Mark Osborne Review
Shannon Sawyer, Cartoons Underground’s guest author, reviews The Little Prince, an animated movie based on the book of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The year of 2015 already feels like a...
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Participate in Cartoons Underground 2016!
Cartoons Underground 2016 is happening in October 2016 and we are calling all independent animators to submit their short film and stand a chance to be featured in this year’s festival alongside other...
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Epic Sketchbook: Audrey Kawasaki
Patrick Smith, co-founder and advisor of Cartoons Underground, and co-writer at ScribbleJunkies Blog, started exploring different types of sketchbooks from artists from all around the world. Looking...
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