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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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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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Kachang Puteh VS Popcorn
What goes well with beer and alcohol? Bar snacks, duh! So should we go nostalgic by serving Kachang puteh, a famous snack from the 80s, at Cartoons Underground? Or Should we serve the classic and...
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‘Drunker than a skunk’ by Bill Plympton
Featuring Oscar Nominee Bill Plympton ‘Drunk like a skunk’. This film is an adaptation of Walt Curtis’s poem, ‘The Time The Drunk Came To Town And Got Drunker Than A Skunk, Or So He Thought.’, about...
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Behind the scenes: One Animation studios
Who doesn’t love cartoons? But do you know what goes behind animating a TV show? I take a sneak peak into One Animation studios in Singapore. Alexandra road in Singapore is a long highway lined with...
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Industry Professionals – Sylvain Marc
ABOUT THE ARTIST This month, we caught up with Sylvain Marc, a graduate of Estienne and Gobelins. Since graduating in 2006, he has worked as an animator, development artist, character designer and...
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National Library Board – Design Talks: Singapore Animation – David Kwok, Mark...
Last week, Cartoons Underground Co-Founder and Festival Director Vicky Chen spoke at Design Talks: Singapore Animation at Library@Orchard with David Kwok (the CEO of Tiny Island Productions), Michael...
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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: Liz Steel
Beautiful pages form Australian artist Liz Steel. Sydney based architect specialising in media projects, who is also an obsessive sketcher. Since discovering watercolour in a field kit in 2006 she has...
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