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2019: A Year in Review

And here we are with another yearly review. This marks the 5th year I’ve done these type of posts, and I always get a kick our of reading them before writing a new one. I get to see what we …

Stick Figure Animation Course – Official Announcement

Have you heard of Alan Becker? The guy who created this: He isn’t only one of the most popular animators on YouTube (if not THE most popular), but he’s also been creating viral animated videos before viral videos were a …

Why Our Next Project is an Animated Feature Film

We recently posted a teaser reveal for our next project – Snowlands. Here it is in case you missed it: Pretty cool, right? But before we get into the film, we need to go back a year or so. After …

Why You Should Teach Your Kids Animation (Even If You Have Zero Animation Experience)

Learning new skills isn’t something children should only do at school. There’s a lot of fun interesting topics that aren’t taught at traditional (and even more modern) schools, and it’s often the parent’s job to expose their kids to new …

Teaching Animation Course – Official Announcement

If you’re a teacher, or a parent interested in teaching animation to their kids, we have something special for you. A brand new course – Teaching Animation. So many educators already use our courses and free content in their classes, …

They Wanted Me to Buy bloop.com for a Quarter Million Dollars

This is why domain or brand names don’t really matter. If you ever started a new business/company, or thought about doing so, you probably spent a good amount of time coming up with the “perfect” name. Naming your brand is hard. …

5 Reasons You Should Learn Animation with Online Courses

Online courses have become insanely popular in recent years, and they keep getting better and better. We’ve come a long way since the days of random YouTube tutorials. Online video courses are now highly-produced, and a very effective alternative to …

Spiderman into the Spider-Verse: 2D or 3D?

Every once in while an animated movie comes out that is impossible to ignore. Spiderman Into the Spider-Verse is one of those movies. It is without a doubt one of the best animated films I’ve ever seen. Apparently I’m not …

Why I Don’t Do Client Work

I worked for different productions studios (animation, VFX, film etc…), and noticed a few things about their business model. It’s mostly based on having minimal staff, getting clients, then hiring as many freelancers as possible to deliver the work to …