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Writing an Animated Feature Film: How I Wrote the Screenplay for Snowlands, from Idea to Final Draft

Writing an Animated Feature FilmHow I Wrote the Screenplay for Snowlands, from Idea to Final DraftOver the span of about a year and a half I wrote a screenplay for an animated feature film titled Snowlands. We are currently in …

Snowlands Graphic Novel is Officially in Production

Today I’d like to officially announce the beginning of production on the Snowlands graphic novel. What is Snowlands? Snowlands started as the next big project I was working on at Bloop Animation. After making 3 animated shorts, and documenting the …

Animated Short Film Structure Guide (Breaking Down the 8 Genres of Animated Shorts)

Animated Short Film Structure GuideBreaking Down the 8 Genres of Animated ShortsThis guide was created as a result of a personal study I have done, watching and analyzing the difference and similarities of every Academy Award nominated animated short film …

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 …

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 …

My Process for Choosing My Next Project

There are 2 major creative tragedies: Starting a project, and not finishing it. Doing something well that shouldn’t have been done at all. This is why, for me, choosing an idea to pursue is a BIG DEAL. It should be …

Character Animator Animation Course coming November 23

Exciting news! This upcoming Friday (AKA Black Friday) we’re launching a brand new course: Character Animator Animation Adobe’s Character Animator is a new player in the animation game, but it’s already made waves in the industry. It lets you record …