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 …
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 …
Best Animation Film Festivals for Submitting Your Animated Short Film
After finishing our third animated short film Tasteful, we knew we wanted to go all in on festival submission. I’ve had some experience with free or cheap festivals when I submitted Lift Up in 2014, but with Tasteful I wanted …
Making an Animated Short Film – The Making of Tasteful
I’ve recently released my 3rd animated short film Tasteful, and I decided to take some time to write about all the steps behind making the film, from start to finish, explaining them as simply as I can, so that even …
Making the Trailer for Tasteful
In this post I will cover my process of creating the trailer for our latest animated short film Tasteful. Before you keep reading I suggest watching the trailer (it’s only 39 seconds long). Music first The first thing I did, believe …
Why I’m Charging $5 to watch a 2 Minute Film
Dear angry people. Yesterday I have released our new animated short film Tasteful, and unlike my previous two shorts, this one can only be bought on our website and is not available for free on YouTube/Vimeo. Not only that, but …
How We Rendered Tasteful
In the past few weeks I’ve been finishing the rendering and compositing of Tasteful, if you follow me on Instagram you probably saw frames I posted here and there, but let’s go deeper into exactly how I rendered the film. …
The Despair of Filmmaking
I’d like to share a personal moment with you. A despairing moment in the production of Tasteful that you might find interesting. The film is in its final rendering stages, which means it is near completion, but I wanted to …
Best Animation Documentaries
Welcome to our curated list of the best animation documentaries. This lists consists of what I consider to be the most educational and inspirational films about the animation industry and its people. From Disney in the West to Studio Ghibli in …
