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Making an Animated Film by Yourself – Can You Do It?

Many people consider filmmaking a collaborative sport, and in most cases it certainly is. Making live action movies is virtually impossible to do all by yourself. You can’t act, shoot and direct at the same time. Not well, anyways. Animation …

3 Free Lessons from Making a Graphic Novel Course

If you are interested in learning how to make a graphic novel or a comic book, but not sure if our Making a Graphic Novel course is for you, check out these 3 free lessons from the course.Traditional Inking ToolsDigital InkingScreentonesready to …

Making a Graphic Novel – Coming May 1st

I’m excited to announce the newest edition to our courses library – Making a Graphic Novel. Just like the name implies, the course will teach you everything there is to know about creating graphic novels and comic books from scratch. …

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 …

Instructors Needed – We’re Hiring!

Bloop Animation is now recruiting new instructors to create courses for our learning platform. If you have teaching experience and are proficient with any animation or visual effects program – lets talk! What are we looking for? We’re looking for …

How to Become an Animation Director

Many of the questions I get are about how to become an animation director. But unlike most jobs, there’s no clear path to becoming a director. Going to film school does not guarantee a directing job after, and there’s rarely …

Why We’re Seeing Less 2D Animated Movies and Why They Probably Won’t Make a Comeback

We’re seeing less and less 2D animated films, and many people have asked me if I think it will make a comeback, or any kind of resurgence. The simple answer is, probably not. The reason 2D in the film industry …

2017: A Year in Review

It’s the end of the year, and that means a new yearly review! This has definitely been a very exciting year, both for me and for Bloop. Releasing a new short The most exciting thing that has happened this year …

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 …