The story told by Leslie Iwerks on her documentary is as inspiring as it gets.

Here in Brasil, there's no special DVD edition of Wall-E including it, like in the US.

If you didn't get the chance to watch it, there is some parts of it available on this link from Mac Magazine, which I got via Twitter by @tatasoka. Go watch it, because I have a feeling it wouldn't take much longer online.

And finally we can watch the teaser of the very awaited James Cameron upcoming film, which promises nothing less than a revolution in digital effects:

Also available in HD version at Apple's website.

What do you think? :)

Every once in a while the folks at Animation Mentor release some pretty cool e-books, like the ones from the "Tips & Tricks" series by Shawn Kelly.

Case you haven't seen, there's a new one available: How to Become an Animator

After a quick reading, I saw there's some neat things like the description of common job titles in the industry and a pretty good book recommendation list.

Along this e-book also comes a little "gift": an industry survey made with students and professionals, to help you choose the best way to go on the animation field.

Recommended readings! :)

Some days ago I stumbled upon this short produced by the Korean studio Mesai.

I liked the premise of it, along with their impeccable work on texturing, modeling and pretty good animation. The only thing that bothered me - although it didn't seemed to be a technical flaw, but an artistic choice - is the main character's face. I felt it didn't make justice to the rest of the work.

Anyhow, a great work:

I saw a few days ago at Cartoon Brew the teaser trailer for a Brazilian stop motion feature filme called Worms.

I was really surprised to see a a movie of that quality being produced in Brazil, and went to search a bit more on the studio behind it, called AnimaKing. I knew some of their works for TV, but I didn't know they were producing a feature lenght movie. My jaw dropped on the floor when I saw how big their facilities are:

Can't wait to watch their movie! :)