Results tagged “animation”

Nothing beats watching cartoons on a Saturday morning—unless you're actually watching impressive student demo reels at Max the Mutt Animation School. This past weekend, the public was invited to tour the Queen and Shaw facility, which offers diplomas in 3-D Computer Animation, Concept Art for Animation and Video Games, and Illustration for Sequential Arts (think comic books and graphic novels). The programs are hardcore, not something for the hobbyist who fancies himself the next Stan Lee or Matt Groening: students don't even touch a computer during their first year, which is devoted entirely to classical drawing, and they can expect to spend thirty-four hours a week in the studio. Says Development Director Carla Drmay: "The people who succeed are those who have passion and are able to keep up with the constantly changing technology. But above all they must be strong in visual arts. Too many students become seduced by the digital component and don't maintain their drawing level, which is the most important thing."

Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist.

Our favourite Bloor Street comic emporium is having an event tomorrow that sounds totally neat. The Labyrinth proudly hosts its first-ever group show tomorrow evening, an event called Vinyl Graffiti. They accepted submissions of art in any medium for which an old vinyl record sleeve could be used as the canvas. The event starts at 7:00 p.m., but at 8:00 p.m. they will begin a Character Design Face Off competition. Anyone who shows up is allowed to participate. Participants will take part in a series of two-person face offs in which they will have 3 minutes to draw a randomly chosen and probably ridiculous character design with the results being judged by the audience's applause and prizes a-plenty.

Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains of 2007––the people, places, and things that we've either fallen head over heels in love with or developed uncontrollable rage towards over the past twelve months. Get your dose, starting Boxing Day and running into the new year, three times a day––sunrise, noon, and sunset.

It’s that time of year again: the time when ironic bloggers across the world post links to the Star Wars Holiday Special, quip about how terrible it is, and boast about not being able to watch it all the way through (usually linking to the five-minute-long version of it on YouTube).

Torontoist officially can’t wait for the first home renovation programme to have its interior designer kick open a door to an empty room and scream "This…Is…SPARTAN!" referencing this week’s biggest release, 300. On the topic of 300, we link you to the best review ever featured on the otherwise not-particularly-good Ain’t It Cool News. Neill Cumpston enthuses, "If you watch this movie and go into a Taco Bell, and say to the cashier, 'I need some extra sauce packets' guess what? You’re getting twenty sauce packets because your face will punch him in the brain."

Listen up doodlers, animaniacs, and true believers. This month, Max the Mutt Animation School wants to give you super powers! Well, super-artistic powers, anyway.

Bunch Family is at it again. The family oriented group, who also run the Family Dance Party and Bunch Rocks events, bring the Bunch Family Salon to The Arts and Letters Club (14 Elm St.) this Saturday, February 24th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event "is a symposium of art, music and ideas for kids and parents," keeping the Bunch tradition that family events should be designed with both the children and parents in mind.

Our boy reporter called him "arguably the greatest Canadian animator ever" after viewing the Best of Norman McLaren during the Toronto International Film Festival, so you might be interested to see that starting tonight the NFB are celebrating 65 years of animation production with nightly, free of charge events.