THE ORIGINAL MOVIE used the perennially popular "caveman versions of modern technology" gags. Here, a prehistoric film editor efficiently disposes of unneeded footage via Editing Goat.

Edwin George Lutz wrote the first book on animation but I've heard nothing about him making any himself- though he must have! The book is outdated only insofar as camera equipment is concerned.
Lutz is also the author of the adorable What to Draw and How to Draw It :
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74518

Yes, yes...bit empty around here. Swamped with work. But in that liminal final week of December I'm going to bury my nose in some books and find some lovely #animation to post about. In the meantime, why don't you go check out the first published book on the subject? www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73455

Putting this one on my 'to watch asap' list.

Hey, there are some sweet deals on animation courses on Aaron Blaise's site right now! Some of them literally cost 1 dollar.
creatureartteacher.com/product-cate...

New old books!

A peek at how we quickly set up for a fresh episode of Magical Cat!
#claymation #stopmotion #magicalcat #animation

No interesting post today, I've got to prep a lecture for some animation students.
Have a book rec instead:
thamesandhudson.com/the-history-...

Curious if anyone's checked out my stop-motion and thought it was missing something? Let me know! Want to be as helpful as possible.

Stop motion made with traditional baked gingerbread from Hungary

From: Honeymation (1975), dir. Ferenc Varsányi, Pannonia Film Studio

Frank Mouris and his wife Caroline spent 6 years collecting the images for this autobiographical work.Try flipping through magazines and cutting out enough photographs of any item to fill an entire page two dozen times over. You’ll have approximated one second of Frank Film.
youtu.be/2K_YxteM5Yg

Why a monk? Because the shape felt like it would be nice to animate, according to the author. A monk is a blob, just a robed round blob with not much backstory. "He's not trendy, he's not sexy" says Michael Dudok de Wit.
"The Monk and the Fish", 1994 (plus interview)
youtu.be/s9dHJro69f4

It's 1963, and the future looks bright... but John Halas and Joy Batchelor's "Automania" warns us of the perils of reckless supply and manipulated demand. A dystopian film, but every frame is a little masterpiece of graphic design.
youtu.be/b-ymlIN2slQ

In Darkness, Light, Darkness (1989) Jan Švankmajer uses the exceptional sculpting skills of his lead animator and frequent collaborator Bedřich Glaser to show us a quite literal 'self-made man'.
Warning: the film contains plasticine nudity and real meat.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1THM...

According to Segundo de Chomón's 1908 film "El Hotel Electrico" any task which required manpower could be automated with electricity. In this film, we could easily substitute the word for 'magic'. Suitcases unpack themselves and hairbrushes style your hair!
youtu.be/V9reDgU4VpI?...

Katsudo Shashin or The Matsumoto fragment is the first anime ever. Jokes aside, this is the oldest known animation originating from Japan. It was found in a collection of films and projectors in Kyoto in 2005. Dating from between 1907 and 1912, the images are stencilled directly on the film.

This account talks about animation, mostly older stuff, mostly analog stuff. History of animation and the moving image is my jam.

I will do my best to apply trigger warnings when applicable.

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Hi! My icon is Bimbo the Dog, from the 1931 film Bimbo's Initiation. Bimbo is captured by a cult which tries to indoctrinate him...can he escape their horror house and its mind-bending traps?
Featuring a cheeky dig at Mickey Mouse, and Betty Boop in her early humanoid poodle form. Oh yes.