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Smudge Animation: September 2014
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Monday, September 1, 2014. Animated Thoughts: Festival Season part two: TAIS Summer Anijam. A month after TAAFI, it was time for the Toronto Animated Image Society's annual screening. This time, I was fortunate enough to get one of the rooms that the Novotel holds in reserve for Expedia.com. Fortunate in that Radical Sheep Productions is only one block away from the hotel. Later that evening, I met up with fellow TAIS member and former woman animator interviewee, Janice Schulman,. Shortly after leaving t...
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Smudge Animation: Animated Thoughts: The Top 25 Animated Features, pt. 3 of 5
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Animated Thoughts: The Top 25 Animated Features, pt. 3 of 5. Is currently making the rounds in the festival circuit). Independent animator Signe Baumane just released her first animated feature this year, titled. Rocks In My Pockets. In 2008, Nina Paley animated her first feature:. Sita Sings the Blues. Director/Animator M dot Strange has three features to his credit:. We Are the Strange. Don Hertzfeldt released Everything Will Be OK. The Last Days of Coney Island. And what is and...
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Smudge Animation: October 2014
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Wednesday, October 1, 2014. Animated Thoughts: Festival Season part three: OIAF 2014. September rolled around, and it was time for my yearly trek to the Ottawa International Animation Festival. As per protocol, I drove to Toronto for the evening so I could do my best to decompress before all the activity of the festival. When I crossed the Blue Water Bridge into Canada, I rolled down the windows and yelled "Freedom! Along with a copy of Laura Hett's collaborative work: Animation Sketchbooks. After a quic...
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Smudge Animation: June 2014
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Animated Thoughts: The Top 25 Animated Features, pt. 4 of 5. Based on a children's book, Leafie. Recouped it's production costs domestically within one month! But where do we see these films legally here in North America (read that: without bittorrenting bootleg copies on the internet)? Now seems like a good time to talk about the Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema. Now, in the words of the late Casey Kasem: on to the countdown. I made a seven hour round trip to the Waterloo Fe...
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Smudge Animation: December 2014
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Monday, December 1, 2014. Animated Thoughts: Festival Season part four: ASIFA Central 22nd Annual Animators Retreat. The Wealthy Theater in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Friday began with our annual reception where our members from all across the mid-west drifted in for cake and camaraderie. This year, tradition was broken as the ASIFA Central cake made it to the reception unscathed! The illustrious, and unscathed, ASIFA Central cake. By Jeff Macdonald, Colin Wheeler and Jenna Zona. The day ended on a very hig...
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Smudge Animation: Animated Thoughts: The Top 25 Animated Features, Epilogue
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Animated Thoughts: The Top 25 Animated Features, Epilogue. Here's a couple films that didn't make my list, but I think are worth seeing if you have the chance. They missed my top spots for one reason or another- plot holes, animation that was a little less than stellar, weak dialog, or just personal preference. But that doesn't mean that they aren't worth your time. 1 The Iron Giant. Available in the States. Video-to-go has a copy. 2 Jason and the Argonauts. It's a must-see for bu...
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Monica Bruenjes
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I am available for freelance projects related to animation and illustration. Please take a look at the Project History. Section to see what kind of projects I work on, then Contact Me. With your project details for a quote! Smudge Animation blog: http:/ smudgeanimation.blogspot.com/2015/03/women-in-animation-monica-brujenes.html. Meet Me at an Event. Check the main page. For upcoming events, and enjoy the photos of past events below! 2013- Banbury Art Crawl. 2014- EC Artist's Drawing Night.
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Smudge Animation: Animated Thoughts: The Top 25 Animated Features, pt. 2 of 5
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014. Animated Thoughts: The Top 25 Animated Features, pt. 2 of 5. There are a lot of fantastic animated feature films out there that are worth seeing and didn't make my list. For example: Shane Acker's 9. Aardman Animation's Chicken Run. Sylvan Chomet's Triplets of Belleville. Aleksa Gajić's Technotise Edit y Ja. And Don Hertzfeldt's Everything Will Be Ok. Now admittedly, some of the films on my list are pretty obscure, like Boogie el Acetoso. Likewise, Fantasia 2000. But suffice it to ...
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