Bay Area artist Matthew Luhn recounts his days drawing for Pixar and “The Simpsons.” While he may be best known as an animator, after working on “The Simpsons” and spending two decades at Pixar, ...

The new series “Sketchbook” from Disney + takes animation fans and aspiring animators inside the world of creating some of the studio’s most beloved characters. From Olaf to the “Aladdin” Genie, ...

Disney has introduced some truly iconic villains to the world. One of the most memorable is Jafar from Aladdin. With style and a unique sense of elegant evil, the beard-twirling villain sought to ...

Trying to be perfect can ruin everything, says Jason Sterman. Sterman is the executive producer and director of Sketchbook, an intimate instructional documentary series that takes viewers onto the ...

For the last 15 years or so, animation artists have worked overtime developing a brand-new paintbox full of tools – CGI, Imax, motion-capture photography – that allow them to make ever more impressive ...

Masashi Kudo was one of the most well known animators on the series of Bleach, working for Studio Pierrot which was the same animation studio responsible for bringing the tales of the Hidden Leaf ...

Faced with industry layoffs and the outsourcing of work overseas, Hollywood animators are in a grouchy and fearful mood these days. They’ll get a chance to vent their frustrations and learn how to ...

Mike Owens has never had to style an African-American girl’s hair. However, his Minnesota-based animation studio, WOMO Studio, helped bring to life a story of a father wrestling with the experience in ...