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How to Become an Animation Director

Many of the questions I get are about how to become an animation director. But unlike most jobs, there’s no clear path to becoming a director. Going to film school does not guarantee a directing job after, and there’s rarely …

Why We’re Seeing Less 2D Animated Movies and Why They Probably Won’t Make a Comeback

We’re seeing less and less 2D animated films, and many people have asked me if I think it will make a comeback, or any kind of resurgence. The simple answer is, probably not. The reason 2D in the film industry …

2017: A Year in Review

It’s the end of the year, and that means a new yearly review! This has definitely been a very exciting year, both for me and for Bloop. Releasing a new short The most exciting thing that has happened this year …

Why I’m Charging $5 to watch a 2 Minute Film

Dear angry people. Yesterday I have released our new animated short film Tasteful, and unlike my previous two shorts, this one can only be bought on our website and is not available for free on YouTube/Vimeo. Not only that, but …

Tasteful Has Been Released and You Can Watch It Right Now

I’m extremely excited to announce that our latest 3D animated short film Tasteful has finally been released! After over two years of production we are very excited to release this work of love to you guys. Thank you Team Foodz …

Tasteful Trailer + Release Date!

We have finally released the official trailer for our upcoming 3D animated short – Tasteful, and along that we have announced the release date for the film. The film is going to be released on December 19, 2017 (next month) …

How We Rendered Tasteful

In the past few weeks I’ve been finishing the rendering and compositing of Tasteful, if you follow me on Instagram you probably saw frames I posted here and there, but let’s go deeper into exactly how I rendered the film. …

Is Flash Being Discontinued by Adobe? All the Facts

I’ve seen statements like this all over different comment sections, and people still ask me if they should get our Flash Animation course, with the fear that the software will be discontinued soon and they’re concerned whether or not it’s …

2 Free Lessons from Our Storyboarding Foundations Course

If you are interested in learning how to become a professional storyboard artist, but not sure if our Storyboarding Foundations course is for you, check out these 2 free lessons from the course. What Makes Film Work In this lesson we dissect …