Birth of Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is one of the oldest & the most popular animated characters around the world. In fact, in 1978, he became the first cartoon character to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So where did it all begin? In Throwback Thursday, we take a look at the beginning of one of …

The art of writing stories

Writing is an art respected by many around the world. This skill ensures that people are always connected and it provides relief to may souls from hectic lives. Best stories are the ones that connect with people. This applies to both books and movies. Like every profession in the world, even writing has some basic …

Big Animation Studios vs. the Birth of Indie Production

With the release of blockbuster animations, like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, in the 1980s, Disney, Fox, Warner Bros. and every other major animation studio began hiring artists and designers from every corner of the globe. European artists swarmed Los Angeles, studios hired kids out of college, some even before graduation. Big production houses began to …

Evolution of Indian animation

Animation means creating a set of images in a pattern that amplifies our imagination and takes us on a magical journey. These images can be drawn, painted or crafted using any means of artistic methods available. Amongst the big names of Pixar & Disney, it is a little known fact that the Indian animation industry …