“Bird and Fish” by Fan Feng

"Bird and Fish" by Fan Feng. A sand animation about a beautiful bird is concentrating on hunting a fish in the water.

“Chaos” by Linhui Wang

“Badbloom, FL” by Ryan Gillis

A new strand of mind-controlling fungus makes it’s way from South America to the Florida Everglades.
Badbloom, FL is an experiment in compressed narrative using traditional hand-drawn animation.

Patterson + Reckinger’s original Animation Artwork from ‘Take on Me’ featured in ‘Spectacle: The Music Video’ Exhibit

This groundbreaking exhibition, curated by Jonathan Wells and Meg Grey Wells of Flux, explores music video as an important and influential art form in contemporary culture.

“The Dark and the Light” by Robert Calcagno

“Domestic Cat” by Tim Pattinson

 An unappreciated cat helps her owners to start their day. Domestic Cat is a hand-drawn rotoscope animation.

“Street Parade” by Alicja Jasina and Catalina Matamoros

“Animation Zoo” by Linhui Wang

"Animation Zoo 'Episode 15: What to Eat Tonight'" by Linhui Wang. Several animators discussed what to eat for dinner.

“Hell! Visa” by Jake Zhang

An unhappy man contemplates moving to Hell for its great weather, job opportunities, and excitement.

Society for Animation Studies Conference

The John C Hench Division of Animation and Digital Arts, The University of Southern California and the School of Cinematic Arts proudly hosted the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Animation Studies in June 2013.

Fall 2013 Expanded Animation Pioneer Town

The CTAN 579 Expanded Animation class Fall 2013 visited Pioneer Town in the Morongo Basin of Southern California. Exploring light, sound, nature, and history, the students used iPads and portable sound recording devices to capture their experiences and then made short animations depicting their perceptions of the desert.