Sydney Padua's long awaited graphic novel, The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage , is now on sale. Ada Lovelace and Charle...

Harry Potter Tour I recently took the Harry Potter Studio Tour at Leavesden, visiting the 80-hectare studio complex which was used for f...

Animation veteran Rebecca Rees writes of her weekly lunch outings with her 89 year-old father, Richard Lodolo. by Rebecca Rees Our fam...

Lyon Lamb Video Animation System - a Revolution Recently Disney producer Don Hahn posted a nostalgic piece at the Disney FaceBook Group ...

To have been a Disney fan during the 1970’s was truly to believe in magic, sappy as that sounds. In high school my peers mocked me for g...

Once again, the call goes out to you in the animation community to help one of our own.   Sue Nichols Maciorowski , a 30 year animation ...

Back in the day In this era of digital saturation it is not often that a mere Facebook Group stops you in your tracks, grabs your attent...

DreamWorks - big layoffs At the end of Januaury DreamWorks announced big layoffs in their animation division, bad enough for the Los Ang...

Animator's Survival Kit - now on iBooks Faber and Faber has just announced the launch of the Animator's Survival Kit for iBooks...

I teach animation at a university in the UK, and my superiors are forever nagging me about the need to get an MA in my subject area. Tr...

Dinner for Few Nassos Vakalis' film “Dinner for Few” has been entering and winning festivals all over the world. We asked Nassos, w...

Paul Shardlow, art director and friend of FLiP,  expresses our feelings perfectly Today at FLiP we stand shoulder to shoulder with our F...

Freud - The Musical Natasha Sutton-Williams presents "Freud, The Musical", opening in London this weekend. The show is descri...

What should an animator's new year's resolutions be? Animation is a huge and growing business, a far cry from the cottage in...

Spot the Difference Way back in 1971 my Dad's animation studio at no. 13 Soho Square in London took on their biggest project yet -...

BoxTrolls - designs by Luis Grane Luis Grane is an animator and character designer whose work can be seen on dozens of animate...

Korean Goshawk - animation by Mike Nguyen Mike Nguyen is a veteran animator who has worked on many classic Hollywood feature fil...

Freelance artists, especially those just starting out, often feel like everyone wants stuff done for free. Unpaid internships, free work ...

Song of The Sea premiered in London on Sunday Night It is not often that you get a European animated feature released. It is not often ...

Look byMikkel Brons-Frandsen Mikkel Brøns-Frandsen is one of a number of talented students to have graduated from the excellent Animati...

Happy Birthday Pete! Today is the birthday of animator and director Pete Western, and here at FLiP we thought we would share some of th...

Remembering Donna Readers of FLiP may have noticed that Steve, FliP's founder and the authentic voice of this blog, hasn't post...

Cartoon Movie 2014 The Deadline to submit a feature film project to Cartoon Movie is 26 November 2014. Are you looking for co-producers,...

KAHLIL GIBRAN’S THE PROPHET played at Tiff on Friday night at the gorgeous Winter Garden Theatre. This film, which was produced by Salma ...

The animator who brought you surfing penguins Animator, Director and artist James "JC" Chiang has worked as an animator on ma...