Weekly Web Findings 1

1. I love Cartoon Brew!

One of my favorite websites is Cartoon Brew.com. I go visit that site almost hourly. There's an abundant amount of information that is valuable to the education and progression of the animation artist. There are also some great articles that are just fantastic to read. Here's one I just read about how people have a misconception of Walt Disney. Click here to read

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2. New Thundercats Cartoon on Cartoon Network

Yes, you read right! There's going to be a new Thundercats cartoon coming soon to Cartoon Network. At first I had mixed feelings about it. I don't like that Cartoon Network is remaking Thundercats. It bothers me that so many things are being remade all the time; Yogi Bear, Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Smurfs, etc... But after watching the preview, I changed my mind. I like the designs and the style. The story looks like it's completely different (which I like) and the animation is improved (tv animation standards). I'm looking forward to seeing it, hopefully it lives up to my expectations of it. Here's the video and judge for yourself.

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3. Female Norman Rig

I recently found this modified version of the Norman rig. It's pretty cool, Ben Halstead modified the Norman rig into a female but kept the simplicity of the model. Here's the link:

http://www.animatedbuzz.com/forums/topic/28/norman-rig-female-version

But here is the link to the Norman Rig Database with lots of modified versions of Norman

http://www.romanim.com/norman_database.php

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