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Squidoo Lens on Producing a Cartoon Series

I have previously written an article called “8 Steps to Producing a Cartoon Series” which later sparked off a lot of questions. Most of my answers were made as comments and is becoming a tad untidy. To keep things coherent and easy to read, I’ve consolidated all the articles and Q&A on the topic of [...]

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Rip-off Animation Company?

Ratatouille? Naw…it’s Ratatoing! An ‘interesting’ company from Brazil allegedly producing rip-offs of Pixar’s animated features have appeared. The ‘victims’ are Cars and Ratatouille. Rip-offs or not? You decide. Wikipedia Entry on the Company The ‘Official’ Website of Ratatoing

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Smurfs to be Made into Feature Film

Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation have secured the rights to The Smurfs and plan to make a feature film version of the popular blue villagers that mixes live action and animation. Variety reports the film will be produced by Jordan Kerner, who helped the studio secure the rights from Lafig Belgium, with Shrek 2 and [...]

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Cartoon Series Pitching Q&A

A gentleman from the UK called Michael Hull had some questions regarding pitching a cartoon series to producers. Here is the Q&A. 1) Question: What’s the best way to actually budget the show, speak to a producer? Answer: There is a certain formula to budgeting for a show by dividing it into 3 phases - [...]

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The Importance of Great Character Designs in Comics, Games and Animation

Computer graphics has seen remarkable advancement in the past two decades. But even in the 2D pixel art days, people have always been attracted to games revolving around charismatic characters. Today, with computer graphics being deployable across many platforms with a wide spectrum of possibilities with less technical inhibitions, many of these characters have been immortalized [...]

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Character Bibles - What Goes Into It

A character bible is the heart and soul of a cartoon series. Without a proper character bible you cannot even get started on talking to anyone about your concept. I have seen many character bibles from producers around the world in the past few years asking for co-production collaborations. I’ve seen really good ones and [...]

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Great Character Designs - Tips on Creating, Monetizing and Popularizing Digital Characters

Computer graphics has seen remarkable advancement in the past two decades. But even in the 2D days, game players and cartoon viewers alike have always been attracted to games or cartoons revolving around charismatic characters. Today, with computer graphics being deployable across many platforms with a wide spectrum of possibilities with less technical inhibitions, many of these [...]

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Getting a Cartoon Series Produced and Funded - Question from Ilive

Ilive from the CGTalk forum has posted a few questions upon my invitation to ask questions regarding getting cartoon series produced and funded. Below is his original post and my answers to his questions. Ilive’s Question: How did you get your involvement with Hi Corp Japan? Are they investing money in your project? Aldric’s Answer: We met [...]

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Getting a Cartoon Series Produced and Funded - Question from Rob Mack

Rob Mack from Sydney has posted a couple of questions upon my invitation to ask questions regarding getting cartoon series produced and funded. Below is his original post and my answers to his questions. Hey guys, Rob Mack from Sydney here, thanks for the opportunity to discuss taking the leap. I have been chipping away at [...]

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Invitation to Ask Questions Regarding Getting a Cartoon Series Produced and Funded

Hi All, I’ve received a lot of questions and good responses ever since I published my article on ‘8 Steps to Producing a Cartoon Series’. I would like to invite you to ask all your questions regarding this topic, and I will answer whatever I can to clear any of your doubts and to help those interested [...]

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