by The Portland Egotist / June 21, 2018 / A bit of animated fun from filmmaker, Dana Sink. Power is an animated film intersecting machinery, life, and media. This little shortie was even an official selection at the Northwest Animation Festival. [Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / June 21, 2018 / Animator, Matt Seely, recently dropped his 2018 animation role. His work is a throwback to mid 90's to 2000's style animation. What we especially appreciated is that all the work contained in his reel is the result of work he did on his own. In an age where we generally need to rely on a crew of people to get anything done, it's nice to know the one man show still exists out there. [Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / June 13, 2018 / Travel Portland always seems to creatively step out on the ledge—hiring creative companies that do a great job of showing PDX in that just so "Quirky" kind of light that we all love to bask in. House Special worked with Travel Portland on this great series of 30 second animated looping sequences highlighting various bits of the Rose City. We love the fact that they included the naked bike ride. [Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / May 15, 2018 / LAIKA, the animation studio behind the Academy Award® nominated Kubo and the Two Strings, The Boxtrolls, ParaNorman, and Coraline, announces its fifth and most ambitious film to date: MISSING LINK. The title, U.S. release date (Spring, 2019) and complete cast details were revealed today by LAIKA President & CEO Travis Knight as he prepares to meet with foreign buyers at the Cannes Film[Read More]
by The Portland Egotist / April 12, 2018 / This is a perfect example of the type of content that we watch, and then re-watch, and re-watch again. The whole time wishing the documentary was longer than just a few sweet, inspirational minutes. This short documentary feature on the making of the puppets in Wes Anderson's, Isle of Dogs is pretty fantastic. It doesn't take long to get a sense of the true craftsmanship employed by the production[Read More]
