Animation is collaborative by necessity — an animated production needs many skilled hands to come to life, and in the process, the countless creative contributions that are made by individuals become immersed in the whole. Teams of people who specialize in style adaptation, drawing, painting, movement, timing, and visual storytelling work together to bring about one coherent television episode or feature film. The process is time consuming, and due to production budget shrinkages and workload increases, artists in animation find themselves devoting every scrap of their creative energy to their jobs. As an annual event, Too Art for TV serves as a reminder that there is a space for the idiosyncratic musings of the animation industry artist.

Animation as an art form continues to evolve and capture the imagination. The artists who are drawn to this field love pop culture, comic books, cinema and technology. They are illustrators, cinematographers, directors, and painters. When these skills and influences are funneled through a more experimental and expressive fine art body, the resulting visuals are at once whimsical and elaborate, as well as peculiar, juvenile, sweet and seductive.

BunnyCutlet is proud to host the sixth annual showing of Too Art for TV, an exhibition featuring exceptional new works from 42 animation industry artists. The exhibit is designed to promote and encourage the fine arts in the animation industry. After it’s first opening in 2006, Too Art for TV has become an important and reliable outlet for New York animation artists.

OPENING RECEPTION:
TBA – October 2012

EXHIBIT RUN:
TBA – October through November 2012

GALLERY NFORMATION:
TBA

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS:
Peter Ahern
Edward Artinian
Liz Artinian
Chris Beaumont
Robbie Busch
Devin Clark
Jared Deal
Kelly Denato
John Dilworth
Maya Edelman
Alan Foreman
Chris George
Frank Gresham
Niko Guardia
Anna Hakopian
Jen Hill
Meghan Jean
Heather Faye Kahn
kaNO
Christy Karacas
Efraim Acevedo Klein
Andres Kwon
Adam Levine
Todd Lown
Robert Lyons
KJ Martinet
Richard Mather
Jessica Millazzo
Dagan Moriarty
Mike Mucci
Stephen Neary
Justin Offner
Douglas Einar Olsen
Joohee Park
Dan Pinto
Gabriel Pinto
Isam Prado
Lyla Ribot
Mike Ricca
Derek Rippe
Vincent Scala
Justin Simonich
Irra Verbitsky

Curator: Liz Artinian
Operations Manager: Nisa Contreras
Promotion: Eric Schutzbank
JURIED BY:
Liz Artinian
Chris Beaumont
Devin Clark
Kelly Denato
Chris George
Jen Hill
Christy Karacas

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Adult Swim announces new programing at their Upfront Event in New York. Adult Swim is picking an impressive program lineup for 2012 and 2013, which includes an untitled Harold and Kumar project and a animated series from Community’s Dan Harmon. Other shows in development are Rick & Morty, Colonel Walace, Coffin Dodgers, Green Bench, Freestyle Love Supreme, King Star King, and Rolling with Dad. Also announced at the Upfront Event is the Venture Brothers Halloween Special which is scheduled to premiere later this fall on Adult Swim!

THE VENTURE BROS. HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

This October on Adult Swim, the Venture Family fills your Halloween goody bag with fun-sized Truth. Created and directed by Jackson Publick and written by Publick and Doc Hammer, both of whom also provide voices for the special, the Venture Brothers Halloween Special is being animated by Titmouse, Inc.

UPDATE: The Halloween Special is a half-hour episode, one of ten episodes being produced for Venture Brothers Season 5.

VIEW PHOTOS FROM ADULT SWIM’S UPFRONT EVENT

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Jackson Publick writes to Mantis-Eye with news regarding the Venture Bros. Season 5 premiere.

Things are moving briskly over here at Venture Central/AstroBase/Titmouse. The first episode just shipped to Korea. But you’re wrong about one thing–it doesn’t take nine months to animate overseas. Nine months is more like the time it takes to complete an episode from initial design to final edit, so it includes pre-production. Actually, it’s more like ten months, since we began design on the first episode the first week of the new year, and we’ll be delivering it to the network in early October. According to our schedule–and assuming we keep to it–all ten episodes will be completed and delivered by the end of January. Which is roughly when we’re supposed to premiere the fifth season.

Mantis-Eye adds that Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer will be making convention appearances at San Diego Comic-Con, Dragon*Con and New York Comic Con. There is also a possibility that the trailer for the Venture Bros. Season 5 will be revealed at these conventions.

With this production update, Jackson promises that he’ll be posting on LiveJournal new art from Season 5. Check out Jackson Publick’s blog at Publick Nuisance.

Venture Bros. Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011

Special thanks to Mike at the Mantis-Eye Experiment for this report.

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Up for auction on eBay is original production art by Douglas Lovelace! Lovelace was Storyboard Revision Supervisor on Season 1 of the Venture Brothers. Lovelace has also done storyboard and design for all 4 seasons of the show.

Auction item are pencil drawing studies of Sally Impossible from the Venture Brothers. Condition is excellent with no tears or kinks.

Digital production had not yet taken over the storyboard process. This meant a lot of drawings were done for scenes, then photocopied to size and cut into the board pages. This artwork is the original drawing later copied & used in the board.

This item and more is currently up for auction on eBay. Auction ends March 8, 2012.

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Up for auction on eBay is original production art by Douglas Lovelace! Lovelace was Storyboard Revision Supervisor on Season 1 of the Venture Brothers. Lovelace has also done storyboard and design for all 4 seasons of the show.

Auction item is a pencil drawing of the Krampus from the Venture Bros Season 1, “A Very Venture Christmas.” Condition is excellent with no tears or kinks.

Digital production had not yet taken over the storyboard process. This meant a lot of drawings were done for scenes, then photocopied to size and cut into the board pages. This artwork is the original drawing later copied & used in the board.

This item and more is currently up for auction on eBay. Auction ends March 8, 2012.

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Up for auction on eBay is original production art by Douglas Lovelace! Lovelace was Storyboard Revision Supervisor on Season 1 of the Venture Brothers. Lovelace has also done storyboard and design for all 4 seasons of the show.

Auction item is a pencil drawing of the Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend from the Venture Bros Season 1, “Tag Sale! You’re It!” Condition is excellent with no tears or kinks.

Digital production had not yet taken over the storyboard process. This meant a lot of drawings were done for scenes, then photocopied to size and cut into the board pages. This artwork is the original drawing later copied & used in the board.

This item and more is currently up for auction on eBay. Auction ends March 8, 2012.

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Up for auction on eBay is original production art by Douglas Lovelace! Lovelace was Storyboard Revision Supervisor on Season 1 of the Venture Brothers. Lovelace has also done storyboard and design for all 4 seasons of the show.

Auction item is a pencil drawing of the Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend from the Venture Bros Season 1, “Tag Sale! You’re It!” Condition is excellent with no tears or kinks.

Digital production had not yet taken over the storyboard process. This meant a lot of drawings were done for scenes, then photocopied to size and cut into the board pages. This artwork is the original drawing later copied & used in the board.

This item and more is currently up for auction on eBay. Auction ends March 8, 2012.

» Click Here to Bid on “Tummy Trouble” Production Art Auction

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Up for auction on eBay is original production art by Douglas Lovelace! Lovelace was Storyboard Revision Supervisor on Season 1 of the Venture Brothers. Lovelace has also done storyboard and design for all 4 seasons of the show.

Auction item is a pencil drawing of the Krampus from the Venture Bros Season 1, “A Very Venture Christmas.” Condition is excellent with no tears or kinks.

Digital production had not yet taken over the storyboard process. This meant a lot of drawings were done for scenes, then photocopied to size and cut into the board pages. This artwork is the original drawing later copied & used in the board.

This item and more is currently up for auction on eBay. Auction ends March 8, 2012.

» Click Here to Bid on “Krampus Christmas 01” Production Art Auction

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Up for auction on eBay is original production art by Douglas Lovelace! Lovelace was Storyboard Revision Supervisor on Season 1 of the Venture Brothers. Lovelace has also done storyboard and design for all 4 seasons of the show.

Auction item is a pencil drawing of the Monarch from the Venture Bros Season 1, “Tag Sale, You’re It.” Condition is excellent with no tears or kinks.

Digital production had not yet taken over the storyboard process. This meant a lot of drawings were done for scenes, then photocopied to size and cut into the board pages. This artwork is the original drawing later copied & used in the board.

This item and more is currently up for auction on eBay. Auction ends March 8, 2012.

» Click Here to Bid on “Monarch Sucker Punched” Production Art Auction

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Up for auction on eBay is original production art by Douglas Lovelace! Lovelace was Storyboard Revision Supervisor on Season 1 of the Venture Brothers. Lovelace has also done storyboard and design for all 4 seasons of the show.

Auction item are head studies of Pirate Captain from the Venture Brothers. Condition is excellent with no tears or kinks.

Digital production had not yet taken over the storyboard process. This meant a lot of drawings were done for scenes, then photocopied to size and cut into the board pages. This artwork is the original drawing later copied & used in the board.

This item and more is currently up for auction on eBay. Auction ends March 7, 2012.

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