The original name is "Братья пилоты готовят на завтрак макарончики", and I have no idea on how to say that. But the animation is so brilliant that I think it is worth learning. :)

"Pilot-Brothers cook macaroni for breakfast" would be the English name for this Russian short, produced in 1996 by Pilot Studio.

I met their beautiful work yesterday, at the celebration screening for the International Animation Day. There was some cool shorts there, others not so much, and then there was the Russian ones. In my humble opinion, they really stood from the crowd. I loved their style and nonsense humor.

Fortunately we can get to know a lot of Russian shorts on  YouTube. :)

Here is a link to the not so recent, but very well made tutorial about the "follow-through" principle on the Flip blog. I saw it while browsing by Victor Navone's website.

Besides talking Overlap in the beginning of the article, the author aknowledges in the comments section that he is actually talking about follow-through. But once you're warned about the actual principle being talked about, it's a great explanation. :)

October 28th, 1892. In that day, the first public presentation of the Theathre Optique was made by Charles-Emile Reynaud. A moment that marked the birth of the magnificent art of Animation. That was before the first film projections by The Lumiere brothers, it is nice to notice.

This day was chosen for obvious reasons to celebrate the International Animation Day. Since 2002, ASIFA promotes a global celebration event on this day. Folks who live in Brasil can participate in one of the various cities involved. :D

From time to time I stumble upon some nice articles on John Lasseter.

This one, by The Hollywood Reporter talks a little about the story of a guy who was fired from Disney. A few years later, he became one of the most influential people in the history of animation and, in a stunning turn of events, became the Chief Creative Officer of the same company that fired him in the past.

Isn't that a good story? :)

Saw at Matt Ebb's blog a link where we can download some videos of some Blender Conference presentations.

One of them, as noticed by Matt, is by Big Buck Bunny animator William Reynish. The title is "The evolution of Blenders User Interface", and it is a great study on how Blender's interface was built and what should be improved to the next major version (2.5).

There are some really clever and important notes on the interface that could really improve Blender's UI. I really recommend you to watch it and, if possible, help contribute with this new version. :)