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Avatar is set during the 22nd century on a small moon called Pandora, which orbits a gas giant, and is inhabited by the tribal Na’vi, ten foot blue humanoids that are peaceful unless attacked. Humans cannot breathe Pandoran air, so they genetically engineer human/Na’vi hybrids known as Avatars that can be controlled via a mental link. A paralyzed Marine named Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) volunteers to exist as an Avatar on Pandora, falling in love with a Na’vi princess and becoming caught up in the conflict between her people and the human military that is consuming their world.

I picked this animation by Andy Lubershane to showcase on digipendence.com because it presents a contentious - for some people - subject in an interesting manner:

Issue Description: As excitement builds around the launch of the Durian Project, we decided to share in some of the fun and devote an issue to Epic Fantasy. This issue is filled with articles that are guaranteed to inspire you to start a few epics of your own.

Issue Content:

• Making of – Castelo
• Making of – Heads Legs Creature
• Making of – The Labyrinth
• Making of – Little Ninja Project
• Release- Foundation Blender Compositing
• & a lot more…

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Blenderart magazine is a bi-monthly magazine released freely as a PDF document from blenderart.org. It is a community based effort and is released under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 2.5 license.

This is the poster for the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), the largest of its kind in North America, attracting film buffs, art lovers, filmmakers, and cartoon fans from around the world to the nation’s capital. Apparently, not everyone likes it (Blecchh!), and some people are critical of that dislike (Sheridan Instructor Attempts Art Criticism (and Fails)). The poster was designed by Montreal-based artist Theodore Ushev and here’s what he has to say about the controversy.

And here are the posters for the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2008 and 2007. Posters for past animation festivals from around the world can be found at Affiches de Festivals D’animation

Xan has a titillating first conversation with his secret admirer. Written, Directed and Scored by Phil “Overman” Rice. An Official Selection for the 2009 Animatu Festival. Created with ZenCub3d. Movie downloads (various formats).