Mike Hollingsworth’s short Craig T Squirrel appeared in several festivals including last year’s Animation Block Party. It’s a short piece about mistaken identity that involves some incredible circumstances.

I suspect Canadian animator Jamie Gallant will win one of these upcoming 11 Second Club competitions, and in February he placed in the top 20. Here’s his Flash-animated traditional take the musically-driven competition.

The talented folks at JibJab made this one last year, but it feels as fresh as a new stack of 100 dollar bills. Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Katan is a rather epic Flash-animated short by a 22-year old artist from the UK known as Cerberus. He’s built a sizable following in the furry community, and on sites like FurAffinity. He started making this particular Aztec-themed short back in 2008, and recently hit it big on Newgrounds, where it’s currently ranked #1 on the All-Time list. I also spotted a making-of video he posted last year.

With The Princess and the Frog DVD arriving in stores today, it’s high time we mention that Toon Boom was the technology of choice behind the Oscar-nominated feature. Much of the animation process was traditional (flipping paper and such), but the crew at Walt Disney Animation Studios used the enterprise-grade Toon Boom package Harmony to bring it to the screen. In fact, many of the Annie-Award-winning effects were “paperless” – drawn with a Cintiq right into Harmony.