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Lavalle Lee

Lavalle Lee has been creating animated cartoons online since 1999/2000 for his website flashcartoons.org. Many cartoons on the site have gained viral video status reaching millions of viewers online. In 2009, Lavalle started learning hand drawn animation from Don Bluth in his animation classes, as well as attending his Masterclasses in Arizona. He has also personally studied animation and visual effects from Veteran Disney animators in Orlando, FL.

Lavalle is widely known in the animation industry as the creator of the TraditionalAnimation.com website. After seeing that most animation sites were about all types of animation, not any specific to classical hand drawn animation, Lavalle knew Traditional Animation needed to be represented online. TraditionalAnimation.com has become the leading website and social media account for all things 2D. The website served as inspiration for “The Traditional Animation Show” in which Lavalle was both producer and host.

His partnership with Don Bluth began when he championed the Dragon's Lair Indiegogo campaign as lead project manager, editor, voice actor and in-betweener. The campaign reached $730,000 dollars to produce a 7-minute pitch video. In 2017, Lavalle brought the idea of creating a school to Don Bluth, and Don Bluth University was born. After a decade of learning from Don Bluth and working together on multiple pitches and business ventures, Lavalle accepted the position as Vice President of Don Bluth's new company Don Bluth Studios.

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Check out this Behind the Scenes video of Don Bluth University from FOX 10 News Phoenix. Don Bluth teaches a year long LIVE online class and at the end of each year students come from around the world to take an in-person Masterclass. In this interview, hear from students and

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TOONTOBER 2024 – WINNERS Wow! What a great year! We had on all platforms over 2,000 entries! Congratulations to the following artists! (You were all chosen at random.) @everyone Please contact us by twitter/facebook/instagram/discord messaging with your info and we will send out your prize! Countess Rose 1 Winner –

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Born: Lavalle Lee Birthday: September 14, 1981 Location: Twin Cities, MN, U.S. Alma mater: Don Bluth University Occupation: Director, Producer, Animator, Writer Years active: 1999–present Lavalle Lee has been creating animated cartoons online since 1999/2000 for his website flashcartoons.org. The cartoons on the site have gained viral video status reaching

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Welcome to Jellystone! Travel to a magical town where you’ll meet new and old friends, including Yogi Bear, Cindy Bear, Boo Boo, and Huckleberry Hound…and Jabberjaw and Top Cat and Snagglepuss and El Kabong and Wally Gator and Johnny Quest and Hadji and Shag Rugg and Captain Caveman and a

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Check out this quick tour of Lavalle Lee’s office at Don Bluth Studios. Featuring a sneak peek on the latest project Bluth Fables. I always love checking out artists work areas and what inspires them around them. So I thought I would show mine for those like minded. Enjoy!

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Check it out! Here is my Dragon’s Lair Mini Repilcade unboxing video with Don Bluth. The 1/6th scale replica of the original 1983 Dragon’s Lair arcade machine presented by New Wave Toys. I found this in Don’s office and snuck it out to play it, then caught by Don! Find

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This afternoon at the New York Comic Con, Warner Bros. Animation, did a virtual panel showing an extended first look at the Animaniacs reboot! HILARIOUS trailer parodying Jurassic Park featuring Steven Spielberg. Who is also the executive producer of the show. The series has a two-season order totaling 26 episodes.

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I am excited to announce that Don Bluth is partnering up with myself (Lavalle Lee) to create something new for all the fans in the animation world. The project is called Bluth Fables. Don Bluth writes, narrates and draws out these short nursery rhyme stories as if you are in

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Have you been anxiously waiting for more episodes since the end of Castlevania Season 2? Well, the wait is over because Season 3 of Castlevania is now on Netflix. With ten episodes, this is their longest season yet. Castlevania is an animated television series inspired by the Japanese video game,

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Matt Groening’s new show “Disenchantment” is to officially premiere on Netflix August 17th 2018. The show is labeled as “adult animated comedy fantasy series”. The first season will be 10 episodes long and takes place in a medieval kingdom called Dreamland. Disenchantment is about a heavy drinking princess named Bean,

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Want to learn how to animate? You have come to the right place. Hand drawn animation is a very complicated process and takes a lot of skill to accomplish. Before you start, be sure you have an understanding of draftsmanship. Being able to draw is incredibly important to being successful

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Learn from a master animator and artist, Preston Blair. This book is essential for any student or professional wanting to polish their skills. Preston Blair (October 24, 1908 – April 19, 1995) was an American character animator, most noted for his work at Walt Disney Productions and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation

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