About Author: Karl Smith
Deep down in New Zealand, Karl "Karlamon" Smith is a Kiwi who is passionate in animation, seeing it as an artistic medium that expresses vast creativity and brings unique characters and worlds to life. Whenever an animation-related fact pops up, it will more than likely be cemented in his brain for a long time. Some of his favourite animated movies include Zootopia, Balto, Bolt, Over the Hedge, The Fox and the Hound, the How to Train Your Dragon series, The Iron Giant, and The Prince of Egypt.
Prior to contributing to Rotoscopers, Karl has served as a bureaucrat on Ice Age Wiki, and a moderator/site builder/news reporter on Animation Source. Karl is also a Computer Science graduate who is now studying Digital Design in university. That, and with his additional fascination in aviation, he hopes someday to be both an animator and a pilot (if that is even possible).
![After serving ten successful years at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore has departed the studio and is now joining Sony Pictures Animation for new creative opportunities. […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Rich_Moore_photo-200x110.jpg "‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Director Rich Moore Departs Disney to Join Sony Animation")
![Now that Walt Disney Animation Studios is back on their feet with sequels thanks to Ralph Breaks the Internet and Frozen II, the studio has wisely chosen their next canon […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Chicken_Little-200x110.jpg "Disney Announces ‘Chicken Little 2’ for 2021")
![On the midnight of March 20 (via The Hollywood Reporter), The Walt Disney Company completed its long-awaited acquisition of 21st Century Fox‘s entertainment assets. This purchase, first proposed in December […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Fox_Disney_Simpsons_prediction-200x110.jpg "The Disney-Fox Merger is Complete")
![This summer, winter is coming. Rovio Animation and Sony Pictures have released the first teaser trailer The Angry Birds Movie 2, the sequel to Rovio’s own feature adaptation of their […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Angry_Birds_2_teaser-200x110.jpg "Winter is Coming in ‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Teaser Trailer")
![Holy cowabunga! Two of pop culture’s most-popular crimefighting franchises are colliding together in one epic crossover! Warner Bros. Animation and DC have teamed up with Nickelodeon to bring the Caped […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Batman-vs-TMNT-200x110.jpeg "‘Batman’ and ‘Ninja Turtles’ Team Up in Animated Crossover Movie")
![Hosted by ASIFA-Hollywood, the 46th Annie Awards took place last Saturday on February 2, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse came out as the big winner of the night. Sony Pictures […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Spider-Verse_screenshot-200x110.jpg "‘Spider-Verse’ Wins Big at the 46th Annie Awards")
![Lotus Entertainment will soon be revealing Mosley, a new independent animated feature from the combined talents of Huhu Studios in New Zealand and China Film Animation. Via Variety, the first […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Mosley_trailer_screenshot-200x110.jpg "Trailer for New Zealand-Chinese Animated Feature ‘Mosley’ Gets Released")
![Tra-La-Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! The waistband warrior and his troublemaking creators are back for another awesome season of The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants. DreamWorks Animation and distributor Netflix have released the trailer […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Captain_Underpants_S2_06-200x110.jpg "The Epic Trailer of ‘The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants’ Season 2")
![Shanghai Disneyland Park is preparing a brand new themed land based on a recent surprise hit. That new exotic land in question is Zootopia, the city where any animal can be […]](https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Zootopia_Shanghai_concept_art-200x110.jpg "‘Zootopia’ Land Coming to Shanghai Disneyland")