The majority
of tips posted to the “Upcoming Animations” section of Animation
Artist magazine are fairly reliable. Animation Artist magazine
researches tips received before posting them to help increase
that reliability. Only approximately 50% of the tips submitted
are ever published. The other 50% are deemed “unreliable,” “inaccurate,”
or “need further research.”
Animation
Artist magazine cannot speak for the authenticity and reliability
of any tips, but will do its best to make sure the reliability
is as high as possible. While Animation Artist magazine is determined
to present accurate tips, there is no guarantee that the tips
are 100% accurate or will happen as published. Characters, stories,
and facts can change often and sometimes tips that may have been
accurate when submitted lose accuracy as changes are made to animated
movies. Animation Artist magazine will do its best to keep up
with these changes.
Some of the
artists who work on animated features do submit tips to Animation
Artist magazine. To protect those sources we don’t release their
name or the name of companies they work for or companies listed
in the tips they submit. An example of this can be seen in a Planet
Ice (Titan A.E.) tip posted on January 29, 1999.
If you work
for an animation company, Animation Artist magazine would appreciate
a correspondence with you, even if it is simply to help confirm
or reject tips received. Animation Artist also appreciates communication
on aspects of animated movies that is already public knowledge
and not necessarily “inside tips.”