This Pioneering Work Of CG Animation Premiered During The 1985 Super Bowl
“Brilliance” was meant to sell canned food, but really, it was an advertisement for computer animation itself.
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‘Dolittle’ Doesn’t Use CG Animation Very Well: Here Are The Key Complaints From Critics
Universal hired a director who doesn’t know anything about animation to direct a film with lots of animated characters. What could go wrong?
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘La Noria’ by Carlos Baena
A young boy who loves to draw and build ferris wheels encounters strange creatures that turn his life upside down.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘The Wanderer’ by Savva Tsekmes
A take on the giant-impact hypothesis, a collision event that is thought to have birthed the moon and changed Earth to be as we know it.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Gimme Summn’ by Cole Kush
Music video for TNGHT’s “Gimme Summn.”
Netflix Boards ‘Oni,’ Tonko House’s Family Series Inspired By Japanese Mythology
The series, which is created by Pixar and Blue Sky Studios veteran Dice Tsutsumi, will mix stop motion and cgi.
Commentary: CGI James Dean Provokes Backlash, But Animated Characters Based On Actors Are Nothing New
Actors don’t want themselves recreated in animation, except when they do.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Caterpillarplasty’ by David Barlow-Krelina
A satire that lifts plastic surgery to another level.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Substance’ by Jamaal Bradley
Two brothers battle over the future of the family.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Dear Richo’ by Bryce Pemberton
A boy in the suburbs wants to escape.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘The Absence of Eddy Table’ by Rune Spaans
What if your worst fear and your greatest love turn out to be the same thing? Lost in a dark forest, Eddy Table stumbles upon a mysterious girl and dangerous parasites.
How ‘Becca’s Bunch’ Achieved Its Unique Blend Of Puppetry And Animation
The Nick Jr. series is a striking hybrid of live action and animation. Its creators break the production process down for Cartoon Brew.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Jacob And The Giraffe’ by Brian Tessler and Jon Baken
A young boy forms a special bond with a giraffe.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Firebird’ by Velislava Gospodinova
Love as the leading force, overpowering life and death.
What Do You Know About… Tumblehead?
The dynamic Danish studio, which is known for its fun and bouncy cg animation, will pitch its series “Rob ‘n’ Ron” at Annecy’s MIFA market.
The Russian Animated Series ‘Jinglekids’ Aims For Ambitious Visuals With A Small Team
Showrunner Anton Vereschagin shares the pipeline and tech challenges that come with producing a high-quality cg series in Russia.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Maybe It’s Me’ by Dimitris Simou
I remember everything. The summers, the house, the sea, the sound of the cicadas. My fears.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘The Blissful Accidental Death’ by Sergiu Negulici
A young man finds an intriguing drawing hiding a secret love letter written 70 years ago. Is the love story real?
Buck Created This Mixed-Media Holiday Short For Apple
Apple chooses animation for its new holiday campaign.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Sketches’ by Vladimir Tomin
Today’s Short Pick is “Sketches,” a funny piece of experimental cg from Russia.
