Oktapodi

French animation school Gobelins, which turns out no shortage of quality CG films, has another student film that’s been attracting a lot …

PandaPanther

PandaPanther is, hands down, my favorite new commercial studio. Once you see their work, you’ll understand why. This young NYC-based …

Ron Paul Goes CG

Everything’s better when it’s in CG…even presidential candidate Ron Paul. Of all the recent animated political ads, this commercial …

Chester Cheetah in CG

Speaking of creepy CG translations of 2D characters, the new adult-targeted Cheetos ad campaign starring Chester Cheetah is highly …

Wall-E Trailer

Pixar has released the final trailer for Wall-E before its June 27 release. All I can say is that I really want to see this film! And …

Monsters vs. Aliens

DreamWorks has released the first latest official image from their March 2009 feature Monsters vs. Aliens. It’s hardly groundbreaking …

‘Please Say Something’ by David OReilly

Please Say Something is a visually and narratively intriguing series of CG micro-shorts by David O’Reilly, creator of RGBXYZ. O’Reilly …

Fred and Sharon’s Movie Productions

Throughout the history of the animation art form, there have been a select group of innovators who have pushed the medium to its limits …

Kit Kat’s Ultimate Break

This nicely crafted, character-driven viral advertisement, The Ultimate Break, was produced out of Paris based Akama Studio. I don’t …

“Usavich”

Please meet one of the most refreshingly original and funny animated series I’ve run across in a while: Usavich produced by Kanaban …

When Angry Animation Students Attack

Colin Sanders, a game development student at UOIT, was frustrated by the quality of instruction in his animation class. Below is the …

David O’Reilly

CG filmmaker David O’Reilly (RGBXYZ) has redone his website DavidOReilly.com and also posted an enticing trailer for his new short Serial …

Who Invented Motion Capture?

San Francisco commercial director Carl Willat has the shocking and hilarious answer. (Thanks, Karl Cohen)

Terrytoons in CG

A few years back, when MTV wanted to revive the Terrytoons characters, they commissioned an animation test in CG (of course, what else …

One (CG) Froggy Evening

Graphic design students from Brazil attempt to recreate Chuck Jones’ One Froggy Evening in CG as their finals project. You can watch the …

Sony PS3 Spot by Superfad

Superfad has delivered an impressive 3D spot for the Sony PS3, directed by Kevin Lau and Frank Pichel. Superfad’s animation of the …

The Question of Beowulf

What to make of Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf. Is it to be considered a pure animated film or a digitally enhanced live action feature? Is …

Luciano Pavarotti Mo-Cap

Performance capture and opera: a match made in heaven. Quick, get Robert Zemeckis on the phone and have him follow up Beowulf with …

Now Playing: Iwerks’ Pixar Documentary

Starting today, Leslie Iwerks independent documentary The Pixar Story will begin a small Oscar-qualifying run in 14 select cities across …

Cold Rush

Cold Rush is a new French student film created by Mikael Lynen, Simon Corbaux, Tristan Urbin and Rémi Certhoux at the Supinfocom …

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