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Tech

With Mixamo Acquisition, Adobe Gives 3D Animation To All

Designers using Creative Cloud now have easy access to CG characters and animation tools.

CGI

How SpongeBob Was Translated From Hand-Drawn to Computer Animation

The challenges of creating CGI SpongBob for 'SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.'

Bill Plympton on ‘Cheatin” and the Challenges of Making Indie Animation for Adults

"Why should kids be the only ones who get pleasure out of animation," says the revered indie animation director Bill Plympton. "It offends me that American animation is stereotyped this way."

Award Season Focus

Tomm Moore on ‘Song of the Sea,’ Reinventing 2D, and Dodging the Studio System

"I do think that animation can have a language of its own, rather than simply mimicking live action."

Books

How Contemporary British TV Animation Went Off the Rails

British TV networks wanted to find the next "Simpsons" and "South Park," but things didn't go quite as planned.

Ideas/Commentary

LAIKA Chief Surprises Comic-Con Crowd By Saying He Wants To Do Hand-Drawn Animation

At a presentation for LAIKA's third stop motion feature "The Boxtrolls," LAIKA's CEO Travis Knight told San Diego Comic-Con audiences that he hopes to make a hand-drawn animated film at some point in the future.

Awards

‘Simpsons’ Denied Animation Emmy Nom For The First Time Ever

The nominations for the 66th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and the big animation news isn't who was nominated, but who wasn't: "The Simpsons"

TV

Disney TV Animation Begins Production on ‘Pickle & Peanut’

It's getting harder and harder to tell the difference between YouTube cartoons dreamt up by teens in their bedrooms and big-budget TV studio productions created by professionally-trained artists. Today, Disney Television Animation announced the beginning of production on "Pickle & Peanut," a "buddy comedy series about two unlikely friends—an emotional pickle and a freewheeling peanut...two underdogs who dream up plans to be anything but ordinary."

This Week in Animation History

This Week in Animation History: ‘Princess and the Frog,’ Mouse Couture & ‘Ryan’

A look at animation history via Cartoon Brew's archives.

Comics

Animation Director Stephan Franck Releases Collected Noir Comic ‘Silver’

Animator and director Stephan Franck ("Iron Giant," "Despicable Me"), who was recently nominated at the Annie Awards for his work on "The Smurfs: The Legend of Smurfy Hollow," premiered a collected paperback version of his adventure comic Silver at the Emerald City Comic Convention last month.

Awards

‘Gumball,’ ‘Room on the Broom,’ ‘Peppa Pig’ Win British Animation Awards

A complete list of British Animation Awards winners with links and videos.

Award Season Focus

Definitive Proof That Academy Voters Are Ignorant About Animation

Those of us in animation always gripe that the rest of Hollywood doesn't care or know the first thing about animated films. There are tons of anecdotal stories to support this position, but finally, we've got some definitive proof. And if you think Hollywood doesn't understand animation, it's even worse than you could imagine.