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Tech

With Fresh Approach to Rigging, ‘New Pioneers’ Hopes to Revolutionize CG TV Animation [Video]

Ex-Pixar artist Chris Perry discusses his fast rigging and flexible rigging pipeline that he hopes to use on a CG TV series.

Classic

Director Mike Johnson On 20 Years Of ‘Corpse Bride’: ‘Proving Stop-Motion Could Be As Smooth And As Fluid As Computer Animation’

Mike Johnson discusses how 'Corpse Bride' reshaped stop-motion, proving the medium could match CG in fluidity and ambition while keeping to its handcrafted roots.

Feature Film

‘Smurfs’ Marks Cinesite’s First End-To-End Animation And VFX Production, And A Return To The Classic Peyo Aesthetic

Cinesite takes on its first full animation and VFX feature with 'Smurfs,' now streaming on Paramount+, blending Peyo’s style with hybrid magic.

Feature Film

‘Living Between 2D And 3D’: How ‘The Bad Guys 2’ Pushed Its Hybrid Animation Further

DreamWorks animators reveal how 'The Bad Guys 2' amps up its hybrid style with hand-drawn effects, anime-inspired flair, and ambitious action set pieces.

With Harmony 25, Toon Boom Animation Introduces Helpful Tools Across The 2D Animation Pipeline

Here's a look at the exciting new features in Harmony 25.

Feature Film

How Framestore’s VFX And Animation Supervisors Collaborated To Create The Tangible World Of ‘IF’

Director John Krasinski wanted to create a tactile and tangible world for a whole host of diverse characters.

Awards

Watch The Clips That Earned Feature Character Animation Nominations At This Year’s Annie Awards

Character animation nominees from 'Elemental,' 'Nimona,' 'Ruby Gillman,' and 'The Boy and the Heron' discuss their Annie-nominated work.

Awards

Three Of This Year’s Oscar-Qualified Directors Discuss The Enduring Appeal Of 2D Animation

Nearly half of this year's 33 Oscar-qualified animated features feature hand-drawn 2d animation, or cg meant to look hand-drawn.

Tenerife: A Thriving International Animation Hub In Spain’s Canary Islands

Tenerife's animation and vfx industries are booming thanks to highly competitive tax incentives and an influx of talented artists.

CGI

SIGGRAPH 2023 Offers Feast Of Talks On New Animation, Including ‘Spider-Verse,’ ‘Nimona,’ And ‘Elemental’

Th computer graphics conference and trade show takes place August 6-10 in Los Angeles.

Feature Film

‘Ruby Gillman’ Directors On Creating Dreamworks Animation’s First Titular Female Lead (Video Interview)

"A lot of people have a lot of ideas how [Ruby] should be living her life and this journey she goes on is figuring out how she wants to," says director Kirk DeMicco.

Interviews

Uganda’s Creatures Animation Debuts Its First Series, ‘Kunda & Friends’

There isn’t a proven roadmap to building an animation studio in Uganda, but that isn't stopping Raymond Malinga whose studio's mantra is “the audacity to dream.”