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School Of Visual Arts Students Discuss How They Completed Their Thesis Films Remotely

For many graduates, this strange experience sharpened their ideas about what they want in their careers. They tell us why.

Tools

Building A Pinscreen: How To Make One Of The Rarest Tools In Animation

A new full-sized pinscreen — only the third in existence — has arrived in Quebec. Its creator talks us through the painstaking process of assembling it.

Politics

How CG Studio Method & Madness Buried Boris Johnson In Digital Trash

For the Greenpeace campaign video "Wasteminster," the studio had to drop the equivalent of 67.7 million items of cg trash onto the U.K. prime minister's residence.

Interviews

Joanna Quinn On The Importance of “Choosing A Way Of Working That Ignites You”

Joanna Quinn's new film "Affairs of the Art" took years to make, but that was a reward in itself: "It was like an extended college, and I felt I was learning new things about animation, drawing, and direction all the time."

Praxinos Is Forging New Opportunities To Create Graphic Art In Unreal Engine

The developers behind the new tool explain why they created it, how it is used, and what lies ahead for real-time 2d animation.

Feature Film

Lindsey Olivares On Her Bold Production Design Debut ‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’ (Interview)

Olivares, who also served as character designer on Sony's new film, tells us how it came together visually.

Feature Film

‘Rango’ Turns 10: Gore Verbinski Reflects On An Unusual Production

The director recalls how a passion project turned into an Oscar winner.

Virtual Animation Dingle Brings Ireland’s Leading Animation Festival To The World

The online festival will take place on March 24–25.

Feature Film

The Animation That Changed Me: Sébastien Laudenbach on ‘Gwen, The Book Of Sand’

"Everything in this film was new to me," says Laudenbach.

Feature Film

‘Earwig And The Witch’: Studio Ghibli’s Magic-Heavy CG Feature Fails To Enchant Critics

The film is out now in select theaters and on HBO Max in the United States.

How Remote Learning Is Strengthening The Community At The School Of Visual Arts

In challenging times, the school's student and staff are finding ingenious ways to connect and make art.

Shorts

The Animation That Changed Me: Ross Bollinger on ‘Duck Amuck’

Says Bollinger: "Witnessing Daffy Duck coming apart at the seams as his world was deconstructed in front of him … it was sheer genius!"

Cartoon Brew Pick

Exclusive Short Film Premiere: ‘Sessions With Stan’ by Aron Fromm, With Never-Before-Heard Stan Lee Recording

Stan Lee waxes lyrical about "the most useful word in the English language" in Fromm's juicy film.

Social And Racial Justice Take Center Stage In School Of Visual Arts’s Animation Community

As the school launches new diversity initiatives, alumni share their experiences tackling social and political issues in their work.

Disney

Sue Nichols Maciorowski, Veteran Artist Of Modern Disney Films, Dies At 55

She worked as a visual development artist, character designer, and story artist on most of Disney's 2d features of the 1990s.

How-To

How Nathan Love Created The Animation For Katy Perry’s ‘Smile’ Video In Six Weeks (Interview)

"In some ways, being remote on a large production has probably protected me by having fewer daily interactions and distractions," says Nathan Love's Joe Burrascano.