‘Fortnite’ Is Hosting A Halloween-Themed Animation Festival This Week
This is the game’s third animation festival of the year.
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How A Designer Is Using Character Creator To Develop An Ink-Paint Noir Video Game
Madagascan artist Cid explains how the program is helping him bring his highly stylized game to life.
Real-Time Rendering For Animation: What’s The Catch?
What’s the big deal with real-time rendering? Sure, you can shorten production time by cutting out long waits for rendering, but there’s a whole lot more to it than that.
Apply To This Free Unreal Engine Course From Epic Games And Escape Studios
The course, which starts on July 26, is open to those with at least two years’ industry experience in Europe.
How A SCAD Graduation Project Led To Professional Careers For Its Three Creators
The game trailer “Fianna-Heim” earned its creators several faculty awards. They now have successful careers in fx, game design, and illustration.
See First Images From Spain’s ‘Inspector Sun And The Curse Of The Black Widow’
The family film, which is set in a world where humans and insects co-exist, riffs on classic detective stories.
Epic Games Secures $1B in Funding, Including $200M More From Sony
The company says it is now worth $28.7 billion.
William Joyce To Direct First Animated Adaptation Of ‘The Great Gatsby’
The film will be animated by vfx titan DNEG’s young feature animation unit.
‘Fortnite’ Creator Epic Games Awards Its First Film Grant To Animated Feature ‘Gilgamesh’
The feature will be made with Unreal, Epic’s widely used real-time engine.
How This Start-Up Aims To Create High-End Animation In ‘A Fraction’ Of Normal Production Times
AMGI boasts major industry names behind the scenes, including Colin Brady, Teddy Newton, and Jill Culton.
Epic Games Launches Free Online Course In Basics Of Virtual Production
Want to learn a useful new skill: try virtual production.
Who Needs Real People? Fox Sports Is Adding Animated Characters To Its Baseball Broadcasts
Stadiums were empty thanks to coronavirus, and now they’re packed thanks to animation.
Vancouver’s Bron Media Launches New Animation Division In Response To Pandemic
Bron Digital will emphasize virtual production workflows.
Cartoon Movie 2020: Telescope Animation Unveils First Slate Of Projects
The projects include feature films, series, games, and works of augmented and virtual reality.
Epic Games Has Created The Ultimate Guide To Virtual Production
The Virtual Production Field Guide provides an overview of “one of the biggest technology disruptors of the visual medium.”
Meet Ollie, The New VR Animation Tool That’s Aimed At Beginners
Cartoon Brew gets an early preview of Ollie VR, a new tool designed to ease people into animating in vr.
Digital Actors: Are They Ready For Their CG Close-ups?
With “Alita: Battle Angel” poised for release, we take a look at the state of play in photorealistic cg humans.
How ‘Welcome to Marwen’ Mixed Animation And Live-Action To Turn Steve Carell Into a Doll
The filmmakers of “Welcome to Marwen” came up with an innovative and cost-effective technique to create its miniature doll characters.
A Virtual Production Explainer: What It Is, And What It Could Mean For Your Project
Cartoon Brew makes sense of the virtual production phenomenon, and provides resources that filmmakers can use to start experimenting with virtual production techniques.
PREVIEW: Pakistani Animated Feature ‘Allahyar and The Legend of Markhor’
A real-time rendering pipeline using Unreal Engine 4 helped make possible this soon-to-be-released feature from Pakistan.
How One Animator Is Making His Own CG Series With Unreal Engine
Peter Monga shares the lessons he’s learned creating “Morgan Lives in a Rocket House” on his own with the Unreal game engine.
Upcoming Animated Series ‘Zafari’ Is Being Rendered Completely With The Unreal Game Engine
“Zafari'”director David Dozoretz on how his animated tv series is using real-time rendering – and the new possibilities that tv creators have with real-time rendered CG series.
Unreal Encourages Filmmakers To Use Its Game Engine
Unreal’s game development toolset is now free for filmmakers and artists.
