The Animation Pimp Presents – Binocular Briefs HO HO HO HO HO HO Edition
Architects want to ensure that Christmas is better designed. It should go well. Watch on the NFB website: https://www.onf.ca/film/pere_noel_pere_noel/ Christmas Day, Richard O’Connor, 2012 Smoke My Christmas, Clément Desnos, Jean-David…
Epic Games Agrees To Pay $520 Million Settlement For Violating Child Gamers’ Privacy, Misleading Microtransactions
So Epic admitted they were doing all of this? Not in so many words. But they also didn’t deny it. In a statement, the company said: How can gamers get their refunds? The FTC has said it will provide updates on its website (at ftc.gov/fortnite) and…
Jonni Phillips’ ‘Barber Westchester’ Is Now Free To Stream In Its Entirety
This movie fully embodies the meaning, power, and possibilities of the technique of animation. All the visuals are carefully calculated, and if you underestimate them, it delivers a strong punch. Its unique style was derived to strike the times more…
Shane Griffin Brews Up Motion Art Installation for Guinness
Event production: Archetype “The installation is anchored by a 40-foot sculpture rising through the atrium and mapped in 360 degrees using 14 projectors with the program running six minutes. The installation also includes an 80-foot x…
Crunchyroll Announces Winter Anime Season Lineup
Nick, a heartbroken Light Warrior who has been kicked out of the Martial Arts adventuring party and deceived by his lover, is a resident of this city visits a bar only to find bad food and uninteresting tablemates. As he drowns his sorrows, all of his…
Velvet Badger Conjures a Luxurious Fairground Christmas for Christian Louboutin
Posted on Friday, December 16, 2022 “Among the trees, the night sky, and the Christmas lights, the products tell a magical story of their own as they stand tall in the open mountain space generating the buzz for the Christmas gifting period.…
Foundry Releases Katana 6.0
Debug and troubleshoot Katana 6.0 also improves the functionality of the NetworkMaterialEdit Material Interface, first introduced in Katana 4.5. Now users can more easily modify and manage the material interface within this node. The full list of…
Behind The Scenes: The Making Of ‘Lost In Oz’ Short ‘Packing Magic’
You can see the entire Lost in Oz behind the scenes short here or check out the recent Q&A with Warshaw and Mark. “Oz has become so ingrained in our culture,” says Mark. “People know and respond well to its story, and it’s an…
Cartoon Movie Preview: 12 European Animated Features That We’re Excited About
Of the 58 projects, 27 are in development, 20 are in concept, three are in production, and eight will be showing sneak previews for their nearly or entirely finished films. Thirteen of this year’s selections are aimed at young adult or adult…
Marvel Snap “Hero” Music Video ft. Martin Garrix & JVKE by The Line
Powered by a track from singer-songwriter/producer Jacob Lawson (Jvke) and DJ/producer Martin Garrix, the filmdeploys a variety of animation styles to feature Black Panther and Storm, Rogue and Gambit, Spiderman and MJ, Daredevil and Electra, plus Vision…
Foundry Releases Mari 6.0
Foundry has released Mari 6.0, featuring enhancements to improve artist workflows and efficiency, with two new USD Exports, a new Roller Brush paint mode, Python snippets as Shelf items, and a teleport node. The new USD improvements ensure that texturing…
Ouchhh Conjures Immersive Dali x AI Installation in Barcelona
[embedded content] Client: Dali Foundation, IDEAL Barcelona Posted on Monday, December 12, 2022 “In order for AI to reach the surreal visual universe that Dali created and to extract unique images from this universe, we…
Noodle Rescues Melatonin Gummies from Production Purgatory
Owner/CD Doug Alberts at Noodle Animation in Chicago: “We were approached by our favorite (secret) Melatonin Gummy brand to educate on the benefits of getting a full night’s rest. Although this project got the axe late in production, we…
Phil Tippett’s Tortured Pursuit of ‘Mad God,’ His Dystopic Stop-Motion Epic
AWN: There were a few big stop-motion films released this year. Do you foresee any resurgence in the use of the technique? It seems like there’s just a few folks that make films like this. AWN: When all is said and done, what was the most…
In Memoriam: Remembering The Animation Figures Who Died In 2022
U.K.-based Red Star studio co-founder Director of Heavy Metal an the “Liverpool” sequence of Yellow Submarine Legendary art director and a cornerstone of Pixar’s visual style Gil Alkabetz Lead character technical director on Kamp Koral…
Re-VIEW: ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ – A Fable for the Modern Age
Sebastian J. Cricket (Ewan McGregor), the diminutive narrator of Netflix’s new stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio, establishes his intentions from the very beginning. “This is a story you may think you know,” he says, “but you…
Know Your Indie Filmmaker: Christopher Rutledge
This week’s subject is L.A.-based animator, director, computer graphics artist, and teacher Christopher Rutledge, whose dazzling cg works (often made with Dan Streit and Cole Kush) combine innovative mixed-media elements with surreal and cartoony…
“BackSpace” Unreal Engine Short Film by Nick + Lexie
“Coming up with the look of BackSpace was a tremendous amount of fun. As we explored the style, we started off in Cinema 4D, Photoshop, and After Effects. When we were ready to head into production (virtually) we jumped into Unreal Engine 5.…
‘Momolu’ Comes to YouTube Channel Wizz
Source: Ferly Whitney is a freelance writer focusing on VFX-driven fantasy film & TV as well as preschool animation. Laura Nevanlinna, CEO of Ferly, stated, “We’re super excited to start our collaboration with Little Dot Studios to…
Christine McCarthy Could Be The First Woman To Become Disney CEO
McCarthy also very clearly has the trust of her boss. So much so, that one of Iger’s first moves was to put McCarthy, and a small group of fellow executives, in charge of creating a “new structure” that will put decision-making back in…
‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ Wins Best Animated Feature From New York Film Critics Circle
Earlier, there were questions about whether even Marcel would be allowed to compete – in other words, if the film had enough animation in it to qualify for the category – but the Academy announced last month that the film does meet its…