How Are You Handling the Animation Overload?
I’m not old (or at least, at 36, I don’t feel old) but I can remember a time when cable channels didn’t have enough content to fill an entire day. Instead, they ran on an 8-hour loop so shows broadcast in the morning were broadcast…
Optical Arts Helps Louis Vuitton Celebrate 200 Years with “Trunk 029”
Our offering for the LV200 project is a visual metaphor of the creative process. It shows the story of the creation of a piece, the evolution of an idea, a never-ending journey assembling, deforming, reinterpreting, destroying, regenerating. Production:…
Netflix “Untold Stories” Branding Package by Vucko
Music/Sound Design: Ambrose Yu “The package also included sets of title cards, which were framed as close-ups. This created a wide negative space, which in turn, maximized the legibility of the type.” Intro “After exploring a…
BOXX Releases New APEXX Matterhorn High-Performance Workstations
Additional information about the APEXX Matterhorn workstation is available here. “Powerful workstations are needed more than ever,” added Bob Pette, VP of Professional Visualization, at NVIDIA. “BOXX Technologies’ APEXX Matterhorn…
Report: ‘Hotel Transylvania: Transformania’ May Change Date – Or Go To Streaming
The fourth and final installment of the franchise, Transformania is currently scheduled to be released on October 1st, but Deadline is reporting that Sony may move its release date, or even possibly shift it to streaming on Netflix. In any case, the…
Kimberly Em-‘Braces’ Great Change as ‘Duncanville’ Returns with New Episode
Check out Kimberly breaking into song, sans braces, as she belts out, “Look at me, I’m Kimberly… with a metal-free oral cavity,” in “I Can Finally Put Anything in My Mouth!” It’s Duncanville clip time.…
New Tech and No Boundaries in ‘Fast & Furious: Spy Racers’ Season 5
TH: There are a few things. One is that we integrated Palindrome into the team this season. Bringing Paul White on from Big Show, it was so exciting to see him grow as a voice actor, because it’s new for him and we just throw him these Russian…
Festival Stop Motion Montréal Announces Virtual 13th Edition
Poster by Gianluca Maruotti: Festival Stop Motion Montréal, the world’s longest-running festival dedicated to stop motion, is returning for its 13th edition on September 10–19. The event will be held mostly online, with virtual…
Nina L. Diaz To Head Adult Animation And Unscripted For Paramount+
Amid a wave of executive movement at ViacomCBS’s MTV Entertainment Group (MTVE), Nina L. Diaz has been promoted to chief creative officer for unscripted entertainment and adult animation at streamer Paramount+. Diaz will also remain CCO and…
Tissot Seastar 2000 Professional Product Film by Frame
Sound design: Waa Client: Tissot “The big challenge was all the CG water (since the Seastar is a diving watch) which was heavy to work with because of having to generate many simulations in order to nail the right direction. Posted on Friday,…
Mike McMahan Talks ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 2 Debut
McMahan’s journey to highlight the less-than-glorious side of Starfleet ultimately became the franchise’s first adult animated comedy, Star Trek: Lower Decks. Recently nominated for a Primetime Emmy award, the 2D animated series debuts its…
“Frostpunk 2: Liar” Game Trailer by Marcin Panasiuk and Deep Blue
Music: Piotr Musiał Production: Deep BlueDirector: Marcin PanasiukCG Supervisor: Grzegorz KukuśProducer: Monika PaćkowskaCompositing Artist: Dawid Kopestyński3D Generalist: Tomasz Nowak, Piotr Nowak, Jerzy Chodor, Damian Drabik,…
“Yuki 7” Series Trailer by Chromosphere
“We wanted to have the most fun possible with no limitations, which is how we ended up with rough and sketchy 3D models, 2D effects, and enough sweet halftone and raster line patterns to last a lifetime. Dialogue Recording: Salami StudiosRecording…
Animal Logic Releases Open Source USD ALab Complete Production Scene
“In addition to the USD assets, we’ve included documentation that showcases some new ideas and concepts from our experience using USD, including the idea of render procedural definitions, an extremely useful concept that we have not seen in…
‘The Ren & Stimpy Show’ Reinvented TV Animation And Its Influence Remains 30 Years Later
Then there was The Ren & Stimpy Show, which premiered on Nickelodeon thirty years ago: August 11, 1991. This series completely upended children’s tv animation. It didn’t evolve kids’ cartoons; it chewed ’em up, spit ’em…
Alfred Molina Has A New Role: The First Gentleman Of Walt Disney Animation Studios
In Frozen II, British actor Alfred Molina voiced King Agnarr, the father of Anna and Elsa, but last weekend he gained another royal role at Disney: the first gentleman of Walt Disney Animation Studios. Lee was introduced to Molina, 68, by Jonathan Groff,…
Mosh Mens’ Health Brand Films by Niceshit
Client: Mosh Cartoons of this era were animated on 6s or 8s… (so less fps) where movements are more flat and snappy, giving the sense that the characters could never live in a real-world setting. Guido Lambertini, creative director/partner at…
Netflix Renews Craig McCracken’s ‘Kid Cosmic’ for Seasons 2 and 3
Source: Netflix The characters in Kid Cosmic were developed to emphasize how regular people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds can be heroes. While the comedy and action are about using powers to fight off alien invaders, the heart of the story is…
Fergus Craig “Once Upon A Crime” Book Trailer by Cub Studio
Production: Cub StudioAnimator: Fraser Davidson, Myung Kim, Alfie Bogush Audio: Morgan SamuelVO: Fergus Craig “In anticipation of its release, we created a short trailer for the book using one of Fergus’ short readings. Posted on Tuesday,…
‘Gigantosaurus’ Season 3 Launches on Disney Junior and NOW
“Audiences just love Gigantosaurus and this upcoming season will give children more of what resonates best about the series: new dinos and lots of action, as well as hilarious and heartwarming stories,” commented Olivier Lelardoux, Senior VP…
PetroRio “Manifesto” Brand Film by Dirty Work
Posted on Monday, August 9, 2021 · Leave a Comment Client: PetroRio “Our goal was to portray PetroRio as a bold energetic company and explain some of their cutting edge actions to improve oil production with a smaller environmental…