Visual Effects Society Names 2021 Special Honorees
VFX producer Mike Chambers and international business and marketing consultant Rita Cahill were named recipients of the 2021 VES Founders Awards. The Society designated Chambers and Cahill, along with digital production manager and VFX historian Gene…
Want To Animate Faster And More Intuitively In Maya? AnimBot Is An Essential Tool
Camilo subsequently developed a prototype toolbar in Autodesk Maya that caught the attention of fellow animators and technical supervisors. After continued experiments, and two years’ private development at home, he launched animBot, a suite of…
7 Things You Should Know About Previsualization
Bao Er Ho (Fiona) worked on James Gray’s Ad Astra. What is previs in animation? During my experience working on The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, we were given simplified models of each animal from ILM with detailed information about the…
Doja Cat, The Weeknd “You Right” Music Video by Quentin Deronzier and Mikros MPC
After joining forces for Balenciaga’s SS22 deepfake fashion show director Quentin Deronzier and VFX masters Mikros MPC are back for a grand, pop fantasy starring Doja Cat and The Weeknd. “Based on high-concept visuals, director Quentin…
‘Peppa Pig’ and ‘PJ Masks’ Head to Japan
Audiences will be able to enjoy double episodes of Peppa Pig and an episode of PJ Masks every Saturday morning on the “eeny meeny miney mo” slot from 7am to 7:30am from July 3. 2021. “Peppa Pig and PJ Masks are two of the most iconic…
BBC #LetsGoThere Tokyo Olympics Spot by Factory Fifteen and Nexus Studios
Category: Advertising, Animation, Broadcast Design, Character Animation, Featured, VFX · Tags: BBC, Factory Fifteen, Jonathan Gales, Kibwe Tavares, Nexus, Paul Nicholls BBC Olympics promo spots are always a grand visual treat and this 60-second…
Xentrix Launches Melbourne Studio, Acquires Viskatoons
“Having the backing and support of Xentrix will boost our domestic industry and continue our practice of promoting local artists, animators, writers, directors and concept creators to the global stage,” noted Viska. “In these difficult…
Feature Film Reviews: ‘My Sunny Maad,’ ‘Snotty Boy,’ ‘Poupelle Of Chimney Town’
Besides the crass elements, some of which work simply because we are not used to seeing such mature content in cg American animated features (the last example may be Sausage Party), the screenplay by Martin Ambrosch deals with the Nazi sentiments that…
Crunchyroll Summer Slate Includes ‘Fena: Pirate Princess,’ ‘Tokyo Revengers’
New and continuing simulcast series announced so far includes Fena: Pirate Princess (top, left) a co-production with Adult Swim that played as a work in progress at Annecy this month; Tokyo Revengers (top, right), an adaptation of Ken Wakui’s…
CNN “Dreamland” Documentary Segments by Meister
Music: Ambrose Yu Production: MeisterDirector: CJ CookExecutive Producer: Samantha CookStoryboarder: David SaracinoLead Character Design: Daniel AmdemichaelLead Environment Design: Yann Benedi, Diego FreyreDesigner: Tom Goyon, Sabrena Khadija, Allen…
Artificial Ingredients Take a Beating in New Burger King Spot
Client: Burger KingGlobal Chief Brand Officer: Paloma AzulayGlobal Head of Burger King: Iwo ZakowskiCommunications Latin America: Bárbara RégisHead of Marketing Latin America: Alexandre AntonelloMarketing Director Mexico: Guillermo…
‘Squishville’ Starring the Squishmallows Squad Debuts June 26
Since launching in 2017, more than 86 million Squishmallows have been sold, with the brand expecting to reach its 100 million milestone in the next couple months. The plush toy has also become a TikTok sensation with more than 2.8 billion organic video…
Marvel Studios Drops New ‘Shang-Chi’ Trailer and Images
Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings is directed by Cretton and produced by Kevin Feige and Jonathan Schwartz, with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Charles Newirth serving as executive producers. David Callaham & Cretton &…
How Cas Van De Pol Gained Millions Of Youtube Followers With His Animated Recaps
Cartoon Brew: What is your background as an animator — what were you doing before you launched your Youtube channel? How do you choose what to recap? To what extent do you factor in what has done well for you in the past? [embedded content] Youtube…
Carolina Herrera Gem Collection Brand Films by Bark & Bite
“Gold Myrrh Absolute is part of the Carolina Herrera Eastern Collection and celebrates Arabian perfumery at its finest. A tribute to the exclusivity of myrrh and an invitation to experience the opulence of gold, the scent was launched in 2021 and…
Dozens Of Hanna-Barbera Characters Come Together In HBO Max’s ‘Jellystone!’ (Watch Trailer)
The series, which premieres on the streamer on July 29, is set in the town of the same name (a reference to Yogi Bear’s native Jellystone Park), and follows the classic — and some not-so-familiar — characters as they work, play,…
ESPN “One App, One Tap” by Diego Berakha and 1stAveMachine Buenos Aires
Rotoscope: Boss VFX Working thru California agency Butler Shine Stern & Partners, director Diego Berakha and the crew at 1stAveMachine in Buenos Aires mash together live-action and a slew of animation and design styles for this phase two promo of the…
Chris Appelhans On Directing Netflix’s ‘Wish Dragon’ In China (Cartoon Brew Podcast)
Listen to Appelhans discuss these subjects, and many others besides, in the podcast above. Chris Appelhans The cg family film, a Shanghai-set story about a boy who encounters a magical dragon, was made in an unusual way, as a Chinese-American…
DDEG and Lex+Otis Launch KRAKN Animation
Meduzarts Animation specializes in content for mature audiences, collaborating on projects with clients such as Netflix, Legendary Entertainment, WB Games, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Activision Blizzard, and Bethesda Softworks. Franchises the studio has…
‘Courage The Cowardly Dog’ Creator John Dilworth Not Involved In ‘Scooby-Doo’ Crossover
— John Dilworth (@DillyDilworth) June 22, 2021 Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced Straight Outta Nowhere: Scooby-Doo Meets Courage the Cowardly Dog, a home release set to hit digital and DVD on September 14. Responding to a tweet about…
NGV Melbourne “Planet City (Excerpt)” by Liam Young
“But what if we radically reversed this planetary sprawl? What if we reached a global consensus to retreat from our vast network of cities and entangled supply chains into one hyper-dense metropolis housing the entire population of the earth?…