iPad Light Animation by BERG

Interface designers BERG used iPads to create an ingenious experiment that combines the device with photography and animation. After …

Looney Tunes CG Fail

The shape of things to come? Let’s hope not – an ad for McDonald’s from France: (Thanks, Kurtis Findlay)

‘No Pets Allowed’ trailer

Nicely done test piece for a proposed feature by Headless Studios and Six Birds Productions in Barcelona. (Thanks, Mike Stanfill)

Deneroff’s Law about Computer Animation

Animation historian Harvey Deneroff writes perceptively about animation past and present, and not so long ago, he wrote something about …

Pinocchio test

Cool Advances in CG Motion Blur

Here are some intriguing animation examples from a paper delivered at SIGGRAPH 2010 about “Programmable Motion Effects.” The …

Between Bears by Eran Hilleli

The best part about Eran Hilleli’s Between Bears is the distinctive style he crafted using Maya and After Effects. The graduation short …

NBC Peacock ID by Nathan Love

Nathan Love created this uncommonly appealing NBC station ID in collaboration with NBC ArtWorks, the on-air graphics department of the …

Looney Tunes exclusive clip: Coyote Falls

We still don’t know whether the new Looney Tunes Show for Cartoon Network will meet our lofty expectations, but I was invited to a …

Sean Connery is “Sir Billi”

Can this skateboarding octogenarian and his goat save the day? That’s the setup for Sir Billi, a new animated feature with the voice of …

The Smurfs teaser trailer

Introduced by Neil Patrick Harris: The Smurfs (Thanks, Liam and Dave Alvarez)

Salesman Pete Trailer

French animation students–yes, students–continue to push the envelope for cel-shaded CG animation more than anybody else within the …

McDonald’s Spot by Guilherme Marcondes

It’s hard to make a bad commercial when you’ve got Guilherme Marcondes (Tyger) directing and Peter de Sève (Ice Age) designing the …

Azureus Rising

Test clip for a feature film by Dave Weinstein.

Tiny Shoes trailer

Your daily dose of bad: From the people who brought you The Sissy.

Meet Meline

Meet Meline tells the story of a little girl whose curiosity is sparked by a mysterious creature as she plays in her grandparents barn. …

The CGI Yogi

I wasn’t going to post about this. I was sent these images of CGI Yogi and Boo Boo a few days ago and decided they were so horrible that …

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