Uncanny Valley Explained

This clip from the TV series 30 Rock offers an entertaining explanation of the “Uncanny Valley” (aka “Robert Zemeckis-style …

Fantasmagorie 2008

Fantasmagorie, a new CG remake has been produced called Fantasmagorie 2008. The film is the brainchild of Rastko Ciric, a professor at …

Making Sense of Speed Racer‘s Failure

Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal attempts to make sense of the spectacular box office failure of Speed Racer, which raced to …

“Guernica” in CG

Lena Grieseke created this 3D “exploration” of Picasso’s famed painting “Guernica.” In the description of the project, Grieseke writes …

The Art of Pixar’s Short Films

A while back I mentioned briefly on this site that I had been offered an opportunity to write a book for Pixar, and today I thought I’d …

The Pixar Story on TV tonight!

The television broadcast premiere of Leslie Iwerks documentary, The Pixar Story, will be on the STARZ cable channel tonight at 10pm …

Clone Wars trailer

This trailer has been out for almost a year, but in case you missed it (or the newer, more action packed one leaked on Gizmodo) I thought …

Horton Hears a Who! Comparison Reel

Blue Sky animator Jeff Gabor recently posted on his website a comparison reel from Horton Hears a Who! that shows his live-action …

Pixar’s Presto

I was getting ready to junk a flyer I’d received for the Hiroshima International Animation Festival when I noticed a tiny image printed …

Oktapodi

French animation school Gobelins, which turns out no shortage of quality CG films, has another student film that’s been attracting a lot …

PandaPanther

PandaPanther is, hands down, my favorite new commercial studio. Once you see their work, you’ll understand why. This young NYC-based …

Ron Paul Goes CG

Everything’s better when it’s in CG…even presidential candidate Ron Paul. Of all the recent animated political ads, this commercial …

Chester Cheetah in CG

Speaking of creepy CG translations of 2D characters, the new adult-targeted Cheetos ad campaign starring Chester Cheetah is highly …

Wall-E Trailer

Pixar has released the final trailer for Wall-E before its June 27 release. All I can say is that I really want to see this film! And …

Monsters vs. Aliens

DreamWorks has released the first latest official image from their March 2009 feature Monsters vs. Aliens. It’s hardly groundbreaking …

‘Please Say Something’ by David OReilly

Please Say Something is a visually and narratively intriguing series of CG micro-shorts by David O’Reilly, creator of RGBXYZ. O’Reilly …

Fred and Sharon’s Movie Productions

Throughout the history of the animation art form, there have been a select group of innovators who have pushed the medium to its limits …

Kit Kat’s Ultimate Break

This nicely crafted, character-driven viral advertisement, The Ultimate Break, was produced out of Paris based Akama Studio. I don’t …

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