‘Under The Thicket’ Is A Reflective Exploration Of Nature And The Transience Of Life
A ghost goes for a walk in the woods.
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Lillian Schwartz, Pioneering CG Animation Filmmaker, Dies At 97
Schwartz was a trailblazing filmmaker and animator who was among the handful of people to regularly make cg-animated films in the 1970s.
Takeshi Murata And Christopher Rutledge’s ‘Larry’ Lets The Dogs Out (To Play Basketball)
‘Larry’ is everything you want and rarely get in animation: an absurd, hilarious, philosophical work that ignores all manner of reality and physics.
Autodesk Unveils Project Bernini, A New Generative AI Tool That Creates 3D Shapes
The experimental project developed by Autodesk AI Lab is not available for public use.
Pedro Conti’s Stop-Motion-Inspired CG Is A Perfect Fit For The ‘Acabou, Mas Tem…’ Music Video
Clockwork toy characters and sets experience chaos mirroring the song’s unsettled narrative.
Indie CG Artist Julian Glander Shares An Early Look At His Debut Feature ‘Boys Go To Jupiter’ – Exclusive
Glander spoke with Cartoon Brew about the joys and challenges of self-producing an animated feature.
Multiple People In Custody After Softimage Founder And Computer Graphics Pioneer Daniel Langlois Found Dead In Dominica
Softimage was a key piece of cg animation software in the 1990s and used to make films like ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘Titanic,’ and ‘The Matrix.’
Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, And Nvidia Ally On OpenUSD
The alliance will work to standardize the cg ecosystem by advancing the capabilities of Open Universal Scene Description.
Christopher Nolan Forgot To Credit Over 80% Of VFX Crew On ‘Oppenheimer’
VFX workers get screwed by Hollywood yet again.
SIGGRAPH 2023 Offers Feast Of Talks On New Animation, Including ‘Spider-Verse,’ ‘Nimona,’ And ‘Elemental’
Th computer graphics conference and trade show takes place August 6-10 in Los Angeles.
Epic Games Unveils Metahuman Animator, A Potential Game Changer For Automated Facial Animation And Lip Sync
The new tech eliminates the need for bespoke facial motion capture technology, making it possible to accomplish with only an iPhone.
Go Behind The Scenes Of Mascha Halberstad’s Upcoming Feature ‘Fox And Hare Save The Forest’ In This Exclusive First-Look Video
Halberstad talks us through the film’s origins and key themes while sharing some lively clips from the cg feature.
‘The Voice In The Hollow’ Is A Stunning Stylized CG Short, And The Filmmakers Documented The Entire Production
Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma (a.k.a. Half M.T. Studios) documented more than 100 hours of production on their thrilling short.
A Viral Animated Short Has Thousands Convinced That Babies Are Being Genetically Modified And Birthed In Factories
According to filmmaker Hashem Al-Ghaili, the video was intended only to showcase how far technology has progressed and inspire discussion.
‘Cricket & Antoinette,’ Croatia’s First-Ever CG-Animated Feature, Releases Tomorrow
The film, directed by Luka Rukavina and produced by Zagreb-based animation studio Diedra, will be distributed in more than 30 territories.
See How Computer Animation Was Used Over 30 Years Ago To Produce ‘Roller Coaster Rabbit’
A rare look back at Disney’s Florida animation studio and the early days of computer animation.
Ken Knowlton, A Founding Father Of Computer Art And Animation, Dies at 91
Knowlton’s pioneering work at Bell Labs in the 1960s is the foundation on which modern computer animation is built.
Paramount Unveils Star-Studded, Fart-Fueled Trailer For ‘Paws Of Fury’
Five years after the ‘Blazing Saddles’ spoof was meant to hit theaters, the long-gestating production will hit theaters this summer.
‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’ Reviews Roundup: Critics Mixed On Sequel’s CGI Work
For our review roundup, we opted to focus on the few – very few in fact – reviews which addressed the film’s cgi work.
Nexus And Patrick Osborne Reveal Teaser For Real-Time Animation Project ‘This Tape Deck Is A Time Machine’
The project explores “an agile and more iterative approach to linear animated filmmaking.”
