‘The Magician’s Elephant’ Animated Feature Underway at Netflix
Streamer announces production has begun on film based on two-time Newberry Award winner Kate DiCamillo’s novel of the same name.
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Chaos Group Launches Chaos Vantage and ‘Building Utopia’ Contest
Join the rendering challenge focused on creating real-time animation using Vantage and a free futuristic 3D city model provided by KitBash3D; contest runs until January 25, 2021.
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Time to Shop! The Animation Guild Launches Virtual Holiday Market
Check everyone off your holiday list at the 3rd annual event that features unique and memorable gifts from pros behind popular animated TV shows and films.
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Blue Zoo Creates ‘The Beast’ in Quill VR
New VR short, made in collaboration with Oculus and Facebook Reality Labs, uses a groundbreaking app; artists were able to create and hand-animate in three dimensions while immersed in the VR experience.
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Go Behind the Scenes on Glen Keane’s ‘Over the Moon’ December 4
Latest View 2020 free online event features a conversation with the Netflix animated musical’s production designer Celine Desrumaux; CG supervisor Clara Chan; animation supervisor Sacha Kapijimpanga; and VFX supervisor David Smith.
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Designing the Illusory: Souls, Counselors, and The Great Before of ‘Soul’
Pete Docter and Pixar make simple, bold, and beautiful look easy in the gorgeous and fantastical ethereal realm of their upcoming animated feature, premiering December 25 on Disney+.
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House of Panic’s ‘Michelangelo Code’ Animates an Art History Debate
Directed and animated by Federica D’Urzo, the film uses simple shapes and mixed media to portray the mystery behind Michelangelo Buonarroti’s XVI Century work.
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Baobab Studio Announces ‘The Art of Baobab: The Beginning’
Coming in December, the book compiles production designs, visual development artwork, and character designs from the studio’s award-winning titles including ‘Invasion!,’ ‘Asteroids!,’ ‘Crow: The Legend,’ ‘Jack,’ and ‘Bonfire’ and the upcoming ‘Baba Yaga;’ now available for preorder on Amazon.
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Brad Minnich Explores New Animation Territory with ‘The Good Lord Bird’ and ‘2150’
The veteran VFX editor and supervisor talks about his two latest projects, Ethan Hawke’s Civil War-era period Showtime series, and a fully animated feature inspired by ‘Love, Death & Robots.’
‘The Art of WolfWalkers’ Behind-the-Scenes Book Available November 10
Showcasing the craft and skill behind the Apple Original Film, ‘WolfWalkers,’ Charles Solomon and James Baxter’s new book features an afterword by the movie’s director Tomm Moore and co-director Ross Stewart.
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Kitaro Kosaka’s ‘Okko’s Inn’ Celebrates 2nd Anniversary with E-SAKUGA eBook.
Interactive format allows readers to flip through keyframes and access archives of popular Japanese animation with only a touch; available in Apple’s ‘Book Store.’
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Celsys Hosting Panels at Wacom’s ‘Connected Ink’ November 18 Event
As part of ‘Creative Chaos’ theme, discussion with Samsung and Wacom will focus on ‘Clip Studio Paint’ for Galaxy; second panel with Wacom and Oiso will discuss how to encourage kids’ love of drawing.
Glen Keane’s ‘Over the Moon’ Artfully Illustrates Healing from Grief Through Play
With vibrant colors, gelatinous creatures and an unreal Lunarian moonscape, Sony Pictures Imageworks helps visualize a young girl’s emotional journey to a whole new world, in Pearl Studios’ new animated musical, now showing on Netflix.
Secret Weapons Announces EbSynth Rotoscopy Automation Tool Beta
Prague tech company’s new tool creates all in-between frames in any artistic style – oil paint, watercolor, pastel, and others.
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Creating a Brighter World for Color Designers
Jack Cusumano and Teri Hendrich’s ‘Color is Design’ social media campaign is a key part of their ongoing effort to get color designers paid the same as other jobs in animation design.
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Netflix Betting Big on Anime, Reveals 5 New Projects at Tokyo Event
Last night’s Netflix Anime Festival 2020 announcements bring current slate of upcoming anime projects to 16; check out complete roster with new artwork.
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WATCH: ‘Outlander’ Star Sam Heughan Narrates ‘The Gille Dubh’ 2D Short
Winner of the 2020 Art Fund Museum of the Year award, Gairloch Museum presents the Scottish fairy tale ‘The Gille Dubh: The Last of the Fairies,’ inspired by the art of Abe Locke.
Genndy Tartakovsky Talks ‘Primal’ and Telling Stories Without Words
With a second season renewal now in hand, the storied creator of ‘Dexter’s Laboratory’ and ‘Samurai Jack’ discusses his viscerally gripping and beautifully animated Adult Swim series about a caveman, a T-Rex, and the bond that helps them survive.
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Black N’ Animated and WIA Announce Free Storyboarding Class Nov 7
In collaboration with independent animation studios Oddbot, Powerhouse, Renegade, Six Point Harness and Titmouse, the two organizations are hosting an all-day virtual class headlined by award-winning director Matt Danner’s ‘Storyboarding 101;’ other lectures include ‘Storyboarding for Action’ and ‘Storyboarding for Adult Comedy.’
LightBox Expo Creators Introduce Magma Studio
New browser-based painting application facilitates real-time collaboration for up to 30 people at a time, working anywhere.
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Animade Animation Studio Celebrates 10 Years with a Rebrand
The studio’s evolution is noted with a looser, updated logo with free-form shapes and a bright color palette reflecting the energy, passion and curiosity channeled into the company’s projects.
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Studio Ghibli Releases 400 Free Movie Images
The famed Japanese studio home of venerated director Hayao Miyazaki has posted online a set of 50 high resolution stills from eight of their beloved films, most notably ‘Ponyo’ and ‘Spirited Away,’ with more to come, for fans to use ‘freely within the scope of common sense.’
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GALLERY: ‘Archer’ Season 11 Storyboards, Backgrounds, Images and Artwork
Art director Justin Wagner and associate art director Chi Duong Sato share an extensive set of high-octane storyboards, environments and concept art from Season 11 of Adam Reed and FXX’s hit animated comedy series.
A Welcome Return to Dysfunctional Spy Craft in ‘Archer’ Season 11
Justin Wagner and Chi Duong Sato share artwork and creative insights as FXX’s hit animated comedy awakens from a 3-season coma and returns to the good old fashion, sexually charged, bickering filled, often drunkenly performed business of espionage.
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‘Pictoplasm in Isolation’ Goes Virtual September 18-19
Reimagined Berlin tradition offers free 2-day livestream broadcast featuring conversations and talks with artists, animators, designers, activists, and academics.
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