endorphin 2.5 Review: Advancing a Middle Ground in Character Animation
Upon the sad news of Wendy Jackson Halls passing, Animation World Network collected the thoughts of the community in tribute to her career in animation.
Fred Galpern's Recent Posts
Game Review: 'Shadow of the Colossus'
This month Dr. Toon plays the “What If” game to see how the world of animation would be different if in an alternative reality Dick Tracy was an animated star, Bob Clampett lived longer or Walt Disney never lost Oswald the Rabbit.
Next-Gen Gaming: What’s in Store for Cinematics and Animation?
With the holidays comes holiday parties. The Career Coach gives some quick tips on how to get more out of the festivities than just chips and dips.
T-Splines Review: Plugging into Maya for Better Results
Ryan Lesser reviews the newest tools available in Autodesks 3ds Max, including pelt mapping, render UVW template functionality, skinning, modeling and animation.
MotionBuilder 7 Review: Maya’s Evolving Companion Piece
John Cawley speaks candidly with various interns regarding what they wish they taught in school now that theyve gotten a taste of the working world.
Maya 7 Review: Pushing the Boundaries of 3D Software
Fred Galpern explores the latest in digital art wonders from Ballistic Publishing with his overview.
CAT2 Software Review: Meeting the Goals of Animation Intensive Industries
The graphic novel craze is taking over the world. Christopher Panzner investigates the European scene to see what the hottest properties are.
Ballistic Four-Book Review: 'Exposé 2', 'Exposé 3', 'CG Challenge XV: Machineflesh' and 'd’artiste: Digital Pai
Marisa Materna looks into the design work of Imaginary Forces, which has been a go to place lately when turning comicbook properties into feature films.
Alias SketchBook Pro 2 Review
With Illuminate Labs set to launch Turtle 2.0 at SIGGRAPH 2005, Xen Wildman provides a sneak peek of its new and improved features.
Poser 6 Review: An Emerging Tool for Digital Creators
Janet Hetherington checks in with independent animators across Canada to find out whats hot and whats not on the Canadian animation scene.
LightWave 3D 8.3 & 64-Bit Beta Review
Tara DiLullo sets out on an adventure to discover the details of director Robert Rodriquezs return to 3D and family fare with The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D.
The Future of Game Animation
In Part 3 of this series, Ellen Besen discusses the impact of new technology on performance and the future roles of technology, new and old, with former Disney animation artist Charlie Bonifacio and former Pixar animation artist Stephen Barnes.
The Future of Visual Content in Gaming
Fred Galpern gazes into the future to see what is on the horizon of cutting-edge visual content in gaming.
'Tekken 5' Review
Mary Ann Skweres sniffs out the 411 on UVPhactorys CG stylings for Pete Misers hip-hop video, Scent of a Robot.
modo 102
Rick DeMott talks with Gregg and Evan Spiridellis of JibJab Media and John Evershed of Mondo Media about how two firms vastly different during the dotcom bubble of 2000 have survived and now thrive on the Net.
'The Art of Oddworld Inhabitants: The First Ten Years 1994-2004'
Peter Plantec contributes to the Digital Eye column this month with a riff on the wizardry of previs.
'The Art of Machinima' Book Review
Ellen Wolff explores how ILMs Stefen Fangmeier mixed cutting edge technology with a bit of old cinema magic to help conjure the retro look of Lemony Snicket.
LightWave 3D [8] Review
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Karen Raugust investigates how comic publishers are using new technology to market their products to new audiences.
