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Talking 20 Years of Toonz Media Group with CEO P. Jayakumar
It was about 20 years ago when Toonz Media Group opened its first studio in Kerala, India. Back then, there were only a few commercial animation...
From Rockers to Walkers: Secrets of New V-Ray for Houdini from Ingenuity Studios
Chaos Group has released V-Ray for Houdini, a production-proven renderer built for high-end VFX and animation projects. Artists can now assemble their scenes in...
Top 10 Tech Tools @ SIGGRAPH
Centered around the theme of “Thrive,” the 46th edition of SIGGRAPH is right around the corner, featuring the latest innovations in computer graphics and...
The Mane Event: ‘The Lion King’ Takes Pride in Virtual Production
***This article originally appeared in the August ‘19 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 292)***
One of the more surreal moments experienced by animation supervisor Andy...
Fox Renderfarm Backs Ambitious CG Fanimation ‘Dragon Ball Z Legacy’
A group of international CG artists and super Dragon Ball fans are teaming up to create a 3D reimagining of the iconic action-anime in...
10 Questions for Locksmith Animation’s Sarah Smith & Julie Lockhart
This month, we had a chance to chat with Sarah Smith and Julie Lockhart, founders of London-based Locksmith Animation, which specializes in making CG-animated...
Ed Bignell Discusses His Latest Animated Venture Robozuna
We recently had the chance to chat with Ed Bignell, founder, CEO and creative director of Kidscave Studio. Ed began his career at Amblimation,...
Magic Light Pictures Flies High with ‘Zog’ Special
Over the past decade, we’ve come to expect great things from the discerning animation production team of Michael Rose and Martin Pope of Magic...
Po Bounces Back in ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny’
***This story originally ran in the December ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 285)***
When Po, the beloved hero of the three Kung Fu Panda...
‘Fixies vs. Crabots’: More Miniature Adventures on the Big Screen
Animation fans will remember The Fixies as the charming little creatures that live inside our machines, appliances and devices, and help repair them when...
Student Academy Awards Winners Display Remarkable Artistry and Diversity
When Student Academy Award winners accept their medals each year, you can see the future of animation reflected in their faces. These fledging artists...
The Force Is Alive (and Animated) in ‘Star Wars Resistance’
***This story originally appeared in the November ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (#284)***
This year, Christmas comes early for Star Wars fans as the fantastic-looking...
HouseSpecial’s Armadillo Love Story Makes a Date with Portland Airport
Portland, Oregon-based animation studio HouseSpecial and director Kirk Kelley have launched a new short about the love life of one of America’s odder creatures,...
Exclusive Clip: ‘The Breadwinner’ Arrives in UK Cinemas May 25
This Friday, May 25, family audiences and lovers of great animated storytelling will be able to take in The Breadwinner on the big screen...
Foundry Builds on Google Cloud for Athera VFX Workflow Tech
Timed to FMX in Germany, Foundry announces Google Cloud Platform as the underlying cloud service provider for Athera. Known in beta as “Project Elara,"...
Diana Cheng Appointed Head of Production at Jogger West
Global vfx boutique Jogger announces that Diana Cheng as the new Head of Production for the company’s Western US offices, in which position she...
Animation & Rigging Solutions Sweep Academy Tech Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that 10 scientific and technical achievements represented by 34 individual award recipients, as well...
Top Tech Tools and Trends of 2017
As we count down the days to the beginning of the new year, it’s a good time to look back at some of the...
A Dandelion Hopes for a New Life in Kevin Hudson’s ‘Weeds’
The recent anti-immigrant climate in the U.S. had a deep impact on animation director Kevin Hudson. The director of the new animated short Weeds...
The Breadwinner: Through the Eyes of a Young Afghan Girl
Director Nora Twomey discusses the making of Cartoon Saloon’s powerful and beautifully animated feature The Breadwinner.
In the past few decades, animation fans have been...
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