North America

Nickelodeon Debuts SpongeBob Hot Wheels Collection

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Licensing, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Licensing, Television
Nickelodeon debuts a “SpongeBob SquarePants” Hot Wheels collection that features six character inspired vehicles.

Phyken Goes Mobile with Autodesk

Posted In | News Categories: Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology
In developing “Wizard Ops Tactics,” Phyken turned to Autodesk Maya 3D animation software for high-quality art, models and other 3D assets.

3DGarage Delivers New LightWave 11.5 Training Video

Posted In | News Categories: Education and Training, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Education and Training, Technology
3DGarage.com’s new instructional training video for LightWave 11.5 is now available

Psyop Helps Launch Interactive Experience for Fanta

Posted In | News Categories: Books, Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Books, Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless
Psyop helps to launch Play Fanta’s interactive graphic novel, “Saving the Source.”

Academy Honors Matte Painting and Digital Environments

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
The Academy hosts the final event in its three-week VFX Convergence craft series, “From Matte Paintings to Full Environments and Set Extensions,” moderated by visual effects branch governor Craig Barron and visual effects branch member Theresa Rygiel.

IBM Creates World’s Smallest Film

Posted In | News Categories: Short Films, Stop-Motion, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Short Films, Stop-Motion, Technology
Director Nico Casavecchia, 1stAveMachine, Ogilvy and the big brains at IBM Research create the world’s smallest stop-motion film, “A Boy and His Atom.”

Framestore Wins Big at Clio Awards

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Awards, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects
Visual effects company Framestore wins two awards for Best Visual Effects at the Clios, taking silver for Qualcomm Snapdragon “Coming Soon” and bronze for the groundbreaking simulation VFX used to dismantle the Nissan Altima in “Wouldn’t It Be Cool.”

DreamWorks Animation Acquires AwesomenessTV

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive, People | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Internet and Interactive, People
Groundbreaking alliance marks digital content milestone.

Imaginary Forces Tackles MTV Movie Awards

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Motion Graphics, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Events, Motion Graphics, Television
Imaginary Forces tackles the MTV Movie Awards with iconic and exhilarating blockbuster homages in 13 category animations.

Montreal Stop Motion Festival Issues Call for Entries

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, Events, Films, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Call for Entries, Events, Films, Places, Short Films, Stop-Motion
The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival issues a call for entries for the fifth edition of the festival, which will take place in October.