Creative Focus :: CG

ILM Unleashes Avengers Featurette

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Films, People, Visual Effects
Industrial Light & Magic has unleashes a “Behind the Magic” featurette for “Marvel's The Avengers.”

Encore VFX Plays in Traffic for Banshee

Posted In | News Categories: Internet and Interactive, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Internet and Interactive, Television, Visual Effects
Encore VFX creates visual effects for Cinemax original series “Banshee.”

Chernin Group Acquires Stake in Graphic India

Posted In | News Categories: Books, Business, CG, Films | Geographic Region: Asia | Site Categories: Books, Business, CG, Films
The company that creates mythological and superhero characters for the Indian youth market hopes to produce future hit franchises.

Sony's Adventures in Zambezia Available March 25

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films, Home Entertainment | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Films, Home Entertainment
“Adventures in Zambezia,” the all-new CG animated adventure about a young, high-spirited falcon, will debut on DVD and Blu-ray March 25.

Festival of European Student Animation - Belgrade, Serbia

Posted In | Blog Categories: Festivals | Site Categories: 2D, CG, Events, Films, People, Short Films
Devoted solely to student work, the festival is the brainchild of well known animator, illustrator, and renaissance man Rastko Ćirić in conjunction with Vuk Maksimovic, master wood carver and furniture maker, who is the representative of the Fortress for this project.

Gravity Brings Disintegration to Dita Von Teese

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Commercials, Music and Sound, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: All | Site Categories: CG, Commercials, Music and Sound, Visual Effects
International creative group Gravity delivers CG and VFX for the musical debut of burlesque icon Dita Von Teese.

DreamWorks Unveils New Teaser for The Croods

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Films
DreamWorks Animation releases a new 32-second clip previewing its upcoming CG animated feature “The Croods.”

2013 VIEW Award Issues Call for Entries

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Short Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, Call for Entries, CG, Short Films, Visual Effects
The 2013 VIEW Award issues a call for entries for animated shorts with 2D/3D animation and VFX made in the last two years.

East Pleasant Builds Boombox Man

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East Pleasant, in collaboration with Scion AV, builds a Boombox Man for Zombie Nation.

Bobby Beck Talks New Directions in Animation Education

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Education and Training, Films, Jobs & Recruiting, People, Visual Effects
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The Animation Mentor CEO discusses educational philosophy and how his school’s new AMP fully distributed production pipeline meets a changing industry’s needs.

SIGGRAPH Conference Issues 2013 Call for Submissions

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Events, Places | Geographic Region: North America | Event: SIGGRAPH | Site Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Events, Places
SIGGRAPH 2013 invites students and professionals to showcase their expertise and unique technical and creative skills at the International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, July 21 – 25, 2013, in Anaheim, CA.

CTP Pro 4.0 Now Available

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Technology | Geographic Region: All | Site Categories: CG, Technology
Crater Software announces the release of CTP 4.0, the cartoon animation software for Windows.

Peter Rabbit Hops into New Territories

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Places, Television | Geographic Region: Australia, Europe | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Places, Television
Silvergate Media secure several major new pre-sale deals for CGI animated series “Peter Rabbit.”

Framestore Creates VFX for AXE Apollo

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: All | Site Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, People, Visual Effects
Framestore teams with Buzz Aldrin, BBH, Biscuit London, Blink and Caviar Content to create an all new campaign promoting an out-of-this-world competition from Axe.

Autodesk Seeks 2013 Show Reel Submissions

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Events | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Events
Autodesk seeks the latest and greatest creative talent to submit content for its 2013 Best of the Best Show Reel, which will premiere at NAB 2013 from April 8-11 in Las Vegas, NV.

New Trailer Released for Campanella’s Metegol

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films, People, Places | Geographic Region: Europe, South America | Site Categories: CG, Films, People, Places
A new trailer is released for the Spanish-Argentinian co-production, “Metegol,” a CG-animated soccer adventure directed by Argentina's Juan Jose Campanella.

Lionsgate Announces Care Bears Deal

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Home Entertainment | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Home Entertainment
Extended agreement includes multiple existing Care Bears series and films and packaged media and digital rights to additional properties.

MPC Lets the Buffalo Roam for Esurance

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Commercials, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Commercials, Visual Effects
VFX and digital studio MPC rejoins longtime collaborators Leo Burnett in a surreal and humorous look at what happens when buffalo take their wandering habits to unexpected places.

ParaNorman, Wreck-It Ralph and Frankenweenie lead Oscar Nominations

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, CG, Events, Films, People, Short Films, Stop-Motion, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: All | Event: Academy Awards | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, Awards, CG, Events, Films, People, Short Films, Stop-Motion, Visual Effects
The race for Oscar gold is on as the 2013 nominations are announced.

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