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Cartoon Network Studios Launches Inaugural 3-Day Animation Jam

Weekend-long event running July 9-11 connects rising talent with mentors with opportunity for college students to create original animation based on the imaginative world of Ian Jones-Quartey’s ‘O.K. KO! Let’s Be Heroes.’

SIGGRAPGH 2016 Headline News

SIGGRAPH Unveils 2016 Games Program

Talks, courses, Real-Time LIVE! demos and production sessions with top-tier game studios such as Naughty Dog and Square Enix to explore AAA game titles including ‘Final Fantasy XV,’ ‘Uncharted 4,’ ‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ and more.

Awards Headline News

The Rookies Announce 2016 Finalists

Nearly 2,000 entries were received for this year’s edition of The Rookies, formerly known as the CG Student Awards, with close to 500 academic facilities encouraging their students to submit work.

call for entries Headline News

animago AWARD Extends Submission Deadline to July 19

Deadlines for submissions of 3D animation & stills, visual effects and visualization extended to July 19; 20th anniversary edition to be held in Munich October 27-28.

Unity Technologies Headline News

Unite ’16 Los Angeles Issues Call for Speakers

Annual Unity Technologies User Conference running November 1-3 seeking artists, developers and publishers to share their knowledge of interactive 2D, 3D, VR and AR experiences and game creation with the largest global gathering of Unity developers.

Awards Headline News

‘Boj’ Wins Big at BAFTA Cymru Games Awards

Cardiff-based interactive design and development studio Thud Media receives three awards for its educational children’s game, ‘Boj Smoothies,’ featuring characters from the popular CBeebies series produced by Pesky Productions.

Calabash Animation Headline News

Calabash Animation Creates New Trailer for ‘Oops! You Died’

Game developer Signal Zero taps Chicago-based animation studio Calabash for a trailer with a modern retro feel that perfectly captures popular mobile game’s distinct look.

Axis Headline News

Axis Appoints Jon Neill as Head of Lighting, Rendering & Compositing

Industry veteran has held senior roles at MPC and Cinesite, working on projects such as ‘Jungle Book,’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.’

Allegorithmic Headline News

Allegorithmic Launches Inaugural ‘Substance Days’ Event

Two days of masterclasses, an evening keynote, and a day of free conference sessions to be held at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, Games and Animation.

SIGGRAPH 2016 Headline News

Production Sessions Announced for SIGGRAPH 2016

Production sessions at s2016 to include 20th Century Fox’s ‘Deadpool,’ Disney’s ‘Zootopia,’ Lucasfilm’s ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ and LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings.’

SIGGRAPH 2016 Headline News

WATCH: ACM SIGGRAPH Unveils 2016 Festival Animation Trailer

Selections for the Oscar-qualifying festival include outstanding achievements in animated feature and short films, scientific visualization, visual effects, real-time graphics, game excerpts, and many others.

Cartoon Network Headline News

CN Expands ‘Adventure Time’ Franchise with Multi-Platform ‘Card Wars’ Sequel

Cartoon Network launches the next iteration of the highly successful ‘Card Wars’ with a multi-platform rollout encompassing linear and digital content, mobile gaming and consumer products

Previs Headline News

SolidAnim Introduces SolidTrack Unity

New version of markerless camera tracking and previs/animation solution for real-time visual effects & on-set visualization can now be used with game rendering engine Unity.

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