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Motion Graphics Headline News

Jean-Marie Marbach Creates Mesmerizing New Music Video for Tennyson

Made entirely using Red Giant’s Trapcode Suite, the popular Adobe After Effects plugins for motion graphics and custom AE scripting, ‘L’oiseau qui danse’ is an homage to the abstract animation style of Visual Music.

Crowdfunding Headline News

Crowdfunding: ‘The Crawling King’ Launches Kickstarter Campaign

Award-winning independent animator Einar Baldvin launches Kickstarter campaign for ‘The Crawling King,’ a 182-page fully illustrated dark fantasy novel published by Starburns Industries.

Tribeca Headline News

17th Annual Tribeca Film Festival Announces 2018 Dates and Call for Submissions

Tribeca selects Withoutabox to be the exclusive third-party film submission service for the 2018 Festival as part of a new, multi-year agreement.

Vhi Healthcare Headline News

Piranha Bar Mould Memories in Hybrid Animation

‘Katherine,’ a moving new campaign by Vhi Healthcare, Publicis Dublin, and Piranha Bar sheds a reassuring light on people’s experience of medical treatment, bringing their subscribers’ testimonials to life.

Epic Games Headline News

Couldn’t Make It to SIGGRAPH? Watch the Epic Games User Group Presentation Online

Epic Games showcases advancements in virtual, augmented and mixed reality as well as the impact of the Cloud, AI and machine learning on production pipelines, at is first-ever User Group meetup at SIGGRAPH 2017.

AMPAS Headline News

2017 Student Academy Awards Finalists Unveiled

CalArts, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, Filmakademie, Kingston University, Ringling, SVU and USC represented in U.S and international animation categories.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XXXVIII - Cats Love a Parade

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. This week: something very important.

Indie animation short ANIMATIONWorld

Pictures from the Brainbox: A Weekly Dose of Indie Animation - 'A Very Lonely Cock'

Every Tuesday, Chris Robinson digests and dissects (relatively) new indie animation short films. Today: A Very Lonely Cock by Leonid Shmelkov

Framestore Headline News

Framestore Animates Detailed Hulk for Marvel

 International Oscar-winning creative studio Framestore is showing its cross-platform capabilities yet again by bringing the powerful Marvel character Hulk to life on both film and commercial platforms, with the London film team and the Los Angeles integrated advertising team collaborating on the latest CG characterization of Hulk for upcoming Marvel Studios releases and Renault’s commercial “Renault Kwid.”

Jorge Gutierrez Headline News

‘Book of Life’ Director Jorge Gutierrez Joins ‘Billion Brick Race’

Warner Bros. taps ‘Book of Life’ and ‘Son of Jaguar’ director to develop a new animated feature in ‘The LEGO Movie’ franchise.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XXXVII - Hot Freaks

Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. This week: the futility of ranting to festivals.

Festivals Headline News

Encounters Festival Announces 2017 Program

247 films selected to compete at Oscar-qualifying festival running September 19-24 with appearances by ‘The Red Turtle’ director Michael Dudok de Wit and Illumination Entertainment’s Pierre Coffin.

Interview ANIMATIONWorld

I Have a Question Maral Mohammadian

In which Chris Robinson asks animators profound and inane questions that have little to do with animation. Today's guest is Maral Mohammadian, Producer of the English Animation Studio at the National Film Board of Canada.

Google Spotlight Stories Headline News

Google Spotlight Stories Takes on SIGGRAPH 2017

See work-in-progress screenings and go behind of the scenes of Google Spotlight Stories’ forthcoming VR shorts, ‘Son of Jaguar,’ from director Jorge Gutierrez, and ‘Sonaria,’ directed by Scot Stafford and Chromosphere.

Opinion ANIMATIONWorld

Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode XXXVI - Nightmare Jamboree

Every Friday, Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: Chaos festivals

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