‘Warframe’ Short Teases Sirius and Orion Clash in ‘Jade Shadows: Constellations’
Digital Extremes collaborates with ERRA and THE LINE on an anime-inspired, highly stylized film introducing the game’s next narrative chapter, launching free in June.
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Get Out Your Cocktail Shaker: ‘Archer’ Rolls Out Season 13
Art Director Justin Wagner and Animation Director Megan Johnson size up the new season - complete with lots of pre-production art - of the acclaimed series, which premiered last night on FXX and today on Hulu.
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Z is for Zagreb: The Animafest Zagreb Exhbition 1972-2022
Running through August 28, the special exhibit, taking on entire floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, celebrates the festival’s 50th anniversary with collections of memorabilia and animation art.
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Academy Museum’s ‘Hayao Miyazaki’ Exhibition Concludes June 5
Companion ‘Hayao Miyazaki Encores’ film series showcases the director’s work where it is most impactful – on the big screen; catch the last 2 screenings - ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ on May 13 and ‘Ponyo’ on May 27 at the David Geffen Theater.
GALLERY: ‘Archer’ Season 12 Storyboards and Designs
Art director Justin Wagner and associate art director Chi Duong Sato share an extensive board sequence, vehicle designs, environment design-to-final sequences, and final sequence images from the all-new, action-packed, martini-in-hand Season 12 of Adam Reed and FXX’s hit animated comedy series.
Madeline Sharafian ‘Digs’ Her 2D World in Pixar’s ‘Burrow’
The studio’s new SparkShorts film director forgoes 3D/CG, choosing instead a charming, hand-drawn, classic children’s book design to tell a young rabbit’s story of learning it’s OK to ask others for help.
‘A COVID Christmas’ Shares a Cute and Important Holiday Message
As told through the eyes of a kid, this animated Anti-Viral Christmas story features a holiday filled with masked and socially distanced activities.
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GALLERY: ‘Archer’ Season 11 Storyboards, Backgrounds, Images and Artwork
Art director Justin Wagner and associate art director Chi Duong Sato share an extensive set of high-octane storyboards, environments and concept art from Season 11 of Adam Reed and FXX’s hit animated comedy series.
Miyazaki Exhibition to Open New Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
More than 300 works have been curated into seven gallery sections that explore each of the legendary, Oscar-winning director’s films; the museum is scheduled to open April 30, 2021.
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WATCH: Explosm’s Captivating New ‘The Stockholms’ Animated Series
Creators of ‘Cynanide & Happiness’ partner with animation studio Octopie on hostage situation YouTube comedy web series.
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Clip Studio Paint Reaches 8 Million Copies Worldwide
Celsys’ graphics program for comics, illustration and animation hits its highest user base ever in July.
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WATCH: Jamie Cullum’s Inspirational ‘The Age of Anxiety’ Music Video
Under Neil Pymer’s creative direction, animated short artfully captures triple platinum-selling musician’s uplifting song about relationships in the digital age.
Catchy and Cool: The Celebrity Shorts of V+ Animation
For Vitaly Nikolaev and Veronika Nikolaeva, one animated Will Smith Instagram piece opened the door to a number of promo projects that bring positive online vibes to their artist clients.
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Pixar’s ‘Kitbull’: Hand-Drawn 2D at its Most Engaging
Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson’s heartwarming short, about an unlikely connection between a stray kitten and pit bull, deftly illustrates the inherent beauty and power of 2D animated storytelling.
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How ‘Klaus’ Uniquely Combines CG Lighting Techniques with Traditional 2D Animation
Production designers Szymon Biernacki and Marcin Jakubowski helped create an innovative, distinctive 2D aesthetic for Sergio Pablos’ delightful new Christmas film, now showing on Netflix.
OLM Asia Launches New Pokémon Animation Series with the Help of Celsys’ Clip Studio Paint
OLM’s 2017 Malaysian studio expansion provides a new pool of talented artists they can quickly and efficiently train on the digital paint tools used to produce their signature hand-drawn anime look.
Clip Studio Paint Captures Hand-Drawn ‘Feel’ for Artists and Animators
Celsys’ all-in-one paint tool provides intuitive, customizable features that help transfer an artist’s touch to their graphic design, manga/comics, animation or other digital art.
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Jamie Mitchell Helps Kids Embrace Their Uniqueness in Disney Junior’s ‘Fancy Nancy’
With Season 2 launching October 4, and a Season 3 renewal in hand, the show’s executive producer discusses his series about an eccentric 6-year-old girl that is aspirational, relatable, and funny.
Every Wallaby Has His Day: Rocko Returns in ‘Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling’
Debuting today on Netflix, Joe Murray’s animated special introduces a new generation to his zany 1993 Nicktoon series’ O-Town characters, who return home after 20 years in space.
‘Changyou’s Journey’: Perry Chen’s Tribute to a Dad’s Determination
Starting an animated short film at age 12 forced a young director to face his grief while continuing to learn from a father who’d passed away far too soon.
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Mamoru Hosoda and the Magical World of ‘Mirai’
The veteran director of ‘Wolf Children’ and ‘The Boy and the Beast’ paints an intimate portrait of a young boy’s vivid imagination and how it helps him accept the arrival of his baby sister.
