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‘The Casagrandes’: A Giant Step for Latinx Representation | Animation Magazine

October 6, 2019

Bursting onto television screens this fall, The Casagrandes follows a large, loving family living together in the big city. A companion to the Emmy Award-winning The Loud House, the new 2D-animated series highlights…

Q&A: Réka Bucsi’s ‘Solar Walk’ | ANIMATIONWorld

April 11, 2019

Following 70 festivals and 13 awards for her short film ‘Solar Walk,’ the award-winning independent animator talks about distribution and monetization.

The 2019 GLAS Animation Festival poster was designed by Manshen Lo.

GLAS 2019: A Conversation with Einar Baldvin, Jeanette Bonds & Sean Buckelew | ANIMATIONWorld

March 4, 2019

With the lofty goal of transforming the cultural understanding and language of animation as an artistic medium, in its fourth year the GLAS Animation Festival continues to grow, packed with…

Written and directed by Dean DeBlois, ‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,’ arrives in U.S. theaters on February 22. Images © 2019 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Where Have All the Dragons Gone? Dean DeBlois Concludes His Spectacular Trilogy with ‘The Hidden World’ | ANIMATIONWorld

February 20, 2019

How To Train Your Dragon’ series writer and director Dean DeBlois reflects on his ten years with the beloved franchise, detailing how new technologies helped bring ‘The Hidden World’ to…

The Viking village of Berk has become a chaotic dragon utopia in director Dean DeBlois’ ‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,’ arriving in U.S. theaters on February 22. Images © 2019 DreamWorks Animation LLC. All Rights Reserved.

How To Design an Infinite Number of Dragons in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Hidden World’ | ANIMATIONWorld

February 13, 2019

Head of character animation Simon Otto helps bring more than 65,000 fantastical dragons to life for one of the biggest sequences in the culmination of the studio’s ‘How To Train…

‘BoJack Horseman’ won the Annie Award for best general audience animated television/broadcast production for the episode ‘The Dog Days are Over.’

Q&A: Ten Questions with ‘BoJack Horseman’ Director Amy Winfrey | ANIMATIONWorld

February 8, 2019

‘Dog Days Are Over’ for ‘BoJack Horseman’ and ‘Tuca and Bertie’ director: Amy Winfrey dishes on her ‘Free Churro.’

Written and directed by Dean DeBlois and featuring the voices of Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Kit Harington, Craig Ferguson and F. Murray Abraham, ‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ arrives in U.S. theaters on February 22. Images © 2019 DreamWorks Animation LLC

Designing the Spectacular Realm of the Dragons for DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Hidden World’ | ANIMATIONWorld

January 25, 2019

From concept art to finished frames, production designer Pierre-Olivier Vincent brings a singular touch to the final film in the blockbuster ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ trilogy.

‘L'oiseau qui danse,’ by Jean-Marie Marbach, winner of Best in Show at SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Computer Animation Festival.

A Mesmerizing Homage to Visual Music: SIGGRAPH Asia Best in Show Winner ‘L’oiseau Qui Danse’ | ANIMATIONWorld

December 10, 2018

Independent VFX artist and director Jean-Marie Marbach pushes motion graphics to new heights with his award-winning music video made entirely with Adobe After Effects and Red Giant’s Trapcode Suite.

Directed by Pierre Perifel, JP Sans and Liron Topaz, ‘Bilby’ is the second short film to emerge from the studio’s shorts program. © 2018 DreamWorks Animation.

DreamWorks Animation Short ‘Bilby’ A Testing Ground for New Production Tools | ANIMATIONWorld

December 10, 2018

Directors Pierre Perifel, JP Sans and Liron Topaz delve into the making of their CG-animated short ‘Bilby’ -- including the use of the studio’s new Moonray light rendering engine --…

Helmed by John Kahrs, the Academy Award-winning director of Disney’s ‘Paperman’ short, ‘Age of Sail offers’ a sweeping, cinematic tale set on the open ocean in the year 1900. © 2018 Google Spotlight Stories.

Google Spotlight Stories and Chromosphere Raise the Bar for ‘Age of Sail’ | ANIMATIONWorld

December 4, 2018

Technical art leads Cassidy Curtis and Theresa Latzko keep things shipshape in their quest to take the cinematic VR Short by Oscar-winning director John Kahrs onto the high seas.

How Baobab Studios Created a Storybook World for the Immersive ‘Crow: The Legend’ | ANIMATIONWorld

December 3, 2018

Created using the Unity game engine, VR experience and accompanying theatrical short film written and directed by Eric Darnell and produced by Maureen Fan pushes real-time graphics to new heights.

Director William Salazar’s ‘Bird Karma’ brings a classic 2D look to CG animation. © 2018 DreamWorks Animation.

Bringing a 2D Touch to DreamWorks Animation Short ‘Bird Karma’ | ANIMATIONWorld

December 3, 2018

Dive into enlightenment with the first project to emerge from the studio’s newly-launched shorts program in AWN’s exclusive video and accompanying interview with director William Salazar.

John Kahrs Enters the ‘Age of Sail’ with Cinematic New VR Short | ANIMATIONWorld

November 14, 2018

Taking virtual reality onto the high seas, Oscar-winning director of Disney’s ‘Paperman’ delves into the making of Google Spotlight Stories’ longest, most visually complex virtual reality experience to date.

Written and directed by Neth Nom and produced by Sara K. Sampson, ‘Sonder’ harnesses the power of the Unity game engine to render cinema-quality graphics in real time. © 2018 Soba Productions.

Powered by Unity: How a Global Team of Artists Brought ‘Sonder’ To Life | ANIMATIONWorld

November 12, 2018

Making its online debut as a Vimeo Staff Pick, Oscar-qualified short film ‘Sonder’ uses the power of real-time graphics inside the Unity game engine to achieve a distinctive 2D ‘toon-shaded…

Produced by Cartoon Saloon, ‘Late Afternoon’ has received 15 awards to date, including an Oscar-qualifying win for Best Animated Short at the Tribeca Film Festival.

State of Mind: Exploring Memory in Louise Bagnall’s ‘Late Afternoon’ | ANIMATIONWorld

November 9, 2018

Oscar-qualified short film produced by Cartoon Saloon uses hand-drawn digital animation to poignantly depict the internal landscape of a woman with memory loss.

Written and directed by Trevor Jimenez, ‘Weekends’ won both the Special Jury Prize and Audience Award at this year’s Annecy Festival, and topped two other Oscar-qualifying festivals, the Nashville Film Festival and the Warsaw Film Festival.

Within a Dream: Bringing Emotion To Trevor Jimenez’s ‘Weekends’ | ANIMATIONWorld

November 6, 2018

Oscar hopeful Trevor Jimenez breaks down a surreal dream sequence designed to evoke heightened emotions in his painterly short film ‘Weekends.’

‘Incredibles 2’: How Pixar Story Artist Ted Mathot Brought the ‘Auntie Edna’ Mini-Movie To Life | ANIMATIONWorld

October 31, 2018

Story artist-turned director Ted Mathot brings the iconic Edna E. Mode out of her comfort zone and into the spotlight in a new short film created for the home entertainment…

Q&A: Encounters Festival’s Kieran Argo Presents Six Top Picks for 2018 Edition | ANIMATIONWorld

September 19, 2018

Encounters animation programmer Kieran Argo delves into this year’s Oscar-qualifying international competition.

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