So you’ve built your Gothic castle-it’s time for your hero to dash into play and defend the battlements. Your gaming engine supports skeletons, an animation system called Inverse Kinematics (IK), and ...

The world of animation is witnessing a significant transformation as new technologies emerge to enhance the creative process. Among these advancements, Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) tools ...

Getting character design right is as complex as composing a melody, says Disney’s vet animator Glen Keane, who supervised the animation of “Tangled” and designed Rapunzel. “Working with 3D computer ...

Hello everyone! My name is Aaron Blaise and I’ve been an animator, character designer, and animation feature film director for the past 30 years. I’m also an art educator and run a website called ...

Brian Weisz reveals his process for creating a sparkling unicorn and shares valuable insights into working with your clients.

In this course, students learn to create credible, emotive, characters, for cartoons and animation. Instruction covers research, physical traits, such as proportions, silhouette, posture, and a formal ...

Full access to 2D, 3D, stop-motion, and a dedicated graduate lab equipped with industry-level software Gain hands-on teaching experience as a Graduate Assistant or collaborate on high-level creative ...

In this exclusive breakdown, the cast and crew of 'Inside Out 2' take us inside one of the film’s most powerful moments—the anxiety attack scene. This deep dive explores how every department, from ...

When a live Simpsons segment was announced several weeks ago, many speculated about how it would be achieved. Would it be via motion capture? Perhaps a markerless facial animation set-up? Ultimately, ...

The history of animation goes back even farther than Mickey Mouse and steamboats, but they’ve entered a completely new era of interactivity thanks to HTML5, jQuery, and Javascript. In the beginning, ...