When it comes to teaching science, animation seems like a natural fit. What better way to convey how a bicycle pump works or the functions of the human respiratory system? Yet research has turned up ...

In 2007 a new documentary called The Pixar Story screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival. It covered the wild antics of the studio’s founders as they crafted a new kind of movie—a fully ...

The world of animation wouldn't be the same without these eight animated masterpieces that changed everything for the art form.

The Black Cauldron has had a bad reputation from pretty much minute one, the instant it opened in theaters to lukewarm reviews and half-empty theaters. But truthfully, to say The Black Cauldron spent ...

Unexpected double lives, mysterious alternate realms, impending environmental doom, tech addiction, the complexities of parent-child relationships, gender fluidity, racial justice—these are just a few ...

Perhaps the most infamous clip of Hayao Miyazaki—the Studio Ghibli co-founder whose name remains synonymous with the studio’s work—is of his reaction to a CGI animation demo: “I would never wish to ...

Xencelabs Technologies and Full Sail University are joining forces to give computer animation and gaming students an education in the digital technologies used in today's professional creative ...

Ken Knowlton, artist and computer animation pioneer, died on June 16 at a hospice facility in Sarasota, Florida. According to his son, Rick Knowlton, the cause of death was unclear. Knowlton was an ...

While Odyssey focused primarily on 35mm back-lit motion graphics and special effects for the first 5 years of its existence, its award-winning release of the world's first home entertainment video of ...

For two decades now, American computer-generated animated films have more or less followed a similar visual template. While their character designs aren’t necessarily hyper-realistic, everything else ...