SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) is calling for artists to design an animated “vacation of a lifetime” for the characters featured in the animated short, Gwen & Dave. Created by Autodes ...
February 19, 2013
PORTLAND — Laika (www.laika.com) and Focus Features (www.focusfeatures.com) are teaming up for their third project together — The Boxtrolls, a new movie that will be released nationwide by Focus on Oc ...
February 8, 2013
LOS ANGELES — Work on Life of Pi, Ang Lee’s unique tale that unfolds in open water with stranded main characters Pi (actor Suraj Sharma) and Richard Parker (a CG tiger), earned digital artists four to ...
February 6, 2013
HOLLYWOOD — For more than four decades, the Annie Awards — presented by the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA-Hollywood) — have recognized excellence in animatio ...
February 4, 2013
BEVERLY HILLS — In the week leading up to the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present five public events celebrating this year’s nominees. The Oscar Week events will featu ...
January 31, 2013
NORTH HOLLYWOOD — Academy Award winner Barney Burman’s special effects make-up, character, and creature design and production company B2FX (www.b2fx.com), has expanded into new creative studio space i ...
January 30, 2013
MONTREAL — Framestore (www.framestore.com) has opened a new office in Montreal, marking the fourth link in the visual effects studio’s global chain. The new location is situated in de Gaspé, which is ...
January 29, 2013
SUNNYVALE, CA — Cogswell College (www.cogswell.edu/) has hired 17-year film and video game industry veteran Jerome Solomon as assistant professor in the Digital Arts & Animation department. He wil ...
January 23, 2013
GREECE — Mindbomb (http://www.mindbombapps.com/gfxhotkeys/) has released Version 3 of Gfx Hotkeys, which includes the hotkeys for 51 applications used by visual artists. The release features a redesig ...
January 22, 2013
EMERYVILLE, CA – Animation Mentor, a state-of-the-art online animation and VFX school, has announced the AMP studio production pipeline — the first-of-its-kind, fully distributed production pipeline — ...
January 15, 2013