France is the world’s third-biggest animation producer, according to data from the CNC, with 7,790 employees last year. A rising number of international productions, especially TV animation series, ...

Cinesite’s summer carried a blue note this year, as the animation and VFX studio helped bring the Smurfs back to the big screen — this time with Paramount Animation. Paramount, already collaborating ...

The Disney original film Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers seemingly managed to pull off a trifecta with a reboot of the Rescue Rangers franchise that won over fans of the original series, young audiences, ...

Disney hit “Mary Poppins Returns” not only successfully revisited the iconic look of the 1964 classic, it also brought back old-fashioned pencil-on-paper 2D animation to a Disney feature production.

With “Wish,” Disney Animation celebrates its 100th anniversary by merging the 2D legacy of watercolor background paintings (dating back to “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”) with cutting-edge CG. The ...

William Fischer is an author at Collider. Born and raised in Nebraska, he latched onto moviemaking at a young age and has been chasing it ever since. William holds a BFA in film from the University of ...

Drexel University’s major in Animation & Visual Effects (VFX), housed in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, is a full-time undergraduate program that prepares students for ...

A new piece of software just released from animation startup Midas Touch Interactive called Midas Creature is designed to add secondary animation to 2d characters – automatically. Midas Touch ...

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If you find this style of animation is for you, then a paid-for app like Procreate Dreams is a next step - this features in ...