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Over the last couple of decades, animated features have pushed the boundaries of art, storytelling and the box office. “Flow” ...
This animation director and compositor use tech to bring drawings to life Rachel Headlam and Matt Pichette use their art and tech skills to produce the animation "Pizza Girl." Both agreed that the ...
Deftly merging animation and documentary, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee tells the true story of a gay Afghan refugee living in Copenhagen since being granted asylum. Art director Jess Nicholls shares ...
While working on animated documentary “Flee,” on the forefront of art director Jess Nicholls’ mind were questions of the camera. She had no use for a real one, of course, but that didn’t ...
When asked what he feels is an art director’s job in animation, Hunt says: I believe the art director’s job is to show the film’s leaders what their film could look like.
Rasmussen didn’t do the animation himself, “that would be a very different film, very surreal,” he says. Instead he tapped Kenneth Ladekjaer as animation director and left his team to it.
Matthias Lechner, the film’s Art Director of Environments spoke about the world-building process on Thursday, Feb. 18 on campus in a lecture sponsored by the Michigan Animation Club. Lechner ...
Animation director and artist Charles Martin 'Chuck' Jones (1912-2002) brought to life some of the most iconic cartoon characters in animation history. He perfected the wisecracking Bugs Bunny and ...
CalArts Animation director Maija Burnett, center, with white flower necklace on, ... and Florida’s Ringling College of Art and Design’s computer animation program is nearly 70% women.
During the week, Disney Animation director Ron Clements ("The Little Mermaid," "Aladdin") will be inducted into Annecy's Walk of Fame. Dreamworks Animation's slate presentation will include Aug. 1 ...