There’s something undeniably magical about 2D games. They don’t need hyper-realistic lighting engines or million-dollar motion capture to leave players awestruck. Instead, they paint their worlds with ...

Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Across the Spider-Verse have ushered in and heavily popularized a new era of what was considered possible for 3D computer animation in film. Their highly stylized ...

It can be mind-boggling to think about how long cartoons have been around. Yes, Mickey Mouse has been an American pop culture icon for longer than virtually everybody reading these words has been ...

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We all watched cartoons or anime as kids, and while most people grew out of it as they got older, many of us held onto that childlike fascination and were inspired to pursue careers in animation.

“Hina is Beautiful,” a new film from Japan’s Iwaisawa Kenji, director of the cult “On-Gaku: Our Sound”), headlines an Annecy Animation Showcase at this year’s Cannes’ Marché du Film. The Showcase in ...

2D animation is rapidly becoming a required skill set for filmmakers and artists. Many diverse industries—such as business, the entertainment industry, and the legal and medical industries—look to 2D ...

Even though graphics today might appear to be mostly 3D animation, 2D animation is still alive and well, and a growing industry. 2D is used in all sorts of applications, even today. Game developers ...