Our Film, Commercials and VFX Pipeline Breakdown By: Justin Owens In order to ensure smooth animated productions, we took the time to breakdown our film, […]
Stephen Silver: 5 Essentials Elements for Creating Appealing Characters
By: Stephen Silver Role: Character Designer As a character designer in the animation industry for the past nineteen years, I have been called up to […]
Look Development
By: Yasin Hasanian Role: CG Supervisor | Project: La Noria What is Look Development? In live action VFX or CG productions, there is always a need to […]
5 Things I learned as a Game Animator
By: Alex M. Lehmann Art Director, Riot Games Almost seven years ago I transitioned from animating for commercials and feature film over to games. I […]
How to think when you’re thinking about lighting…
By: Ben Fischler, Director of Education & Outreach – Solid Angle Lighting = Story When lighting a shot or a sequence of shots, whether it’s […]
The Nuts and Bolts of starting an animated production
Setting up your animated production for success will make or break it. I’ve asked myself the following questions many times, and thought it would be […]
Pete Docter: On Developing Story Ideas
By: Pete Docter “Where do you get your ideas?” This is a question people ask a lot, and frankly it demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding about […]
4 Tips For Developing A Successful Story
Developing stories is something I’m very passionate about. Learning about story development is a lifelong adventure and one that doesn’t lack many great books, videos […]
Pure: The Importance of Concept Art In Your Production
We’re Chris and Eric, the co-creators of Pure. Pure is an animated action/sci fi adventure short that is at its heart an homage to Steven […]
Circus Jam – Artella’s first completed project
We are incredibly proud of our first completed production through Artella, Circus Jam. 120 artists from 23 countries collaborated to bring this project together. Production […]