Women Are Leading More Animated Features, but the Fight for Industry Equality Isn’t Over

Women executives in leadership positions are pushing animated juggernauts forward. Parity progress is happening, but not fast ...
Fiction Horizon on MSN

Inside the Heart-Eyes Scene: ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Directors Speak Out

Production designer Helen Chen added that the team studied exaggerated anime expressions, using a style they called ...
Fast Company

Cartwheel uses AI to make 3D animation 100 times faster for creators and studios

But it’s not just filmmakers driving this shift. Indie game developers want to prototype characters and worlds in hours, not weeks. TikTok and social media creators are looking to animate original ...
Polygon

Animating women should take 'days,' says Assassin's Creed 3 animation director

A skeleton for a female assassin in Assassin's Creed would take "a day or two's work" to create, rather than a replacement of more than 8,000 animations, according to Naughty Dog animator Jonathan ...
GamesIndustry

AI firm Uthana secures $4.3m to "revolutionize" 3D character animation with generative AI

Uthana has secured $4.3m to "revolutionize" 3D character animation with generative AI. The $4.3 million funding round was led by IA Ventures, with participation from A16Z Speedrun, Acequia Capital, ...
PCGamesN

Lost Ark players are roasting female characters' walking animations

While some of Lost Ark's earlier story beats include travelling through plague-stricken lands, helping innocents, and besting giant demonic beasts, it's the bold attitude with which women characters ...
Macworld

MOTIONBUILDER 4.0 brings 3D character animation to OS X

Montreal, Quebec-based Kaydara Inc. announced today the forthcoming release of MOTIONBUILDER 4.0. It’s the latest major release of the company’s 3D character animation software, formerly called ...