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How Reallusion's 3D tools helped resurrect forgotten figures from history

Creative Boom

3D artist Jose Andrés García explains how he used Character Creator and iClone to bring the Spanish heroes of American independence back to animated life. Jose's work involved transforming static historical figures into animated life. After trying several programs, he discovered iClone and Character Creator.

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An Ode To Sport: BBC's new spot gets hearts racing with passionate Olympics launch film

Creative Boom

To promote its coverage of the games, BBC's in-house creative team has crafted an animated trailer, joining forces with Nexus Studios to help bring the campaign to life. Unlike typical 2D animation that relies on outlines, we used light and shadow to suggest volume, effectively recreating each illustration 25 times per second."

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Top 9 Best Animation Courses Online (Free & Paid)

Just Creative

Animation has come a long way from the first animated cartoon in 1908, but thankfully as the technology of animation has moved forward, so have the opportunities that amateur animators have to not only learn their craft but to improve upon it as well. What to look for in an online animation course.

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One Black Bear's ad campaign for M6 Toll is bursting with colour and life

Creative Boom

The Birmingham agency has enlisted the help of illustrator Andy Smith and animator Ben Rustage to help promote the Midlands toll road, and you can't help but be grabbed by the vibrant visuals they came up with. The M6 Toll, aka the Midland Expressway, is a 27-mile toll road that allows drivers to bypass Birmingham and Wolverhampton.

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Jiggly Wiggly: Eva Münnich's animated short is a timely reminder that you're a cutie pie

Creative Boom

Director Eva Münnich is here to dispel any insecurities you may be feeling in the run-up to summer with Jiggly Wiggly, a Pictoplasma-recognised animated short which encourages you to celebrate your cute body. Created over three weeks, Jiggly Wiggly combines a CG character and 2D animated backgrounds, a new approach for Eva.

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47: a stop-motion short that have you in bits, in six minutes flat

Creative Boom

There's something about animation that often makes for a good cry. Occasionally, though, an animation can get cut to the chase much more quickly than that. Making the puppets About 130 artists at Zombie Studio worked in production and post-production to bring the stop-motion animation to life with handmade characters and sets.

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Top 9 Best Graphic Design Software of 2022

Designer Daily

Specialists were limited to several programs in the past.For instance, nowadays, remote collaboration tools make the work more accessible and combined. However, since the working process and the final result depend on the program, they have to spend a lot of time looking for it and even use trial and error. What about the drawbacks?