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VFX Breakdown in Animation vs. Live-Action: Key Differences

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The stunning visuals in "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2022) and Pixar's "Elemental" (2023) demonstrate how both live-action and animation redefine the limits of visual effects. These films create breathtaking worlds through VFX, yet their production processes stand worlds apart. Animated films craft every visual element digitally.

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3 steps to becoming a storyboard artist for film, TV, & video games

CG Spectrum

Consider becoming a storyboard artist for film, TV, and video games! These frames are sometimes left as static images or turned into a simple animation sequence called an animatic. A storyboard acts as a visual guide for how a live-action or animated scene will be shot and includes the look, timings, camera angles, and points of view.

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A comprehensive guide to in-demand roles in film and games

CG Spectrum

There are many reasons why people pursue a career in film and video games—it’s a creative, dynamic, challenging, and rewarding industry that gives artists opportunities to work on world-class projects while earning a regular income. How would you like to contribute, creatively and technically, to a film or game?

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Dos and Dont’s of an Animation Portfolio Website

Game Designing

Animation is not just about quirky or cartoonish images; it’s also about conveying a message, story, or narrative. Animation is a creative and effective way to tell a story, so much so that the global animation industry was worth $395 billion in 2022 according to a Yahoo! What Is an Animation Portfolio? Finance report.

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Indie game capsule reviews: Immortality, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, Betrayal at Club Low, Atuel

Radiator Blog

It's like Spec Ops: The Line tempering its military shooter glorification with an anti-war moral, or the pseudo-documentary film I, Tonya sensationalizing Tonya Harding's career while also blaming the viewer for it. Your cute animal cult will follow whatever "Doctrines" you declare. Especially when everyone moves just a bit too slowly.

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Michael Blaker’s Retro Game Friday: Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

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Plot: The plot is based off the Smooth Criminal portion of the film that this was named after, with the player controlling Michael Jackson and trying to rescue people in each level. The real standout here was the animated choreography, which was pretty awesome, at least for being done in 2D.

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What is Cel Shading & How to Use It?

Game Designing

You may have seen some 2D or 3D animated movies and video games that look like they were hand-drawn or have a cartoon-like style. Usually, Japanese anime films and video games feature this distinct look. This type or technique of animation is known as cel-shading animation. Some also refer to it as toon shading.