When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Brian Weisz Working as a freelance character designer requires a solid understanding of ...

Having spent several weeks staring at the subway posters for “Gnomeo and Juliet,” a computer-animated retelling of Shakespeare’s classic in which the star-crossed lovers are lawn ornaments, I can ...

Getting character design right is as complex as composing a melody, says Disney’s vet animator Glen Keane, who supervised the animation of “Tangled” and designed Rapunzel. “Working with 3D computer ...

Gematsu recently sat down with Toshiyuki Kubooka, the character designer and animation director behind the LUNAR series, to discuss the remastered editions of LUNAR: Silver Star Story and LUNAR: ...

Disney's live-action Lilo & Stitch includes practically all the characters from the 2002 animated movie, providing an idea of how the characters look in live-action vs. animation. The 2025 live-action ...

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Watch a free 45-minute video in which Oscar-nominated animation director Aaron Blaise reveals 7 essential steps to designing a character for animation. Robert Ryan Cory, a veteran character designer ...

2014 was a great year to be an animation fan. Not only was there an unprecedented number of animated feature films released, there an astoundingly broad array of styles and techniques on display. It ...

Since all the way back in the late 1930s, the medium of animation has been one of the most fascinating sides of television. There have been plenty of iconic animated shows throughout history, but a ...