When Edwin Catmull arrived at the University of Utah’s graphics lab as a grad student in 1970, its state-of-the-art monochrome monitors showed only blocky shapes made from polygons. He spent the next ...

The best animation styles offer powerfully effective ways to tell stories that captivate audiences, whether it's for non-fiction features and shorts, documentaries or corporate explainers. Different ...

Ed Catmull, the Pixar Animation Studios co-founder who helped pioneer the computer-animation industry and led Walt Disney Co.’s animation business to its contemporary renaissance, is retiring. Catmull ...

Animation is one medium that crosses age groups, countries, cultures, and even industries. Disney fairy tales, Japanese anime, short explainer videos, and massive CGI spectacles of modern Hollywood; ...

This course targets all areas of pre-production and design for computer animation in preparation for hands-on modeling and animation classes. The course focuses on the fundamental skills of design for ...

Visual design, special effects, and animations are integral to the immersive player experience most video games are trying to achieve. Video game animators combine art and technology to create ...