While deciding how to animate “Elemental” (Pixar), director Peter Sohn was having a crisis. How do you animate fire? Or water? He could take cues from Hayao Miyazaki’s Calcifer in “Howl’s Moving ...

Animation has consistently and continuously proven itself to be one of the most pervasive and adaptable methods of beautifully artistic storytelling, most especially shown in the format of ...

When asked about the first fully computer-animated feature film made for the big screen, the 1994 cult classic The Lion King often comes to mind. But that’s not quite accurate. While it’s true that ...

Ken Knowlton, artist and computer animation pioneer, died on June 16 at a hospice facility in Sarasota, Florida. According to his son, Rick Knowlton, the cause of death was unclear. Knowlton was an ...

"The graphics which appear in this volume were executed with the help of mechanical drawing apparatus --a still classic procedure. They date from spring 1972 and correspond to contemporary computer ...

Student filmmakers have claimed all top honors at the upcoming 2025 SIGGRAPH 2025 Computer Animation Festival (August 10-14), marking what organizers call a “historic milestone” for the computer ...