While there are several ways to make 2D art look 3D (or 2.5D, some might say), one solo developer has broken down sprite ...

3D computer animation is the go-to style for most studios making animated films today. However, traditional hand-drawn 2D animation once ruled over the industry and is sorely missed in the modern ...

From studio CGI contenders to Netflix breakout 'KPop Demon Hunters,' adult anime and a wave of European hand-drawn films, a surge of global styles is reshaping the race for best animated feature. By ...

Tiffany Haddish and Donald Faison are among the voice actors for the animated "Backyard Baseball." Courtesy of Playground Productions If you grew up in the late ’90s, there’s a fair chance your first ...

EXCLUSIVE: After the Backyard Sports video games were revived last year, the beloved franchise has scored its first ever animated adaptation. Playground Productions, an upstart company run by former ...

Mark began by generating a stylized samurai using ChatGPT. He then broke the image into parts—arms, legs, torso, and head. Each piece was cleaned and exported from Photoshop as individual PNG files.

For the last eighty-odd years, Disney animated films have been a staple of millions of childhoods around the world. The studio is arguably the foremost creator of animated films, at least in the West, ...

Ne Zha 2 stands as 2025’s biggest box-office hit worldwide, though the bulk of its theatrical revenue so far has come from China. By giving it a wider Western release on Aug. 22, via an English dub ...

Nickelodeon has ordered Wylde Pak, a new 2D-animated comedy series that follows the daily life of a blended multigenerational Korean American family. Set for premiere this summer, it is the second ...