Animation as a storytelling medium affords filmmakers much more freedom than the live-action medium. The laws of nature are malleable in animated movies, as visuals are fluid and spaces often get ...

In 1908, French artist Émile Cohl debuted the world's first animated cartoon, Fantasmagorie. From there, animation has blossomed into a wide medium that encompasses multiple styles, though the most ...

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.

Imagine animating as fast as playing a video game, with character control at your fingertips. For example, you’re tapping hotkeys, gliding your mouse, and your character moves seamlessly, almost as if ...

Back in 2020, First Steps director Matt Shakman was working on WandaVision, Marvel’s first Disney Plus series. The show’s conceit revolved around Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) altering reality to ...

A.I. has yet to upend Hollywood. But it is starting to make big inroads in animation. The founders of Toonstar, a small animation studio in downtown Los Angeles, have incorporated A.I. at various ...