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3 steps to becoming a storyboard artist for film, TV, & video games

CG Spectrum

Consider becoming a storyboard artist for film, TV, and video games! These frames are sometimes left as static images or turned into a simple animation sequence called an animatic. A storyboard acts as a visual guide for how a live-action or animated scene will be shot and includes the look, timings, camera angles, and points of view.

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Dos and Dont’s of an Animation Portfolio Website

Game Designing

Animation is not just about quirky or cartoonish images; it’s also about conveying a message, story, or narrative. Animation is a creative and effective way to tell a story, so much so that the global animation industry was worth $395 billion in 2022 according to a Yahoo! What Is an Animation Portfolio? Finance report.

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Michael Blaker’s Retro Game Friday: Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker

Game Industry News

Plot: The plot is based off the Smooth Criminal portion of the film that this was named after, with the player controlling Michael Jackson and trying to rescue people in each level. The real standout here was the animated choreography, which was pretty awesome, at least for being done in 2D.

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What is Cel Shading & How to Use It?

Game Designing

You may have seen some 2D or 3D animated movies and video games that look like they were hand-drawn or have a cartoon-like style. Usually, Japanese anime films and video games feature this distinct look. This type or technique of animation is known as cel-shading animation. Some also refer to it as toon shading.

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Indie game capsule reviews: Immortality, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, Betrayal at Club Low, Atuel

Radiator Blog

It's like Spec Ops: The Line tempering its military shooter glorification with an anti-war moral, or the pseudo-documentary film I, Tonya sensationalizing Tonya Harding's career while also blaming the viewer for it. Your cute animal cult will follow whatever "Doctrines" you declare. Especially when everyone moves just a bit too slowly.

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The Journey of a Comic Book Artist

Game Designing

Comic Book Artists Who Changed the Industry From blockbuster action to comedy films, comic books have massively influenced pop culture. In fact, Avengers: Endgame set the record for the highest-grossing film by earning an impressive $2.5 Every new release has outdone the previous one in terms of box office numbers.

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wej Duj: Cross Cultural Shenanigans

Game Industry News

wej Duj” takes advantage of its animated format to give us two non-human crews in the same way Prodigy will when it airs in the not too distant future. The episode ends with a clip of the lower decks on a Borg cube; the drones remain in their regenerative alcoves. More often than not, Trek gives itself a pass on that.