So you’ve built your Gothic castle-it’s time for your hero to dash into play and defend the battlements. Your gaming engine supports skeletons, an animation system called Inverse Kinematics (IK), and ...

Disney looked at "thousands of AI companies" before backing one that keeps animators in control of the output.

Working as a freelance character designer requires a solid understanding of one’s own creative process and the ability to deliver artwork in a fast-moving pipeline. As an artist, it’s your job to come ...

Many school administrators are realizing character education, once thought of as an intrusion on the school day, can actually help students perform better. A growing body of research supports its ...

Demo reels are an invaluable tool for impressing one’s skills on potential employers. Rarely do they find a much wider audience than that. Mònica Eggert’s new character animation reel is the exception ...

—Animation patterns will become variable! In previous RPG Maker titles at its default state, character animations were limited to a maximum of three patterns due to various design limitations. In RPG ...

Designers and creatives in the character animation industry may be interested to know that Reallusion has released its iClone Connector for NVIDIA Omniverse, providing designers with a complete ...

Editor’s Note: For more recent information on character education, please read our 2022 special report, Social-Emotional Learning: What Really Works In a large and growing number of schools around the ...