New animated short: Stardust

| Shorts, Showcase | 13/05/2013 12:47pm stardust

Art meets science in Stardust, a new short by Dutch film production company PostPanic. Watch it now and find out more about the project in our new issue

Award-winning animation tips: 366 Days

| Shorts, Showcase | 17/04/2013 11:11am 366b

More from DreamWorks’ Shelley Page – here she looks at one of her favourite animations, 366 Days, and picks out how and where it shone

Award-winning animation tips: A la Française

| Shorts, Showcase | 08/04/2013 10:55am francaise1

Take a look at this award-winning student animation from 2012 – A la Francaise. It is witty and clever with amazingly high production standards

UPDATE: Disney’s Oscar-nominated Paperman animated short is now online!

| Shorts, Showcase | 01/02/2013 10:54am paperman_hero

UPDATED: Watch the full short and find out about the new hybrid technique which results in a world seemingly sculpted out of sketches…

Meet the Artist: Animation Director Nick Losq

| Shorts, Showcase | 14/01/2013 10:17am ▲ Little Kaiju is adorable and instantly connects with the emotions of the viewer

Back in November we ran a piece on four-minute movie Little Kaiju from Australian studio TwiN and animation director Nick Losq. Here we interview Nick about his influences and background

Friday Animation Fun: The Chase

| Shorts, Showcase | 07/12/2012 15:07pm Get set for the virtual girls band as Clara, Mildred, Mabel and Gertie shake their funky stuff!

UPDATED: Find out how you can help to create a sexy virtual girls band featuring the digital ladies from Philippe Gamer’s dynamic animated short

VFX focus: New Blender movie Tears of Steel

| Shorts, Showcase | 06/12/2012 14:00pm ▲ In the most demanding VFX shot, the scientists shoot at Quadbots who have just broken into the church

Previous Blender Institute movies have enthralled us with their excellent visuals and clever narratives. Its latest offering, Tears of Steel, doesn’t disappoint

New student animation: The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete

| Shorts, Showcase | 28/11/2012 20:00pm ▲ The student team turned to movies such as The Big Lebowski for inspiration when they were designing the film’s characters

Creating student short The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete was no piece of cake. Kerrie Hughes talks to the film’s co-director about its production

Friday Animation Fun: Heroes and Villains

| Shorts, Showcase | 16/11/2012 14:00pm ▲ Made using Mizumo 3D, this animated trailer is fast and furious

This animated trailer is a typical Hollywood-style hero/action trailer with all the usual ingredients – thumping soundtrack, explosions and scenes of heroic and villainous wonder

Halloween Film Festival: the creepiest animated shorts! Halloween Joe

| Shorts, Showcase | 30/10/2012 16:17pm ▲ This short film was created by a three-strong team in just five days

A look back at Orbit Studio’s spooky goings-on in its fun short from 2011, Halloween Joe

Friday Animation Fun: The Box

| Shorts, Showcase | 12/10/2012 16:15pm TheBox1

The Box is a brilliant new animated short which tells the story of Steve Aftakis, a CG character, whose acquisition of a mysterious box unravels a series of bizarre situations

Meet the 3D artists: Mikros Image’s Jean-Yves Parent and Michaël Moercant

| Shorts, Showcase | 25/09/2012 14:56pm Rising_featured

If you have seen today’s Friday Animation Fun which features an animation called RISING, you may like to find out more about the artists involved. Here we interview Jean-Yves about his and Michaël’s background, skills and inspiration.

Meet the 3D Artist: Renato Polimeno

| Shorts, Showcase | 24/09/2012 09:53am palimeno_ad

We loved this quirky spot when we first saw it so we tracked down the guy responsible for the character rigging – Renato Polimeno – and picked his brain on his skills and inspiration.

Watch the new animated short Monsterbox

| Showcase | 13/09/2012 15:33pm ▲ Another cute animated short. We hope to bring you more on this short in the next issue of 3D World. Very Lilo and Stitch-like.

Monsterbox is a gorgeous animated short produced by four graduates from Bellecour Ecoles d’Art… Take five minutes out of your day to watch the film. You won’t be disappointed…

Meet the 3D artist: Alexandre Cazals

| Showcase | 13/09/2012 14:29pm fox_tale_fox

Meet Alexandre Cazals, one of the talented graduates from Supinfocom who helped to create the beautiful animated short A Fox Tale – which features on the cover of the latest issue of 3D World. Watch his 2011 showreel and read what inspires him…